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The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
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So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Toyota is doing the subscription thing too? I didn't hear about that one. I only heard about BMW, Mercedes, and now Audi.

If Toyota/Lexus is out, then I guess my plans of buying an AWD coupe as my next car are truly dead.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Toyota was gonna do it for remote starters, I believe.

    Subaru is an AWD option.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Remote start through an app I guess? At least that conceivably requires an ongoing cost on their side to justify it (although I'd be willing to bet there's a 10,000% markup on it). Will be annoying if they are using a 3G chip for the data connection and 3G gets shut down like 2G did.

    As for the AWD thing, it's the coupe part that's hard. The Germans all make a coupe with AWD available, Lexus has the RC, and that's about it (since the challenger is end of production), other than supercars that are out of my price range.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I get a subscription for remote starts that use cell. I don't want that, why would I want that, when conventional remote start works great.

    Best part, remote start for Toyota is about a $100 third party add-on that takes 10 minutes to install. Put one im a friend's Taco last year.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Looks like all they do is: Music streaming directly from your infotainment ($15), live navigation + new voice commands + 24/7 agent in case you need support ($15), both above ($25, wow, such sale), and some AT&T specific bullshit where you can apparently make your car a hotspot ($25).

    https://www.toyota.com/connected-services/

    All in all, all of them useless, and absolutely not required. All of them are covered by having a phone with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay.

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