▲ 460 ▼ The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com) submitted 2 years ago by absquatulate@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 196 comments fedilink hide all child comments So far there's subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Toyota was gonna do it for remote starters, I believe. Subaru is an AWD option. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -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. permalink fedilink source parent