The Amazing PH Passat Alltrack Thread
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Completely and utterly peed off with the satnav now. It's bloody useless. Told me to get off the A50 the other night when heading towards Stoke. Thinking there was horrible Friday night snarl-ups I gladly jumped at the chance of joining the A38 instead. Half a mile after leaving the A50 it decided I'd be better off on the A50 again but did it send me back to the roundabout I'd just come off at? Oh no, we had an 8-mile detour via some fairly tiny back roads first, all the while it was insisting I was on the fastest route. Eventually rejoined the A50 about 4.5 miles up the road from where I'd left it! Not a sign of traffic all the way past the M6 either. It then failed to get me off the A55 when there was stationary traffic for 3 miles (and it was on the system as a red line too - but I foolishly thought it knew best so didn't come off at the previous junction).
On the way home it told me the fastest route to a friend's house from the motorway was going to be 8.6 miles and 13 minutes. I thought I knew better and turned off at the roundabout earlier to go another way. "Cracking idea," said the Satnav, "why didn't I think of that!? That'll be just 6.2 miles and 10 minutes matey! Enjoy :-)" literally within 100 yards of coming off the damn roundabout! Don't even get me started on the arrival times it thinks you can achieve without engaging warp drive somehow.
It's a complete pile of crap and I will be buying a TomTom shortly. I refuse to allow VW to benefit from my money in buying app-net because of their stupidity.
On the way home it told me the fastest route to a friend's house from the motorway was going to be 8.6 miles and 13 minutes. I thought I knew better and turned off at the roundabout earlier to go another way. "Cracking idea," said the Satnav, "why didn't I think of that!? That'll be just 6.2 miles and 10 minutes matey! Enjoy :-)" literally within 100 yards of coming off the damn roundabout! Don't even get me started on the arrival times it thinks you can achieve without engaging warp drive somehow.
It's a complete pile of crap and I will be buying a TomTom shortly. I refuse to allow VW to benefit from my money in buying app-net because of their stupidity.
Fully agree - I have given up on the inbuilt Satnav - I am using Apple Maps my iPhone 6+ sat on the ashtray behind the gear lever, though it keeps falling off when I go around roundabouts or tight corners, the traffic is very accurate.
Having used Apple Carplay in my old car, I would definately recommend it - at £125 on the factory options we should have all spec'd it - at £215ish retrofitted by VW I'm struggling to justify it - if I get around to sourcing a dash or vent mount it will probably do the job.
I am struggling with the Bluetooth Media Audio connection - it will not start my Apple Music playing unless I start it from the iphone - I tend to press the iphone button and shout play music at Siri which does the job.
Having used Apple Carplay in my old car, I would definately recommend it - at £125 on the factory options we should have all spec'd it - at £215ish retrofitted by VW I'm struggling to justify it - if I get around to sourcing a dash or vent mount it will probably do the job.
I am struggling with the Bluetooth Media Audio connection - it will not start my Apple Music playing unless I start it from the iphone - I tend to press the iphone button and shout play music at Siri which does the job.
I shall repeat my earlier comment:
Beefmeister said:
I use one of these, it's really good, sturdy and keeps the phone steady. And is tiny when removed and not being used.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LU5LWQK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LU5LWQK
Beefmeister said:
I shall repeat my earlier comment:
I looked at that, but unfortunately it I don't think it is deep enough to handle the wallet case on my iPhone 6+Beefmeister said:
I use one of these, it's really good, sturdy and keeps the phone steady. And is tiny when removed and not being used.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LU5LWQK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LU5LWQK
RayPike said:
Is the point in notifying them of more miles that they will offer a better deal than 7.2p per mile? If not, what's the point in notifying them early?
Yes - some of the bargain Golf R boys claim to have increased their mileage and been offered a reduced rate, potentially 50% off, by notifying VWFS before the end of the lease - I'm not sure how this benefits VWFS.RayPike said:
Sat nav stuff.
I just don't think it likes the A50. I was heading from Nottingham to Chester when it tried to send me down towards Stafford from Uttoxeter. It was only well past JCB when it realised that it would knock over 30 minutes from the journey if I just carried on.There were other occasions where it tried to divert me off a road and then back on again when no traffic was reported. Not only that, the bluetooth audio is crap and keeps breaking up and the DAB isn't much better. Are these issues that VW could resolve or is it more like TADTS?
I spoke to them several times when trying to get a free app-net upgrade. They weren't even entertaining the idea that their sat nav is crap. They think it's amazing that it knows the speed limits of roads and can use "real time traffic" updates to constantly recalculate the arrival time. It was like swimming in treacle trying to get them to comprehend what an unmitigated piece of s
t it really is. They were so indoctrinated in their viewpoint that they could not even get their heads in teh same galaxy that would be required to understand that it is next to useless.
As you say, the "oops I've changed my mind - go back!" habit is particularly annoying as is the bemused, "swipe me, what a great idea to go this way! I'd have sent you over that blocked road instead. Cor, you are clever!" one.
t it really is. They were so indoctrinated in their viewpoint that they could not even get their heads in teh same galaxy that would be required to understand that it is next to useless.As you say, the "oops I've changed my mind - go back!" habit is particularly annoying as is the bemused, "swipe me, what a great idea to go this way! I'd have sent you over that blocked road instead. Cor, you are clever!" one.
I've improved driving in start-stop traffic by turning off Autohold. Not sure what the point is in an automatic that creeps anyway.
Turning it off also improves the speed of the engine restarting when auto stop is turned on - the engine now restarts when you take your foot of he brake, rather than when you press the throttle which was downright dangerous when pulling out of busy junctions. Usually I turn auto stop off though.
In other news, in an unpresidented moment of total numptiness, I managed to kerb the front passenger alloy.
Also, I almost managed 40mpg on a 33 mile trip today. My average since day zero is 35mpg.... Looks like I'm a victim of the VW emissions scandal.
Turning it off also improves the speed of the engine restarting when auto stop is turned on - the engine now restarts when you take your foot of he brake, rather than when you press the throttle which was downright dangerous when pulling out of busy junctions. Usually I turn auto stop off though.
In other news, in an unpresidented moment of total numptiness, I managed to kerb the front passenger alloy.
Also, I almost managed 40mpg on a 33 mile trip today. My average since day zero is 35mpg.... Looks like I'm a victim of the VW emissions scandal.
Edited by to correct mpg typo - it's 35mpg not 32mpg
Edited by Emeye on Monday 8th August 09:11
Emeye said:
I've improved driving in start-stop traffic by turning off Autohold. Not sure what the point is in an automRic that creeps anyway.
We've never used it in our Tiguan DSG either. It'll hold against the creep though, indeed in Tiguan you can even beat the autostop by coming off the brake quickly so it'll still hold but the engine doesn't stop.However, as you say, the whole system seems a nonsense in an auto.
I also prefer to let the car start rolling as it does naturally when taking your foot off the brake, before applying gas - from autohold it starts off with an unseemly thunk.
Emeye said:
In other news, in an unpresidented moment of total numptiness, I managed to kerb the front passenger alloy.
Put the spare on and hope they don't notice on return. 
Emeye said:
Also, I almost managed 40mpg on a 33 mile trip today. My average since day zero is 32mpg.... Looks like I'm a victim of the VW emissions scandal.
What did you drive before? I have no problem getting 40MPG on short runs from the Tig but it's really my wife's car and it'll typically do 35 for her. She has no anticipation - she'll drive up to a red light and then brake as if it was on green but suddenly changed, for example. Avoiding coming to a stop and carrying speed (where safe) make a big difference in diesel autos I find.I know the last bit was TIC, but the emissions stuff at VW benefitted users' MPG as the expense of NOx pollution. The EU6 engines aren't affected anyway, although their Ad Blue consumption is much higher than VW originally said.
hornetrider said:
Sheepshanks said:
Emeye said:
In other news, in an unpresidented moment of total numptiness, I managed to kerb the front passenger alloy.
Put the spare on and hope they don't notice on return. I am going to switch the tyres front to back at some point to try and even up the wear.
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