Porsche have castrated my Sat Nav remotely!
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What a palaver this 'online services' is!
6 months after getting the car we got the online services thing working by deleting the previous owner - we had to involve MI5 and the government and have 100 e mails!
So it then all works well and I get Google search 'bolt on' for the sat nav and album cover downloads for my SD card music. I try the Porsche Connect and Porsche Car Connect things too and am underwhelmed (wont unlock the car from the app even) so when Vodafone ask for £130 a month later I decline and just get a £40 40Gb data SIM that will last 18 months. All works great!
Now, 12 months later, they have just killed it remotely:
No online services despite having the data SIM installed. No Google search for the sat nav, etc etc
So, I have bought the hardware with teh car and i have a data connection but Porsche want money annually from me to actually use it now?
I spoke to the dealer and they confirmed as much - mentioning the Twitter connection etc. So its like buying a smartphone phone from Samsung and a data SIM from BT but if I want to use Google maps or Twitter I need to pay the hardware company £130 pa more for the privilege of using these free services using my data?
Have I got that right guys?
Thanks
6 months after getting the car we got the online services thing working by deleting the previous owner - we had to involve MI5 and the government and have 100 e mails!
So it then all works well and I get Google search 'bolt on' for the sat nav and album cover downloads for my SD card music. I try the Porsche Connect and Porsche Car Connect things too and am underwhelmed (wont unlock the car from the app even) so when Vodafone ask for £130 a month later I decline and just get a £40 40Gb data SIM that will last 18 months. All works great!
Now, 12 months later, they have just killed it remotely:
No online services despite having the data SIM installed. No Google search for the sat nav, etc etc
So, I have bought the hardware with teh car and i have a data connection but Porsche want money annually from me to actually use it now?
I spoke to the dealer and they confirmed as much - mentioning the Twitter connection etc. So its like buying a smartphone phone from Samsung and a data SIM from BT but if I want to use Google maps or Twitter I need to pay the hardware company £130 pa more for the privilege of using these free services using my data?
Have I got that right guys?
Thanks
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