VAG really, really ****ed up the software on the latest batch of machines.Originally Posted by WES
A journey when the screen didn't keep rebooting or just stopped working or didn't call the emergency services was a delight.
useless ****s.
VAG really, really ****ed up the software on the latest batch of machines.
A journey when the screen didn't keep rebooting or just stopped working or didn't call the emergency services was a delight.
useless ****s.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
I was constantly being pinged with the most annoying ping sound ever invented that the driver assist functions were not available.
I pointed out to VW that I didn't want or need them so was happy for them to be turned off. They told me that was not possible. I told them the configuration had a setting that allowed you to turn some of them off. They told me it didn't work.
That was the one thing it is exceptionally good at, telling me that driver assist functions that I didn't want, didn't need, and that didn't work, were not available.
my car has virtually no console buttons and is controlled mailnly by voice or steering wheel buttons.
Laura, as my car is apparently called, does a good line in either mishearing or completely ignoring me.
And, she tells me off for not driving in the centre of the lane, not having my hands on the steering wheel (when I have) and having the ****ing windows open whilst driving.
But she'll accurately respond to someone talking on Radio4
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
Laura sounds like a ****ing pain in the arse.my car has virtually no console buttons and is controlled mailnly by voice or steering wheel buttons.
Laura, as my car is apparently called, does a good line in either mishearing or completely ignoring me.
And, she tells me off for not driving in the centre of the lane, not having my hands on the steering wheel (when I have) and having the ****ing windows open whilst driving.
But she'll accurately respond to someone talking on Radio4
After driving Ears are Alight's old Audi Q5 for 7 or 8 years, I had to change last year due to the great ULEZ scheme. So thought I would go Italian and went for the Alfa Romeo Stelvio.
I am happy to confirm that their reputation for reliability is to be believed. I drove it the other day and I think it was the first time this year that it didn't have some kind of light on the dashboard. I mean, the DNA button to put it into Dynamic mode still didn't work but it was quite the joy to drive it without fear of not making it home for once...
I was consdering one of those. The layout looks similar to BMW. How's the infotainment system?
The infotainment is shít but I do have a 2019 model so the newer ones might be better. But it has Carplay anyway so I generally only use Waze and Spotify so it doesn't really matter. The driving experience is what sets it apart though. It handles like a saloon car, not an SUV at all. Very pointed and responsive on the steering, it's an absolute joy on coutry roads.
The latest problem with this car came yesterday morning though when somebody decided to smash into the front of me. She pulled out of her driveway and I reacted brilliantly to stop just in time before hitting her. I breathed a sigh of relief for about 0.5 seconds before the lady decided to carry on and turned straight into my front corner and crushed it. I was in a state of disblief that was only amplified when, upon realising she had hit me, she decided to reverse off me, slammed her foot on the accelerator and sped back over the pavement, a grass verge and into her next door neighbours wall. The orginal damage to her car wasn't too bad to be fair, but she absolutely destroyed the back of it, along with the brick wall!
I was pretty sure she was under the influence, despite being 7am on a Monday (pros tell me that is a very common time to be under the influence), but as I had the children with me, I didn't fancy waiting for however long for the police to arrive and exposing all of that to the children. I needed to really just get them to school.
Thankfully they have admitted liability without any problem and so my car has been recovered to be assessed and I am currently driving a BMW 3 series Touring. Enterprise have said I can call them up and swap to something bigger if I want but as I was considering an estate when I got this car, I thought it would be a good road test to have it for a while.
As it's an Alfa and parts are likely be on back order from Italy (they always seem to be), I actually think there's a decent chance they end up writing my car off.
Damage to my car
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The damage to her car from hitting me
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The damage to the back of her car because she decided to drive back into a brick a wall!
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She was probably driving in that daft B mode that are on new Renaults. ****ing ridicules.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
This makes me sad. They will probably write it off, they write off everything these days
Engine management lights can really do one!! Mine goes off every month, garage resets it and says nothing wrong with it.
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