What car has reliable "infotainment"
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After years of nothing more techy than bluetooth I bought a 2023 volvo and was initially impressed with the ease of use of the touchscreen and the features available. But after several reboots and frustrating intermittent quirks it's beginning to wear thin so I was wondering if there was a more reliable system out there that was still reasonably modern.
BMW have always been good, they have always felt less complicated and slick. I've not tried the newest stuff.
To be totally honest, I can't remember the last car I had which didn't have something go tits up even if only for a few minutes or until rebooted.
Q7 sometimes the screen just stays blank, Taycan, well anyone who has had one will know how temperamental that can be.
2022 Bentley sometimes doesn't start CarPlay and sometimes doesn't boot up properly requiring a restart.
It's the overcomplicated nature of them in the same way as phone or laptop etc will need rebooting from time to time.
To be totally honest, I can't remember the last car I had which didn't have something go tits up even if only for a few minutes or until rebooted.
Q7 sometimes the screen just stays blank, Taycan, well anyone who has had one will know how temperamental that can be.
2022 Bentley sometimes doesn't start CarPlay and sometimes doesn't boot up properly requiring a restart.
It's the overcomplicated nature of them in the same way as phone or laptop etc will need rebooting from time to time.
Never had an issue with BMW infotainment (Or Mini, basically the same thing).
I concur on Volvo, we have a couple of XC90's on fleet and their infotainment is very glitchy, often requiring a reset to get it working again, usual complaint is the sound for the digital radio just goes AWOL and can't be sorted without a full reboot of the infotainment.
I concur on Volvo, we have a couple of XC90's on fleet and their infotainment is very glitchy, often requiring a reset to get it working again, usual complaint is the sound for the digital radio just goes AWOL and can't be sorted without a full reboot of the infotainment.
Macneil said:
After years of nothing more techy than bluetooth I bought a 2023 volvo and was initially impressed with the ease of use of the touchscreen and the features available. But after several reboots and frustrating intermittent quirks it's beginning to wear thin so I was wondering if there was a more reliable system out there that was still reasonably modern.
A colleague of mine got rid of his Volvo for doing this very thing. Took a £6k depreciation hit in doing so but he was just glad to see the back of it.AB said:
BMW have always been good, they have always felt less complicated and slick. I've not tried the newest stuff.
To be totally honest, I can't remember the last car I had which didn't have something go tits up even if only for a few minutes or until rebooted.
Q7 sometimes the screen just stays blank, Taycan, well anyone who has had one will know how temperamental that can be.
2022 Bentley sometimes doesn't start CarPlay and sometimes doesn't boot up properly requiring a restart.
It's the overcomplicated nature of them in the same way as phone or laptop etc will need rebooting from time to time.
My 2024 BMW has been faultless and works brilliantly - voice recognition is perfect, syncs wonderfully with Waze, Spotify and other apps, can't fault it.To be totally honest, I can't remember the last car I had which didn't have something go tits up even if only for a few minutes or until rebooted.
Q7 sometimes the screen just stays blank, Taycan, well anyone who has had one will know how temperamental that can be.
2022 Bentley sometimes doesn't start CarPlay and sometimes doesn't boot up properly requiring a restart.
It's the overcomplicated nature of them in the same way as phone or laptop etc will need rebooting from time to time.
Chap who I work with has a modern Volvo and it's not been the same experience.
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