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Currently have a Volkswagen and in comparison to the Tesla app/car infotainment:

• VW infotainment is laggy
• VW can't remote lock/unlock
• VW doesn't have the ability to use the car cameras as dashcam
• VW app can't connect to my car half the time because the 12v battery is too low
• VW car lock/unlock when you approach/leave doesn't work half the time because either the 12v battery is empty ( because it's been parked for 2 days ) or because the car is in some kind of deep sleep.
• sometimes the Spotify app just doesn't work and I'd need to reboot the car.
• android car tries to steal control all the fucking time. Can't use android car and use the Spotify app in the car. Nope, need to use the Spotify through android car. They want 15€ a month, but 90% of the features just don't work once you hook the car up to android car.

I asked about it in a dealership ( the 12v battery ) and they say it's probably not even related to the 12v battery. The app can't connect to the car sometimes when it's attached to a fucking charging point.

I'm not unhappy with the VW car, but the software compared to the Tesla is wildly underwhelming in that regard. Tesla I could just walk up to the car, get in, and leave. With the VW the car only starts waking up the moment you get in the car. You can stand next to it talking for 20mins and once you get in the infotainment still needs to fucking boot. It doesn't take long, but it is annoying ( to me ).

Build quality, comfort, ... the VW is miles ahead of tesla. But software-wise I feel they are still lagging behind. It also feels like the compute power in their id5 ( based on a rental I drove around for 3 months ) is some cheap tablet you get for free with a subscription to a magazine which is very disappointing considering the car costs 50k.

I agree that the Tesla software feels pretty mature and stable ( infotainment/app ).

Note: wouldn't buy a Tesla either or trade in this VW for one.

Source: drove around a Tesla company car for a while

I have no experience with other brands besides the VW and the Tesla.

Looks like it's not the same then! I stand corrected.

It's called 'oliebollen' in Belgium and the Netherlands. They also have derivatives with apple inside and some other ones.

Not sure which came first though ( us or be/nl ).

Roasted butter does sound better than the literal translation from dutch ( oil balls ).

Edit: the wiki page references them being invented in the us. The wiki page for the Dutch/Belgian variant mentions Spanish/Portuguese Jews when fleeing the the Netherlands from the Spanish inquisition.

At least I think they're the same as roasted butter

For a moment there I read estados stupidos on your map

Excellent.

I like the timer and the error icon on a fail. I can't recall how often I think: damn this is taking too long. I should've timed the command

I think because they're located on the US.

Too bad it doesn't have an iphone download available.

Unfortunately the alternatives are often quite expensive in comparison.

Where I live Ritchie cola is about 50% more expensive than coca cola.

On the other hand you can try to find some local brand ( Aldi, Lidl, ... ) alternative you like enough.

Geolocation is an accurate way to predict the user’s language.

This makes me so angry. It really really really really really does.

Despite setting everything to English I still get my receipts in French. And all because my IP is CG-NAT to the capital which is marked as french speaking.

What is so hard about letting me decide. The absolute fucking arrogance thinking you as a company know better than me in which language I would like to be served.

Eat a dick Microsoft.

Some states get all the luck.

To be honest I feel very uncomfortable buying an EV on the used market. Mainly because you don't know how the battery was charged/used.

The recommendation is to keep the battery between 10 and 90 or 20 and 80 for battery longevity. But a lot of cars ending up on the second hand market are leasecars. And they don't care about the battery that much as they'll return it anyway in 4 years.

If you buy a 2nd hand car that is 4 years old and your battery is ducked after 3, you might as well buy a new one given the cost. Something I feel is less of a risk when buying 2nd hand ICE cars ( though the clutch on those cars is usually ducked because people need to start-stop like a racedriver because reasons ).