I hope my MrsD doesnt read this....I tell her the sun shines out of her backsideIt wasn't so bad for me - my Dad paid for the car (he thinks the sun shines from Mrs D MkII's behind, he detested MkI) leaving me to pay for the mats, flaps, dog guard and locking wheel nuts. That little lot still relieved me of almost £600 though!
A lot of good points there Milkfloat, thanks. I have passed the main points on.A large number of the updates sold by third parties are counterfeit pirate copies as almost all manufacturers have nailed the distribution down very tightly. I am not saying they don't work, but they are certainly on the dodgy end of the scale. If you are going to go down the dodgy route, then you might as well just pay £20 on eBay as at least you have some comeback and if you want to you can copy the data and then report the product you bought as counterfeit and get your money back .
The official updates help pay my salary, so I would encourage you to buy them, but I fully understand why people don't when the mark up the automotive companies add is ridiculous (about 10 times what they pay).
Android Auto is probably the way forward, and Apple's offering. Works far better than the in house software. Google mapping is vastly better with live traffic routing. Before lockdown I was using it getting to work as one of the major routes had road works on. It was excellent.
Just apropos of Volvos and satnav. Bells in N'ton talk sense in price terms I have literally just found outI update my Volvo myself for 30 sheets. It was a ball ache and took 5 hours, but cost about a tenth of what Volvo wanted. So, I'd say to your Brother use the cheap option.
Volvo twat nav is lovely to use, although the Fraulein Helga's voice is a little matriarchal and rather scary - I use the male voice that sounds like J.A.R.V.I.S.
Do people still steal alloys these days, each time I buy a car one of the first things I do is buy 4 new studs, nuts & throw the locking ones over my shoulder, fudging nightmare trying to change a wheel in the dark & rain where you're frightening to break the damn things.locking wheel nuts.
Do people still steal alloys these days, each time I buy a car one of the first things I do is buy 4 new studs, nuts & throw the locking ones over my shoulder, fudging nightmare trying to change a wheel in the dark & rain where you're frightening to break the damn things.