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My wife drives a fairly fancy GM and it astounds me how terrible the infotainment system is. And they’re dead set on doubling down on their homegrown software a
by nocoiner 3y ago
My wife drives a fairly fancy GM and it astounds me how terrible the infotainment system is. And they’re dead set on doubling down on their homegrown software and freezing out CarPlay. Shaking my damn head.
I want to root for GM, I really do, but I swear they’ve never seemed to learn a lesson at any point in the last 100 years. I never owned a post-GM Saab, but I can’t imagine the Swedes were wrong in their assessment.
- giarc 3y agoI'm also in a fancy GM and I can't understand why I can't tell it that I prefer Car Play and not Android Auto. I still get alerts from AA about setting up my account etc. I wish I could uninstall all it's components.
- tentacleuno 3y agoNotifications on your phone? I have to give it to Android -- the notifications are really really customisable; you can change the sound of individual notifications and even turn them off if you want.
- giarc 3y agoNo notifications on the screen in the car. There is a red exclamation mark over a bell icon that won't go away unless I set up Android AUto.
- hedora 3y agoIt's not just the infotainment system. They have (had?) a problem where the traction control would randomly engage while parking. This was bad in trucks (skid marks and dirty looks for chirping the tires were pretty common), but in the early Bolts it caused the regenerative braking to disengage, so the car would unexpectedly accelerate when it should be pulling to a stop. On its first tank of gas, our old GMC failed to start after being parked for 10 hours because the computer left the ABS system on overnight. It also had crazy software failure modes where the dashboard would go nuts and the onstar system would start making strange sounds. Arguably, the software was one of the better subsystems of that truck. Never buying GM again. Our old GMC was the best truck we've ever owned. (Much better than our new Ram 1500, which can hold less weight than our old Volvo 240 station wagon). Hopefully the F-150 electrics aren't hilariously bad.
- Swizec 3y ago> (Much better than our new Ram 1500, which can hold less weight than our old Volvo 240 station wagon) Hey the Ram 1500 is twice as heavy as the Volvo 240. Poor thing is too busy carrying itself to deal with your cargo.
- aintgonnatakeit 3y agoRAM 1500s are truck-shaped cars. When you add in Stellantis, it’s a brand best avoided. Fun fact: 1 in 22 RAM 2500 drivers has had a DUI. Source: https://insurify.com/insights/car-models-with-the-most-duis/ https://insurify.com/insights/car-models-with-the-most-duis/
- JustSomeNobody 3y ago> And they’re dead set on doubling down on their homegrown software and freezing out CarPlay. Shaking my damn head. This is going to go badly for them. A lot of people (all iOS users) will not even look at a GM. The used market for them will suffer as well. But, hey, if you need a really cheap used car in 5 or so years, and you don't care about Carplay, GM has you covered!
- daydream 3y agoJust buy the cheap car, rip out the head unit, and replace it with a CarPlay compatible one. Assuming you’ll even be able to do that… Could be a nice money-making opportunity.
- colejohnson66 3y agoCan't do that if you lease the car, which a lot of people do. Technically, you could, but you'd have to put back the old system on lease end.