When I got my facelift A3 e-tron, it was my first experience of CarPlay in this particular car. On the whole CarPlay worked fine and raised no questions, but over time I started noticing features that simply didn’t work. Everything below is about one specific head unit: a 2017 Audi A3 8V Sportback e-tron, MIB2…
I’d like to share a simple coding setup that lets you close the windows when it rains. I couldn’t find any proper instructions for this online. On some cars, 06 works in the first byte; in mine, it is 07. I don’t know what determines this—most likely, the presence of a camera in the windshield.…
I get asked questions about the car quite often, so I decided to write a post with answers to the most common ones. What are the car’s technical specifications? What’s the fuel consumption and range? The car has several modes. The pre-facelift has 4, the facelift has 3. On a full tank and a full…
I already wrote earlier about replacing the LTE module in the MIB2. At the time I figured it would be the first step toward trying to get Audi Connect working in the car. Audi has a few kinds of licenses: Any of the licenses above requires a myAudi account and confirmation from a US dealer…
A while back I saw a friend who had installed a device that generates engine sound inside the cabin, called a SoundAktor / Sound Actuator. The sound is generated into the cabin through the windshield, which acts as a large membrane. I checked the price and figured it was cheap enough and interesting to try.…
I previously wrote that I activated adaptive cruise control, and recently I installed the front assist camera. Now, with both of these components in place, it’s become possible to activate predictive adaptive cruise control. pACC (Predictive ACC) is an adaptive cruise control that can automatically set the driving speed using map data (predictive data, PSD) and…
