Matias95

Hi! I had bought my Fabia mk4 during the pandemic, when the waiting time for a custom order was stated as more than 6 months, and instead I chose to buy the display model used by the dealership. The car is absolutely beautiful, it was stated to be in the Style configuration, and when I asked the salesman if I would be able to have navigation on it he said "of course". However as soon as I bought it and sat in it for the first time I realised I couldn't. It was fitted with the basic infotainment available for the fabia mk4, which is the Swing. When I complained at first they told me they just needed to install "Smart Link" on it, and carplay would become enabled. I brought the car back for the service, and after two hours of trying they finally realised it couldn't be done for the infotainment in my car. Ever since then I've been struggling with phone mounts that keep falling off in the summer heat, and have been searching for any possible solution. I even called another dealership asking if they would upgrade my infotainment to Bolero or anything else that supported Carplay, but they said they can't do it, and maybe I could find a private garage that woould add a knockoff android system for me (voiding my warranty in the process, I'm sure). Does anyone have any ideas, or similar experience? Is it possible in any way to upgrade the infotainment in my case? I wasn't able to find any information online for the Fabia mk4, no android systems or anything else either. For additional context, I live in Croatia, but might even be willing to travel somewhere if it fixed my issue. Appreciate you all!

Hi all, this forum kept popping up in my research so I decided I may as well join the community of the only car brand I've ever owned. I was a late starter to driving, not really needing a car till I was a few years into my twenties. My first car was a 1997 Felicia 1.9 TDI, it was almost as old as me, the bordeaux paint was holding on for dear life with the clear-coat having flaked off in multiple places. The handle on the shifter had long fallen off and been replaced with an equally dubious glue job. The Sava brand (cheap local brand in Croatia) tires would slip at the first sign of rain. The exhaust had rusted through a bit and had a hole which made it super loud. This was extremely fun for me at the time as if I closed my eyes it sounded like I had 300 hp. And to be honest I felt like I did, I drove the hell out of that car, and it felt like it had so much power. I used it as a rally car on the curvy roads of south Hvar. I raced from every green light to the next red. I still love that car, but eventually it was more trouble than it was worth, and I had enough money to buy a modern car instead. The market was still heavily affected by the Covid pandemic, so I could either wait for months and months or buy an existing new car, that was already configured. I decided to buy a Fabia mk4, at the time it had just recently come out, however that and the salesperson lie I was told, which still haunts me to this day is a story for my next post For now, thank you all for welcoming me to the forum, very happy to be here!