PetrolDave

CP & AA have to be designed for the worst case user, so you needing less bandwidth isn't going to change how CP & AA work.

The Octavia 3 does use a WiFi connection for CarPlay and Android Auto - in fact every vehicle that has CP & AA has WiFi, try looking for active WiFi with another phone when you have a wireless CP or AA connection. Maps, music, etc. all active at the same time would be stretching Bluetooth and cause unacceptable latency hence the use of WiFi. Sounds like a bug, several people on here have reported AA problems with some phones.

Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto use Bluetooth to establish the connection and then switch to WiFi to carry the amount of data. So using a cable connection to a smartphone means that WiFi can be turned off.

Simple answer, yes.

Maybe only on vRS?

No, needle sweep is not standard - neither of my Octavia 3s (a 1.4TSI Elegance and a 1.8TSI L&K) have had needle sweep enabled until I did the VCDS coding change I posted.

5G - what's that? Large areas of Wiltshire I drive in still only have 3G coverage on Vodafone (no 4G or 5G) - and they've started turning off 3G this month which will leave some areas with no usable mobile data at all (I'm not counting 2.5G GPRS or 2.75G EGPRS as usable mobile data). Vodafone is switching off 3G from June 2023

But especially in inner cities there are large numbers of properties that only have on road parking, not necessarily outside their own property. So unless there is a significant increase in cheap charging away from homes that will cap the number of people able to charge an EV at an affordable price.

That covers only whether the data is up-to-date or not, not data suddenly lost due to VAG not subscribing to a service. So if they try to use it as a get out then it's open to a challenge.

But according to reports not as fast as the rate of increase of EV sales, which is why some EV owners are finding it so difficult to charge they are switching back to ICE or PHEV.

Pierina from Ofcom is ill informed when they say: as the Octavia 4 has sat nav - oh and not everyone has a smartphone with Waze, Apple Maps, Google Maps etc. or a separate sat nav device.

I agree the needle sweep sounds a good idea to try.

I've been thinking about a similar remap (but not for economy reasons!) - I have a 2016 L&K 1.8TSI with DQ200 and am concerned about the torque increase on the dry clutch DQ200 where unlike the wet clutch DSGs the option to increase the clutch clamping force isn't possible.

Does it not also affect pre 2015 MIB1 units as these also rely on Trafficmaster TMC for traffic data?

I doubt VCDS coding will solve what sounds like a sticking or jammed stepper motor in the speedo.

... and as said many times previously in this thread it is NOT VAG specific.

Bad assumption - as said in your other thread. MODS - please lock this thread.

Exactly, we were sold cars with TMC for the built-in sat nav which has been removed without warning. There IS a solution which is for VAG to pay to subscribe to INRIX and issue new maps (they only need to update the UK section of the maps as this is a UK specific problem). And equally importantly for Skoda UK to issue advice to ALL UK Skoda dealers and their call centre staff so they stop telling us we need to pay for diagnostics

A 72 plate Octavia can have built-in sat nav (that uses Skoda Connect for traffic data if you pay and sign up) or Android Auto/Apple CarPlay when a suitable smartphone is connected. It's not the car that uses Android Auto it's your BIL.

My uncle's renewal with AA went from £472 to £771 despite no accidents or claims. I found him RAC at £583 then he suggested that as I visit him often we should add me as named driver and it dropped again to £493.

No and yes.

If you login to Google maps when connected to your home WiFi then you can download maps onto the phone, so then the only need for connectivity is for traffic data.

The mode just changes the pedal profile, as SC03OTT says the power output is unchanged so if you floor the throttle there is no difference.

If you have DSG it's the electronics that controls the DSG gearbox.