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Just bought CPO '18 C63 convertible... no CarPlay standard?
Blew my mind that CarPlay integration is an option on an $80,000+ car. Love the car and all. White on black. Low miles. Clean as a whistle. My third C63 after a 2009 sedan and a 2014 507 Coupe.
Blew my mind that CarPlay integration is an option on an $80,000+ car. Love the car and all. White on black. Low miles. Clean as a whistle. My third C63 after a 2009 sedan and a 2014 507 Coupe.
I thought CarPlay wasn't even offered on the 2018 or earlier?
I thought CarPlay wasn't even offered on the 2018 or earlier?
If you paid MB for the "Smartphone Integration" package it was available in 2018 as an option. SMH
I have a 2018 Camry that didn't come with CarPlay compatibility at all. After enough owners complained to Toyota (and it was offered in 2019), they developed and then offered a software upgrade for $75! That's how it's done.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto was an afterthought on the pre-FL 205 (MY2018 and earlier). Apple CarPlay was released in 2014 and the first model year for the 205 was 2015, so the Infotainment was developed before CarPlay was even a thing. For 2018 they offered the Smartphone Integration package which at least gave the option, but because it was an afterthought add-on it couldn't be combined with the Multimedia package. Although not officially offered by MB, it can technically be retrofitted on pre-FL models, as long as it isn't equipped with the Multimedia package. For 2019 and newer, the 205 got an updated COMAND system, which has CarPlay and Android Auto standard. As it goes with the development cycles of cars, major upgrades to the Infotainment system are usually only done during a facelift or an all-new generation.
Never used CarPlay in any of my cars. Fiddled with it for a bit and didn't see much use for it. I know others love it. But to each their own. Also what I do in my 18 C63 is hold the voice command button on the steering wheel and you can access Siri if you are hooked to bluetooth. Try that.
Up until September 2018, Apple CarPlay was largely crap to be honest, so depending on when you tried it I can totally understand it. As it goes with Apple, back then the platform was largely restricted to Apple's own native apps and only open to third-party Media and Messaging apps, which I don't care for. For navigation, the only option was Apple Maps, which I never use. But with iOS 12, Apple finally opened the platform up to more third-party apps, especially third-party navigation apps, and Google followed up by adding support for it to Google Maps and Waze. That's really the only reason I care about Apple CarPlay now and I'm glad the 2019 has it standard. I couldn't care less that my previous car didn't support it. Depending on where I'm going and/or if it's more convenient, I use Google Maps or Waze for navigation instead of the built-in navigation and it's nice to have it on the car's screen and integrated. iOS 13 got some more nice improvements to the platform and now you can even use Siri to start Google Maps and Waze navigation via voice command, which previously was another restriction of the platform that limited its usefulness.
Day one task was to wrap the rocker trim. Not sure about the matte finish. Might swap it out for gloss to match the other trim on the car and make it pop a little more.
Anyone else remove the rear headrests in order to get a bit better visibility out the back?
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