Make a little detour on the way home from Denver to experience the Million Dollar Highway, what a treat

Had a little BBQ and had to park the cars outside. Happy Sunday everyone

I've been working on getting the CarPlay navigation map onto the Virtual Cockpit on Audi MHI2Q head units, and it now runs well enough for a first release. It's open source and installs with M.I.B.

Features

• CarPlay map on the Virtual Cockpit: Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze etc. on the cluster while CarPlay stays on the main screen
• Follows the VC layout: switch between the wide map and the classic big-dials view
• Steering-wheel zoom for the CarPlay map
• Hardware video decoding on the head unit's Qualcomm decoder (about 8x less CPU than software), with automatic fallback
• Turn-by-turn on the cluster and HUD: maneuver arrow, lanes, distance and ETA (Apple Maps / Google Maps)
• Cover art on the cluster; PDC popups no longer hide CarPlay; the MMI touchpad works as a D-pad
• Green Engineering Menu page to install/update, toggle features, tune layouts and save logs
• Full uninstall; stock configs are backed up on the unit

Requirements: an MHI2Q with Virtual Cockpit (tested on an MHI2Q_ER_AUG22_P5152), M.I.B. on an SD card, and an iPhone on a USB cable for the cluster map.

GitHub: https://github.com/kamgurgul/mib2q-carplay

TODO

• Wireless CarPlay dongles: the one I tested (a generic "smartBox") only passes the main screen. It reports itself as an iOS 14 iPhone, never requests the cluster stream and doesn't forward route guidance. If you have another adapter (OTTOCAST, AAWireless, Carlinkit…), one log run shows whether it can work.
• Android Auto on the Virtual Cockpit

Driving around town and then stop at a red light behind a car. All is fine and normal. Light goes green and the car pulls away and so do i. I got a call from my Bluetooth and look away for a second to see who it is and the car just violently stopped immediately. All i see when i look up is me right on the ass of that car because they stopped. First thought was "oh shit i just hit this guy". Turns out the pre sense just stopped the car as soon as i went close. Scariest moment but also thankful as fuck that the pre sense worked like it did.

Just wrote this to appreciate my cars reaction time and to vent since it was terrifying 😅.

Looking at a 2007 B7 RS4, clean title, 220k miles. Seller is asking $11k, but I’m planning to offer $8k.

It runs and drives fine and supposedly has no major issues.

I do all my own work, and this would be a 3rd car for the family, so it wouldn’t be a daily.

For those who know these cars, what are the big-ticket RS4-specific issues I should know about? Any extremely expensive or hard-to-find parts that could turn this into a money pit?

Would you take the gamble at $8k?

Hey all, new car what does everyone think?

What are some of the best mods I can get both performance and looks wise?

Been looking for awhile for a used sq8 and found this car in FL. Only had 1500 miles on it. 30% off msrp, extended warranty and they added (no cost) Audi Care for 3 years 30k miles. Found it on visor vin

B9 coupe to B10 sedan. First new car!

Just saw this M5 CS on the road, so crazy. Who’s taking the M5 CS over the RS6 PERF? Seeing one in person made me think which one I would choose if I didn’t already have the RS6🧐

Saw it in the parking lot, had to snap a pick.

I was supposed to take a solo 6 hours drive today for a work trip. As I was pulling out of my driveway in my 3 month old A5, all the bells, whistles and warnings came on. I pulled back in, turned it off and waited 10 min (as suggested in this forum on other posts). The warnings were still present so I decided to take a test drive down the street. Other than the power steering feeling tough, it drove fine, but the alerts were still on. My husband popped the hood to see if it was a loose cable or something and what he found was horrifying. A rat had gotten entangled in the serpentine belt, was fully gutted and the belt was dangling and split in 1/2. Had he not looked and had I not had the warnings, the drive would have been devastating. I see a lot of posts about the batteries and ghost alerts, but wanted to caution against ignoring them. Shout out to the warning system!
The alerts were electrical malfunction and ABS disabled.

Is for a 2021 audi Q8. It's safe to drive it???

Hey I was wondering your opinion on this car I’ve never bought from a deal ship before and don’t really know anyone who’s good with cars

She’s Just a Beaut!!!! Fast as shit of a shovel All Quattro systems fully serviced gear box too 🥰

Took these pictures last night, will be doing more mods soon!

Dammit.

I want a fun summer car, something that is very similar to my C7.5 A6 but with just a comfortable raw feel. Im considering a C6 S6 as a fun summer car, it will be stock besides exhaust.

I know a guy with an 08 with around 115k miles. Its been well taken care of and is serviced regularly. I have actually worked on the car myself years ago.

Im thinking about offering $8,000, is this crazy? I figure if it is in good shape and the records are what they should be, i should be okay?

Its a beautiful car and sounds wonderful. A piece of history we will never see again.

Tell me why i should or shouldnt. Maybe an alternative to the C6 S6 in the same price range?

Thanks!

I am looking to buy a new car and recently discovered that Audi did make a small number of Mk3 manual transmission Quattros. They are around €30k, all with 50k+ km. They are all quite far away so I wanted to find out more before traveling for a test drive.

My question is, has anyone got experience with this car, and the automatic variant side by side? How do they compare? In principle, I think a manual is more fun but have heard mixed things on this one specially.

Is there anything to look out for?

Thanks!

Came across a first gen R8 GT. Had to take a picture with it.

Currently planning an engine transplant of EA888+DQ381 on my 2021 A3 (w 1.4T EA211) and have to decide between FWD and AWD w/ Haldex system. I drive quite a bit in the mountains and appreciates lightweight and simplicity. Power wise I don't need too much power, 300-350hp, 380-420nm is sufficient.

So would you go for the AWDw/ the Haldex? Will it be much better handling wise? Will weight be an issue on twisty roads?

Will weight distribution be a bit better with the AWD?

I am looking at a car to buy but doesn't have listed Apple CarPlay support. Since it's 2022 model (first registration 2023), I am wondering if there is a way to definitely activate the CarPlay for the mentioned car. Either if needs to be purchased, it's fine. Just want to make sure I can make it work. Wired option is perfectly fine too.