# Audi subscriptions, coming to the US I bet **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** audi\ **Created:** [March 13, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527 "2024-03-13T18:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/1 "2024-03-13T18:01:22Z")
Not here yet, but it’s coming: [Audi A3 Buyers Have To Subscribe To Use Basic Car Features (jalopnik.com)](https://jalopnik.com/audi-a3-buyers-must-subscribe-to-use-basic-car-features-1851331903) For example: "If you want to access features like dual-zone climate control, adaptive cruise control, or high beam headlight assist, you’ll have to pay a subscription fee. If you want to use Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, you’ll have to pay to upgrade the entire infotainment system to unlock smartphone integration. " ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/2 "2024-03-13T20:36:02Z")
Again, this is why I’ll continue buying older, cheaper, used cars with no internet connection… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/3 "2024-03-13T20:54:09Z")
From what I have read you have to subscribe to mobile Wi-Fi in order for them to monitor and report your driving habits and destinations. So no internet, nothing to report to insurance companies. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/4 "2024-03-13T22:24:46Z")
I have no objection to require an owner to pay recurring fees for the use of the car’s entertainment functions; but imho all of the car’s safety functions should be available without add’l fees. Shouldn’t have to risk yours & others lives b/c you failed to pay a recurring fee. ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/5 "2024-03-14T01:59:53Z")
On my Buick, I do not subscribe to wifi, or internet. I also do not use or subscribe to OnStar. But yet OnStar sends me monthly emails telling me how many sudden stops, rapid accelerations, etc. Buick or somebody OnStar? tells me when my oil change is due, etc. I’m under the impression that OnStar monitors even when I do not subscribe. Once in a while I’ll get an irritating verbal notification stating that I have limited services with OnStar. So I believe OnStar is hooked up to me. ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/6 "2024-03-14T02:02:14Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > Again, this is why I’ll continue buying older, cheaper, used cars with no internet connection… Bingo! The way things are going with all this privacy infringement and so-called “subscription services”, I suspect that old economy cars will suddenly become highly desirable. Rational people aren’t going to want to ride with Big Brother, and they aren’t going to want to pay a monthly “subscription” to use their car’s features. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/7 "2024-03-14T02:02:35Z")
> [@bing](#): > > you have to subscribe to mobile Wi-Fi in order for them to monitor I don’t think so. My wife’s 14 Audi clearly has a connection that we do not pay for. The car’s clock properly resets itself from daylight savings time every time. Maybe it picks it up from her cell but I don’t know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/8 "2024-03-14T17:43:56Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > The car’s clock properly resets itself from daylight savings time every time. Maybe it picks it up from her cell but I don’t know for sure. If it’s like my vehicle, it automatically resets through the onboard GPS. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/9 "2024-03-14T18:00:37Z")
Yeah mine too. I think if you have nav, you are communicating with the sat but is not recording and reporting driving behavior to a third party. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/audi-subscriptions-coming-to-the-us-i-bet/194527/10 "2024-03-15T09:26:16Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I think if you have nav, you are communicating with the sat but is not recording and reporting driving behavior to a third party. Or is it? ![IMG_1760](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/f/bfdea30a5be4d9a5c486fc6d3a9f469af678664a.jpeg)