{"id":4886,"date":"2015-08-17T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2015-08-12T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T14:09:00","slug":"my-car-an-overview-of-vw-car-net-ios-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/08\/17\/my-car-an-overview-of-vw-car-net-ios-web\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: An overview of VW Car-Net (iOS + Web)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen Car-Net is available on many of the 2016 VWs that are shipping. As a new car owner, you have a 6-month free trial and then it costs $199 a year. Worth it? I\u2019m not convinced but I did setup my 6-month trial and will use it as much as possible to weigh in on the ultimate value. In summary, Car-Net offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roadside Assistance<\/li>\n<li>Information Line (w\/ link to your Sat-Nav to the place they recommend you go so you don\u2019t have to key in any address info)<\/li>\n<li>SOS &#8211; basically the same as phoning 911<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle Location<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle status (doors opened, locked doors)<\/li>\n<li>Fuel left in the tank<\/li>\n<li>5 Vehicle Heath Reports per month<\/li>\n<li>When your airbags deploy or a crash is detected, Car-Net is notified and reaches out to you and emergency services<\/li>\n<li>and a few more features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the dial features were you ask for information, report a flat tire or call emergency services are 24\/7. It seems like a nice deal. If I don\u2019t want to search Yelp for the nearest coffee shop with Espresso and Pour-over, I can hit the Info button and they\u2019ll take me there. Might be handy!<\/p>\n<p>I snapped a few photos of the website and iPhone App. The mobile app could use some improvements.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20521440441\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/563\/20521440441_2ce55f236f_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/19894181683\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/567\/19894181683_fab4b73623_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20328385069\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/564\/20328385069_1420a603ee_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20328385029\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/567\/20328385029_b95772c936_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/19894181573\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/564\/19894181573_d49bdb66db_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20515094875\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/567\/20515094875_30ce8474cc_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20328384999\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5618\/20328384999_436bc2d8a3_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20515094825\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/564\/20515094825_a4f16d2485_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20515094795\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/567\/20515094795_f80b9dd382_z.jpg?resize=640%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20328385089\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/565\/20328385089_2f1fe71953_z.jpg?resize=608%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"608\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20326993300\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/566\/20326993300_381f3427de_z.jpg?resize=640%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Volkswagen (VW) Car-Net - 2016 Golf\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Car-Net is available on many of the 2016 VWs that are shipping. As a new car owner,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:21:22Z","apple_news_api_id":"e9a48f74-0b79-4993-8f1b-21c896983f11","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:21:22Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A6aSPdAt5SZOPGyHIlpg_EQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-my-car","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1gO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8486,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/04\/06\/my-car-farewell-to-the-2019-hyundai-ioniq-electric\/","url_meta":{"origin":4886,"position":0},"title":"My Car: Farewell to the 2019 Hyundai Ioniq Electric","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve written about the Ioniq three times on this blog since purchase in November of 2019: Taking Delivery 3,000 Mile Review 10,000 MIle Review On Saturday, I will be dropping the car off at a Carvana depot (more on that in a future post) and saying farewell. 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