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<\/a><\/p>\n$50 for lifetime 3G, Crash Alert, Parking Tracking (something built into iOS10), Live Vehicle Tracking (if 3G works) and the big one, Event & Streaming based apps.<\/p>\n
When I started down the path of emailing Automatic asking them to swap my Pro out for a Lite, I thought to myself, I don\u2019t need crash-alert with Volkswagen\u2019s CarNet enabled. Parking Spot Tracking isn\u2019t needed since I have that in iOS 10 Maps every time I get out of my car. The Live Vehicle Tracking sounds cool but I don\u2019t have kids, my boss doesn\u2019t care where I go and the last time a car was stolen in my area was 5 years ago and besides, any thief can just remove the dongle so it\u2019s not thief-proof.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t need any of those features but Automatic got me. If I want my lights @ the house to turn on when I get home or the thermostat to turn down when I leave or for my driving data to sync to a CSV file I keep in Drop Box, I\u2019ll have to keep the Pro. In addition, if I want DashCommand when I take my car to the track to log all of the live data from my turbo charger and ECU and TCU and keep track of my 0-60 and 1\/4 mile times, I\u2019ll need the Streaming Apps feature as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026.and this is where I feel helpless to the point of just wanting to sell my adapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Automatic is forcing me to use the Pro but for Streaming Apps & Event Based Apps to work, the 3G connection has to be solid. In my area, it isn\u2019t. I have service maybe 5% of my day and about 30% on days I go to the office. If someone steals my car at the house and drives east toward Maine, I won\u2019t know it\u2019s stolen until they\u2019re 5 hours from my house when they get service again. if Automatic is using GSM, I can tell you guys for a fact that AT&T made me give my phone back to them and they cancelled my 2 year contract when I changed my address to where I was living 5 years ago (about 5 miles from my house today) because they had zero coverage in the area and had no plans to add coverage and that remains true today.<\/p>\n
Having gotten rid of my V2 Automatic, I\u2019m pretty pissed. The future is Automatic Pro (and Lite) and the Lite doesn\u2019t have any of the features my V2 had and the Pro has 3G as a required means of connectivity yet no where in my area has 3G except Verizon in small spots.<\/p>\n
I want Automatic to refund me $129 and give me a V2 Dongle. That\u2019s what I want. I feel completely disowned by this company for where I choose to live and lied to because they released the pro without talking about the Lite coming soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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