I dropped 50k on a VW id4 and it’s honestly been a delight. All of the ranges have been spot on and the only issue has been the OTA updates being borked.
> According to myVW (formerly VW Car-Net): my current subscriptions (that were prepaid by VW at time of ID4 purchase )-
> Remote Access (myVW) is a subscription that expires on 3/17/2026.
> Plus Nav (VW native navigation and traffic) is a subscription that expires on 4/23/2024.
> Plus Speech (IDTalk) is a subscription that expires on 4/23/2024.
That's exactly the point of the grandfather comment - bullshit subscriptions inside western cars are now everywhere.
1. https://www.vwidtalk.com/threads/did-you-know-prepaid-vw-sw-...
Edit: at least my heaters and massage chairs aren’t on a subscription like BMW.