Skyking6976
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The search continues and I’ve found an ‘18 CPO with one owner BUT no CarPlay. Was dealing with a very nice saleswoman and this AM I got one of those NYC attitude guys who was asked to call. Heck he could be stealing the sale for all I know. Anyway, I’m sitting here looking at the VIN printout with all the specs with codes and this sales guy is telling me it has CarPlay. I said if it does it was done by the dealer because there is no CarPlay on the VIN printout and he tells me essentially I’m a moron…it can’t be dealer installed and certainly not for $300 or whatever. I’m about ready to walk on this one over CarPlay and the guy being a jerk.
Okay…the sales guy calls back and says yes it can be “installed”. He said it’s just a software thing and wouldn’t take very long. Funny because there is nothing on the spec sheet saying “CarPlay compatible” or the like. I even logged on to BMW owners and temporarily put this and another one in “my garage”. One says Apple CarPlay compatible or something like that under “options”. THIS car does not have that CarPlay listed. So what does that mean? There is hardware that has to be installed? The sales guy said the car was good for CarPlay because it has the Technology package???
Okay…the sales guy calls back and says yes it can be “installed”. He said it’s just a software thing and wouldn’t take very long. Funny because there is nothing on the spec sheet saying “CarPlay compatible” or the like. I even logged on to BMW owners and temporarily put this and another one in “my garage”. One says Apple CarPlay compatible or something like that under “options”. THIS car does not have that CarPlay listed. So what does that mean? There is hardware that has to be installed? The sales guy said the car was good for CarPlay because it has the Technology package???