My car, a Seat Ibiza, also has one of these TomTom devices built-in and it was basically abandoned 2 years after the car rolled off the production line. It's so sad that a product built to last 20 years has to ride around with obsolete maps most of its lifetime. I imagine it's going to get way worse in the future now cars are basically spying iPads that also drive.
TIL Renault abandoned Carminat so soon! I've got dofferent model, also from 2014 (with a tad better radio) and R-Link was updated to handle GPS rollover! It was a bit difficult to find correct update file (as R-Link 1 and 2 servers went down in 2024) and I was updating it in 2025, but possible nonetheless. Even to the point I've been able to enable wired Android Auto there!
manfred | 3 hours ago
My car, a Seat Ibiza, also has one of these TomTom devices built-in and it was basically abandoned 2 years after the car rolled off the production line. It's so sad that a product built to last 20 years has to ride around with obsolete maps most of its lifetime. I imagine it's going to get way worse in the future now cars are basically spying iPads that also drive.
zod000 | an hour ago
This is why I was excited about the Slate with it's bare bones premise. I can add whatever navigation device I want, or none at all.
patryk | 19 minutes ago
TIL Renault abandoned Carminat so soon! I've got dofferent model, also from 2014 (with a tad better radio) and R-Link was updated to handle GPS rollover! It was a bit difficult to find correct update file (as R-Link 1 and 2 servers went down in 2024) and I was updating it in 2025, but possible nonetheless. Even to the point I've been able to enable wired Android Auto there!