General Car, Inferior or Superior Interior, & Eternal Mullet Barge Discussion Thread

[Tk_mkv1]

General Car Discussion OT

This. It irks me just a bit that my dad's 2001 Honda has Homelink and in my 2012 VWI have to carry the clunky garage opener.

Same here my 10 y/o acura had one :laugh:
Im probably sure my dads '11 expedition doesnt have one either

 

[Zillon]

Homelink retrofits shouldn't be that difficult.

Found these threads from a while back:
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6242
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20993

I've also seen it fitted into the headliner on here, too.

 

[Bender1]

Yeah I prefer the button in the car but I'd be fine with the app if it didn't require a new opener. There's no reason they couldn't make a device with a wifi radio and an IR transmitter that would transmit to existing normal openers. Maybe this exists already?

If it doesn't, it seems like you could do that very easily.

Million dollar idea there.

 

[PetrolHead]

The future

http://www.liftmaster.com/lmcv2/products/introducingliftmasterinternetgateway.htm

That's cool. Too bad my current openers work just fine.

Yeah I prefer the button in the car but I'd be fine with the app if it didn't require a new opener. There's no reason they couldn't make a device with a wifi radio and an IR transmitter that would transmit to existing normal openers. Maybe this exists already?

Having 2 doors and 3 cars makes dealing with remotes a pain as without homelink or similar I'd need 6+ remotes :lol:

This. We park the cars on designated sides, so they each just need one remote. It's still annoying.

Homelink retrofits shouldn't be that difficult.

Found these threads from a while back:
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6242
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20993

I've also seen it fitted into the headliner on here, too.

Dude, GTI's are ghey. Over 50% of the people in this discussion don't own them anymore. :laugh:

 

[PetrolHead]

Looks like someone beat us to it:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonegap.BluetoothPlugin&hl=en

hardware is only $50, or you can build it yourself for $25:

http://btmate.com/

I think I'm going to order one for one of my garages to see how it goes. Much better than dealing with stupid remotes.

 

[Dave10781]

Dude, GTI's are ghey. Over 50% of the people in this discussion don't own them anymore. :laugh:

You'll all be back in one soon enough!

 

[grambles423]

I respectfully 100% disagree. After this one, I'm done with VW

 

[PetrolHead]

I respectfully 100% disagree. After this one, I'm done with VW

This. I've had 3 now. Won't have another again.

 

[Merkle]

I'd like to own a Mk1 Golf or Jetta and a Beetle at some point in my life. Other than that, I've had my share of the VW experience as well.

 

[Bender1]

I, very obviously, have one of the "good ones" but likely won't get another VW. Not totally off the table, but unlikely.

 

[PetrolHead]

I'd like to own a Mk1 Golf or Jetta and a Beetle at some point in my life. Other than that, I've had my share of the VW experience as well.

The closest I'd get is a VW-powered sand-rail.

I, very obviously, have one of the "good ones" but likely won't get another VW. Not totally off the table, but unlikely.

Mine we all excellent cars. I just don't care for the cars themselves anymore.

 

[Zillon]

Dude, GTI's are ghey. Over 50% of the people in this discussion don't own them anymore. :laugh:

I'll just sit here in my German corner by all by my lonesome. :laugh:

You could apply those homelink threads to any car, though. It all comes down to sourcing the components and finding a power source.

 

[PetrolHead]

I'll just sit here in my German corner by all by my lonesome. :laugh:

You could apply those homelink threads to any car, though. It all comes down to sourcing the components and finding a power source.

Yea, I was looking into it for my ATS until I found this bluetooth thing. I like the idea much better because I always have my phone on me, and then it doesn't matter what car I'm in or not in.

 

[Zillon]

Yea, I was looking into it for my ATS until I found this bluetooth thing. I like the idea much better because I always have my phone on me, and then it doesn't matter what car I'm in or not in.

The bluetooth solution is pretty slick, honestly.

I'm tempted to do that for my own garage, and I only have one bay.

 

[PetrolHead]

The bluetooth solution is pretty slick, honestly.

I'm tempted to do that for my own garage, and I only have one bay.

I think it's be worth it for any garage. No more concern over having openers, failing batteries, etc.