An Audi proprietor obtained an sudden message on their infotainment system after they pushed a bodily button on the sprint for a function they hadn’t bought.

Posted on r/mildlyinfuriating, the Audi This autumn E-Tron proprietor shared a video pushing the “Sync” button for the local weather management, solely to get a message on the infotainment display screen that learn “This operate has not been bought”.

Audi provides tri-zone local weather management on the bottom trim within the US and the UK, however in Denmark the place the proprietor is from, tri-zone local weather management is a $548 (5,114 Krona) choice. The proprietor elected to not buy the tri-zone choice, however didn’t count on to obtain a message if he tried to push the button.

Again within the day, the producer would have simply put a clean button the place the operate could be on increased trim ranges, however figuring out automakers it’s in all probability cheaper to flash a textual content than to put in a totally completely different button.

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Clearly, the proprietor already knew that the choice wasn’t accessible, as he was the one which ordered the automobile. “Clean buttons aren’t impolite,” wrote the proprietor. “This one is reminding me that I’m low cost.”

There are a number of methods Audi may have gone about this, together with rewording the message to take away the blame from the proprietor; in spite of everything, it was Audi that determined to low cost out with a textual content as an alternative of a clean button. Maybe “This operate isn’t accessible” within the message may assist to melt the blow just a little.

On prime of being irritating, this can be a missed alternative for Audi to up-sell the shopper. Loads of new autos obtain software program updates over the air now, and the proprietor’s This autumn E-Tron could possibly be only a few strains of code away from connecting the button to the local weather management. Who is aware of, if the message was extra well mannered, possibly he may have been tempted…