Unreliable Or Expensive, The Definition Of A BMW Enthusiast, Getting Better At Driving Manuals | Episode 1,006

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Hobbies, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Apple CarPlay is great, but is Ultra a step too far to differentiate the in-cabin experience? The guys discuss the dichotomy of unreliability vs. cost. Does making a vehicle reliable just mean dumping more money into it, and have we confused the terms ‘unreliable’ and ‘expensive?’ Albert S. doesn’t admit to being a BMW enthusiast, despite owning four - he wants what’s next. Then, Jason W. doesn’t feel ready for a Porsche, but maybe when he’s older. Car conclusions include cheap new EVs and project cars, and social media questions include an inquiry on how to get better driving manual transmission? Audio-only MP3 is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and 10 other platforms. Look for us on Tuesdays if you’d like to watch us debate, disagree and then go drive again! 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Apple CarPlay Ultra Unliked? 10:44 - Dacora Motors, The Streamline Moderne EV 22:57 - Topic Tuesday: Does ’Unreliable’ mean ‘Expensive?’ 54:54 - Car Debate #1: Does Four BMWs Make You An Enthusiast? 1:12:53 - Car Debate #2: Not Ready For A Porsche Yet 1:22:55 - Car Conclusion #1: They’re Almost Giving Them Away 1:24:16 - Car Conclusion #2: Everyone Should Have A Project Car 1:29:06 - Audience Questions On Social Media Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe to our two YouTube channels. Write to us your Topic Tuesdays, Car Conclusions and those great Car Debates at [email protected] or everydaydriver.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Tuesday, everybody.
0:02.5	Welcome back to the podcast. We're glad to have you with us. We are in the mid thousands. And we are doing another video podcast. One of you actually asked if we're going to do a new opening song. And the short answer is no, because now that we're on video, we have to do a whole now video open. No, we'll sing it. We'll perform it. No one wants that. No one has asked for this. no one wants that.
0:00.6	So we're not going to do a new opening song.
0:01.9	We're just going to dive. Now video open. No, we'll sing it. We'll perform it. No one wants that.
0:21.2	No one has asked for this.
0:22.4	No one wants that. So we're not going to do a new opening song. We're just going to dive into all of these car debates now. We have a topic Tuesday. We've got news up front. We have all the things that we do. The two car debates, the two car conclusions. There are a ton of questions for this one. Yeah, thank you guys for all your questions.
0:18.3	I really appreciate it.
0:18.9	Yep.
0:19.2	We're diving right into news about updated Apple Carp. There are a ton of questions for this one. Yeah, thank you guys for all your questions. I really appreciate.
0:37.9	Yep.
0:38.3	We're diving right into news about updated Apple CarPlay.
0:41.9	It is called CarPlay Ultra that has been introduced first on Aston Martins.
0:47.2	And CarPlay is pretty much ubiquitous.
0:49.1	If you check the iOS page from Apple, the list of cars, not only do they publish the manufacturers, they publish all the different cars that it is available on, which is a huge swath. We love CarPlay. We love Apple Android. We love what it does for your interface. It is simple, clean, easy. And now Apple has decided to make Ultra, which takes over even more of your car screens.
1:13.6	And if it is designed for it, like Aston's,
1:16.6	Aston was never known for having a lot of interface and a lot of their own software.
1:21.6	But for the companies that do, like BMW, notably, they're pushing back and refusing to install Ultra on all of their vehicles.
1:30.2	They're just saying, we'll continue with car play.
1:33.1	Yeah.
1:33.7	And that'll be that.
1:34.9	The concept at its base is, okay, think about, sit in your modern car, anything made in the last 10 years.
1:40.4	And you probably have, certainly the last five, you probably have at least one big screen
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