One thing I miss in early 2010 era cars is the absence of bluetooth streaming of music. For some reason, they offer bluetooth integration for phone calls but not for music streaming.
BHPian androdev recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
One thing I miss in early 2010 era cars is the absence of bluetooth streaming of music. For some reason, they offer bluetooth integration for phone calls but not for music streaming. After a little research, I purchased an OEM iPod cable from eBay and tried to use it with a 30-pin to lightning adapter as I would get the bonus feature of charging the phone. It worked but the connection is not stable as any jolt in suspension (which are plenty in this car) would break the connection. So I finally purchased a bluetooth adapter from eBay and things are looking good. Spotify works nicely with track info and next/prev buttons. That’s the only modern feature I wished for in this car and now I’m all set.
There are cheaper options like Aux-in and FM transmitter, etc. but I really like seeing the track info and using the next/prev buttons of the car.
Went on a quick family trip to Jungle Lodges River Tern Lodge. The state highways from Hiriyur to JLR via Hosadurga are not in a great condition. Nothing major to complain about but the roads via Shimoga to JLR Sharavati (Jog falls) that we visited last time were much more enjoyable. However this River Tern Lodge has fabulous clear water lagoon-like water bodies that were the highlight of our trip.
Few pics from the drive, no major scenic sections in the route. Regular Tumkur highway and Hiriyur-Hosadurga-JLR KA state highways without any interesting landscape.
Quick lunch break at A2B Sira
We barely made before it got dark
Parking at owner’s risk 
Thankfully our return trip starts early because we get kicked out of the hotels:
If there are no potholes, there will be speed cams. That’s the Karnataka road scene for you. Recent news of FIRs being filed for overspeeding has certainly created some driving anxiety, lol!
Crossed 31K km.
Quote from BHPian 1.2GT3GT:
@androdev, I assume your 997.2 911 is coming up for fitness renewal next year. Do you have any idea of the fitness renewal charges that you can expect? Thank you.
This is a 2011 car, so I guess I need to visit this in 2026. I’m assuming there are no major costs in RC renewal.
Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information.
