When I first got my Tiguan, I was a little nervous, but now I have very few problems with it.
Wireless Apple car play has worked perfectly and is a great way to dictate and read SMS and WhatsApp texts on the go.
I prefer the built-in VW satnav to Apple Maps or Google Maps because the live traffic is shown in bright colours that are easy to see while driving. When a route is being navigated, the route is white, but it has blue borders on each side of the road, so it's easy to follow. However, I'm not sure if the blue border has anything to do with the colour I'm using for ambient lighting, which is blue, since the out-of-the-box colour on my car was white. I could be wrong, but it's possible if you're only seeing white route markings. The only thing that bothers me about the built-in satnav is that sometimes it starts right away when I press the start button, but most of the time I have to wait. I don't know why it starts right away sometimes and not others, no matter how long the car has been off. Another problem is that it doesn't keep the last zoom level that was used.
At first, I missed the good old SD card that I had in my KIA and previous Golf 7, but I haven't had any problems with the USB-C connections. In fact, I use both ports with one memory stick for regular pop music and one for classical music because my wife prefers pop music, and it's easy to switch between the two. No matter how long it's been since I drove the car, the stick has never moved. They were put up four months ago and haven't been touched since. They are in odd places, but I only have to do it once.
I think ACC is like Marmite: some people love it and some people hate it. It was my biggest worry before I bought this car, but after playing with it for a few weeks, I've come to love it. It's not perfect by any means, and I don't use it as much as I should because it seems to have a lot of wrong speed limits around towns. That, and it puts on the brakes in a 50 mph zone when it sees a 10 mph limit sign in a hotel parking lot just off to the side that I just drove by. The good news is that they don't happen very often, and I know where they will happen because they happen every time I drive by these places. This isn't helpful on roads I don't know, though. For me, it really shines when I'm stuck in city traffic or behind a slow coach and can't pass. I just press the RES button and let whatever is in front of me do all the driving and looking out for danger. I can relax a little, put my feet up on the dash, get a glass of brandy, light a cigar, and get forty winks. No, folks, it's not, but it's less stressful than slamming on the gas and stops while waiting for a place to pass that never seems to come. BTW, stopping your car when someone cuts you off is called the "safe braking distance" and should be practised even in a car without ACC.
I have never had a problem with my keyless entry, but I do turn it off every night before I go to bed to avoid the small chance that someone could use a relay attack to steal my car.
Now, based on what I've said here, you might think that this is my dream car. It's almost perfect, but I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the touch controls on the steering wheel and climate control unit. It's the one thing I and a lot of other people don't like about the car. I've gotten used to it, and it works pretty well for me, but I still prefer real keys. Oh, I just saw that you have an Elegance. The steering wheel rule doesn't apply to you, but I think the CC rule still does.
