Why is hard wiring asinine? The kits shouldn’t really even be called hard wiring anymore imho that’s when you go balls deep into doing to properly with soldering cutting and drilling which would be foolish. These hard wire kits you just pull a relevant fuse, fit a fuse holder and refit the fuse acting as a tap takes seconds and you don’t lose a USB socket or cig socket if you have one the Enyaq doesn’t for example well except in the boot. The £20 hard wire kit is really good and can be reversed in minutes too plus you can route the cable behind the dash more easily than a cable you need to plug in.
Not sure how you got “hardwiring is asinine” from my sentence. It’s an entire rant about how stupid it is to fit a wireless charger when wireless car-apps are not an option, with a statement at the end that i don’t hardwire – underscoring the fact that i NEED a free USB port to wire my cam.
Hardwiring isn’t asinine, it’s prohibited by Motability. Explicitly. Otherwise i probably would do it too – although that still wouldn’t make the decision to fit a wireless charger when forcing people to use the wire for AA/Carplay less asinine. 😉
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.