TLDR: I discovered where the tow hook was stored and finally got the "entertainment center" to play music from a USB stick since it doesn't work natively with my iPhone without a special adapter.
Rambling Version: The other day the question came up as to the location of Rabbit's tow hook. I didn't need it, obviously, but was curious as to where it was, or if it had gone missing while in the possession of AutoNation like the center console the car supposedly shipped with. (An ongoing story for another time.)
Anderson's tow hook was stowed with the jack and associated paraphernalia under the floor in the rear storage area, but since Rabbit came with run-flat tires, there was no spare tire, and hence no need for a jack. I searched the owner's manual and found no mention of it. That led me to the Google, where I learned it would most likely be under one or the other of the front seats. I checked, and sure enough, it was wedged into a special holder in the floor under the driver's seat.
One disappointment I have with this car (because it's a 2016 model, having come out before total onboard connectivity was a thing) was the inability to play music from my phone natively through the car's built-in Bluetooth (or even through the single USB jack) without the purchase of a special adapter that plugs into both the USB and the AUX IN ports. Ugly.
Apparently I can play music stored on a "usb device" through the USB port, so I tried it yesterday. I copied a couple gig worth of audio files from iTunes to a spare USB key I had, and yes, it worked. Perfect, I thought!
That particular drive was 256GB (overkill for this process), so I mirrored the music collection I had on my iPhone onto a 32GB flash drive, plugged it into the car and…nothing. Wasn't even recognized.
Okay…did I forget to format it as FAT, and had left it as APFS or Mac OS Extended? So I reformatted it in my work laptop running Win10 and copied all the files back. Again, no love.
Turns out the car didn't like (for whatever reason) that particular brand of USB key. I reformatted the original one I'd used, copied the collection again to verify I wasn't losing my mind, and it worked just fine.
Why didn't I just use that one? Well, like I said, it was overkill considering I was only transferring about 16GB of music to begin with, and it was a rather long key that presented the opportunity of getting knocked around and trashing the car's USB port in the process. I had to find another solution (the 32GB stick was much shorter).
So last night I ordered one of those tiny USB sticks (the ones that are the size of a wireless mouse dongle) made by Samsung from Amazon for $10. It arrived today. I loaded up the music collection and it works just fine.
My Countryman is also a 2016 model, and the connection thing is soooo kludgey. I did go in for the connector (which, of course, was for pre-lightning iPhones, so I also had to add one of the long-connector-to-lightning adaptors, and then a cable to go from the adaptor to the phone). In my experience once you get the bluetooth connected, it'll do music and phone calls through BT just fine, but if you want to use navigation or get any of the other info that their app will display, you have to plug it in. You would think BMW would be better at the tech, but no go.
Ooh! send me a pic of your Countryman, please!