Ok thanks. I did have quite a time getting connected when leaving the shop yesterday, but it was probably due to the fact that they disconnected my webcam (they don't want them on in their shop). So while reconnecting that, my phone was connecting to the webcam instead of the car, so all bets were off that CarPlay was going to reconnect. All sorted before I left, so now I'll see if my problems reconnecting exists upon entering the car persist, or if the same fairy dust was sprinkled on my car as was yours and my phone starts connecting automatically now. Stay tuned and fingers crossed!