sleeper50

linky please

found this . . . window module that link aslo has TV activation modules! Anyone familiar with diagsoft and/or their products???

El Immigrante

http://www.europeanautosource.com/product_...roducts_id=2015

craigm1841

it is a safety thing. nothing more. companies have a lot of weird stipulations they have to abide by, kind of like housing codes builders abide by

E60714

It's these tiny, trivial things about BMW that really piss me off and slightly yearn for the features my parents' Lexus have. If it's the Ultimate Driving Machine, it should have these small features that make a world of a difference. Other things include a CD changer and how about a touch screen navi? This is ridiculous. We need to accept that other auto manufacturers are catching up to BMW, and admittedly, some are a better value. So it's not like these sacrifices are necessary to "reduce weight" or "keep the balance" because BMWs are getting heavier by the generation. My friend's Honda Accord from 2000ish has this windows up/down feature, why can't we? If we're paying for a highly-acclaimed engine, thje N54 engine alone is not worth the $58k+ most members paid for; I don't need to be pampered like a Lexus would, but when you pay more than you would for a Lexus, but don't even get a touch screen or a freaking key fob that's useful, there's something wrong.

MJ50

if the UK version works, then i'm guessing it can be done in US spec with either simple version coding or replace/add a module...

ricky1329

Luckily EU spec have this feature.

Rislar

I agree, my wifes Ford fiesta has more toys than my car, they really need to step the game up!!!

consultingdoc

My wife drives a Lexus ES 350 with a touchscreen NAV:
1. The screen gets covered with fingerprints and is hard to see under certain lighting conditions because of the unavoidable mess
2. Women with fingernails have a hard time operating the touch controls, which need to be pressed with the pads of the fingers
3. The NAV system is lousy; it is unintuitive and takes forever to figure out how to use; it takes forever to program; it's often wrong and will take you to
dead ends.
4. And the final reason it stinks? The Toyota police have the NAV programmed so that you cannot use it while the car is moving; the car needs to be
stopped and in park, so forget about changing destinations while driving, or most anything else.

The NAV on my 6 week-old 535i works beautifully and has never made an error. Contrary to the critics at Consumer Reports and elsewhere, I find the iDrive perfectly easy to use -- much better, in fact than the crummy Lexus NAV, which, also, is UGLY, and takes up half the dash real estate.

best,
kpp

pjinca

I have to completely agree here, I think it's ridiculous that even today things like CD changer, iPod connection, bluetooth, MP3 playback, Xenon headlights, and such are optional on BMW's. My wife has a Subaru Tribeca and it came with ALL of that stuff and also includes rear view camera and other goodies. You would think BMW would be one of the leaders in technology, instead they nickel and dine you to death unless you buy the absolute top model.

MJ50

u should've seen factory iPod kit on my car.... so shitty....