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I've had a garmin GPS navigation system for years and it's great. You can search by name (ie. tap in Wells Fargo and it will show you all the Wells Fargoi Banks near you). Why can my $1000 Garmin do this and BMW nav. not do this? It's very frustrating to know the name of where you want to go but not be able to locate it within the navigation system because you can't search by name.
Am I missing something here??
Am I missing something here??
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You're not missing anything except the ability to search. It's funny, I think the second post I made after getting my car last December (the first was to praise it's unbelievable driving experience) was to ask the same question you did. My old 97 Acura could do this. It's an obvious failure of the product team considering the data is certainly in the Nav database. I assumed it would be fixed - it hasn't so far....
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I have found that searching by specific items at my location (i.e. ATM's) I can accomplish this somewhat. ALthough it will show all the ATMs in the area - it does show the bank name. I like the search by location better than our Lexus Nav search. With the BMW Nav - the list by name is much better than the spots on the map that we have to touch to even see what they are.
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Originally Posted by Go_Fast_545' date='Aug 11 2005, 11:02 PM
You're not missing anything except the ability to search.? It's funny, I think the second post I made after getting my car last December (the first was to praise it's unbelievable driving experience) was to ask the same question you did.? My old 97 Acura could do this.? It's an obvious failure of the product team considering the data is certainly in the Nav database.? I assumed it would be fixed - it hasn't so far....
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We just bought a Subaru Tribeca (yeah, I know, I know...) for my wife.
It has a touch screen navi system (originally from Kenwood), which is - I hate to say it - orders of magnitude better than my E60 system.
You can search any which way you want, the route calculation is much faster, its easier to use, etc.
Kind of embarassing for BMW....
It has a touch screen navi system (originally from Kenwood), which is - I hate to say it - orders of magnitude better than my E60 system.
You can search any which way you want, the route calculation is much faster, its easier to use, etc.
Kind of embarassing for BMW....
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Originally Posted by rodneyremington' date='Aug 12 2005, 11:39 AM
The Japanese are light years ahead on this.
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Preparing to get flamed :'( .
I have to agree and not only on this feature.
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Originally Posted by rodneyremington' date='Aug 12 2005, 07:53 AM
I've had a garmin GPS navigation system for years and it's great. You can search by name (ie. tap in Wells Fargo and it will show you all the Wells Fargoi Banks near you). Why can my $1000 Garmin do this and? BMW nav. not do this? It's very frustrating to know the name of where you want to go but not be able to locate it within the navigation system because you can't search by name.
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