New 535d today!
03-29-2005, 12:32 PM
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My Ride: 535D Sport Auto
Picked her up today and she is fantastic, only done 40 miles so far. 
Sad to see the old one go - even gave her a last clean.
First impressions - smoother, quieter, better ride, and love the colours.
Noticed you can't enter postcode in sat nav and the whole Idrive action is slow compared to bus nav????
HiFi sounds 10times better than stock system - mega bass
The one thing that has knocked me sideways is the interior light wood and black combination. IMHO it looks like a ?100,000 car inside.
Pics don't do it justice as wood is lighter in daylight.
Sad to see the old one go - even gave her a last clean.
First impressions - smoother, quieter, better ride, and love the colours.
Noticed you can't enter postcode in sat nav and the whole Idrive action is slow compared to bus nav????
HiFi sounds 10times better than stock system - mega bass
The one thing that has knocked me sideways is the interior light wood and black combination. IMHO it looks like a ?100,000 car inside.
Pics don't do it justice as wood is lighter in daylight.
03-29-2005, 12:39 PM
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congrats Merv!!!
looks like my Sport model...except you got the "old man" wood trim
still looks great though 
you will find you CAN enter the postcode. on the address entry screen just goto the line that is listed as "City" i know i know...it should say "City/Postcode"....anyway if you start enterting your postcode here you will see that the nav system will recognise it as a postcode...works fine.
during the week or so i've had my car i would say pro nav does take longer to boot up but the idrive controllor is more intelligent in that it only lets you select valid screen choices....hard to describe but you'll see what i mean as you use it....you also do not have to select things as often, for example from the front screen, if you want say navigation just push once to the right...and leave it...navigation will be highlighted and then selected automatically without having to press down on the controllor.
looks like my Sport model...except you got the "old man" wood trim
still looks great though you will find you CAN enter the postcode. on the address entry screen just goto the line that is listed as "City" i know i know...it should say "City/Postcode"....anyway if you start enterting your postcode here you will see that the nav system will recognise it as a postcode...works fine.
during the week or so i've had my car i would say pro nav does take longer to boot up but the idrive controllor is more intelligent in that it only lets you select valid screen choices....hard to describe but you'll see what i mean as you use it....you also do not have to select things as often, for example from the front screen, if you want say navigation just push once to the right...and leave it...navigation will be highlighted and then selected automatically without having to press down on the controllor.
03-29-2005, 12:43 PM
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My Ride: E60 535d sport saloon M57 Titanium silver nav-pro, bluetooth, media pack, de-chromed, eletric sun roof, auto dim int, folding ext mirrors, auto dim int mirror, sport seats, alum cube interior trim, headlamp washers, bi Xenon, M-sport suspention, M steering wheel, M Aerodynamic bodystyling, M styling wheels, Black leather, Anthacite heading
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03-29-2005, 12:50 PM
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My Ride: 2004 545i 6 spd Sports Package | NAV | PDC | Logic 7 | BT retrofit | SW V13.3
Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Mar 29 2005, 01:32 PM
Picked her up today and she is fantastic, only done 40 miles so far.
Sad to see the old one go - even gave her a last clean.
First impressions - smoother, quieter, better ride, and love the colours.
Noticed you can't enter postcode in sat nav and the whole Idrive action is slow compared to bus nav????
HiFi sounds 10times better than stock system - mega bass
The one thing that has knocked me sideways is the interior light wood and black combination. IMHO it looks like a ?100,000 car inside.
Pics don't do it justice as wood is lighter in daylight.
Sad to see the old one go - even gave her a last clean.
First impressions - smoother, quieter, better ride, and love the colours.
Noticed you can't enter postcode in sat nav and the whole Idrive action is slow compared to bus nav????
HiFi sounds 10times better than stock system - mega bass
The one thing that has knocked me sideways is the interior light wood and black combination. IMHO it looks like a ?100,000 car inside.
Pics don't do it justice as wood is lighter in daylight.
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03-29-2005, 01:09 PM
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My Ride: 520d GT, Blue, Beige Dakota Leather, Pro Sat Nav, Interior Lights Pack, Adaptive Lights, Advanced Aircon
Congrats, looks great! 
IMO its the contast that makes it look good. I considered light poplar for mine but felt with beige it was wishy-washy looking, the dark polpar contrasts with the light beige ... much better.
Enjoy........... I'm sure you will.
Although I've not got SatNav I do remember testdriving a 530d that did ... I'm sure I was able to input postcode.
.. Picking mine up Saturday
IMO its the contast that makes it look good. I considered light poplar for mine but felt with beige it was wishy-washy looking, the dark polpar contrasts with the light beige ... much better.
Enjoy........... I'm sure you will.
Although I've not got SatNav I do remember testdriving a 530d that did ... I'm sure I was able to input postcode.
.. Picking mine up Saturday
03-29-2005, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by GB525dTour' date='Mar 29 2005, 05:09 PM
Congrats, looks great!? ?
IMO its the contast that makes it look good. I considered light poplar for mine but felt with beige it was wishy-washy looking, the dark polpar contrasts with the light beige ... much better.
Enjoy........... I'm sure you will.
Although I've not got SatNav I do remember testdriving a 530d that did ... I'm sure I was able to input postcode.
.. Picking mine up Saturday
? IMO its the contast that makes it look good. I considered light poplar for mine but felt with beige it was wishy-washy looking, the dark polpar contrasts with the light beige ... much better.
Enjoy........... I'm sure you will.
Although I've not got SatNav I do remember testdriving a 530d that did ... I'm sure I was able to input postcode.
.. Picking mine up Saturday
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The dark poplar IMHO would look better with a lighter interior. As you say its the light and dark contrast that seems to work well.
Unfortunately in the pic I posted the wood seems to look very much like the dark poplar, I will post more pics but of course sods law its rained all day and didn't get back till late.
Try this one instead -
03-29-2005, 01:42 PM
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My Ride: 2011 520dA coming up.
Finally you got it!
Congratulations.
If you find time for it tell us about how it compares to your previous 530d.
Enjoy the smoothness
Congratulations.
If you find time for it tell us about how it compares to your previous 530d.
Enjoy the smoothness
03-29-2005, 02:16 PM
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Great car! Congrats.
Im still confused about the wood. What name would the wood have in germany?
It looks quite light. That colour I?d prefer for my car because the dark wood "Esche Messer" is too dark for me.
Hmmmm...
Im still confused about the wood. What name would the wood have in germany?
It looks quite light. That colour I?d prefer for my car because the dark wood "Esche Messer" is too dark for me.
Hmmmm...
03-29-2005, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Harry' date='Mar 29 2005, 06:16 PM
Great car! Congrats.
Im still confused about the wood. What name would the wood have in germany?
It looks quite light. That colour I?d prefer for my car because the dark wood "Esche Messer" is too dark for me.
Hmmmm...
Im still confused about the wood. What name would the wood have in germany?
It looks quite light. That colour I?d prefer for my car because the dark wood "Esche Messer" is too dark for me.
Hmmmm...
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Afraid don't know German name but ask Iceman I'm sure he will know.
Highly recommend it. It looks a bit Maybach to me