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My wife and I took delivery of an on-the-lot 2007 Titanium Silver/Grey interior 530Xi yesterday. It has Navigation, Premium Package and Steptronic. This is to be a commuter car for the missus, who really wanted something fun to drive. We replaced a 1998 Lexus w/120K miles, and tried the Lexus ES350, Infiniti M35X, and a Camry SE. 530Xi came out on top, so we bought. Now with a total of 39 miles on the ODO, I'm feeling comfortable in it, but the complexity of the features available through the IDrive is pretty dramatic. Fortunately, the car goes just fine when I push on the pedal. I am concerned that because it's 8/06 production, we won't be able to get the RTTI piece into the Nav system, but the dealer says he thinks it's software doable, and he'll keep on top of it. I imagine that if it's hardware related (somehow getting RDS data to the NAV system), then I'm out of luck. 
Boston traffic tends to have some bad spots, so anything which will make the commute easier for the missus is a good thing.
Boston traffic tends to have some bad spots, so anything which will make the commute easier for the missus is a good thing.
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YOu made the right choice. dont worry about the complexity of the iDrive... its really not that complicated. Trust me. I have the E60 and the Lexus IS with NAV. and I find that the E60 iDrive is much better to use and more organized to use than the Lexus. P.S. the Lexus ES 350 is the same as the IS NAV.
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Originally Posted by ExGMan' post='341615' date='Oct 4 2006, 12:46 PM
My wife and I took delivery of an on-the-lot 2007 Titanium Silver/Grey interior 530Xi yesterday. It has Navigation, Premium Package and Steptronic. This is to be a commuter car for the missus, who really wanted something fun to drive. We replaced a 1998 Lexus w/120K miles, and tried the Lexus ES350, Infiniti M35X, and a Camry SE. 530Xi came out on top, so we bought. Now with a total of 39 miles on the ODO, I'm feeling comfortable in it, but the complexity of the features available through the IDrive is pretty dramatic. Fortunately, the car goes just fine when I push on the pedal. I am concerned that because it's 8/06 production, we won't be able to get the RTTI piece into the Nav system, but the dealer says he thinks it's software doable, and he'll keep on top of it. I imagine that if it's hardware related (somehow getting RDS data to the NAV system), then I'm out of luck. Boston traffic tends to have some bad spots, so anything which will make the commute easier for the missus is a good thing.
Boston traffic tends to have some bad spots, so anything which will make the commute easier for the missus is a good thing.
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I would just caution you on RTTI and your dealer's promise that it should be doable... there have been a lot of promises broken already (bluetooth, mp3, etc.)
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Originally Posted by Bedford530i' post='341920' date='Oct 5 2006, 11:19 AM
I would just caution you on RTTI and your dealer's promise that it should be doable... there have been a lot of promises broken already (bluetooth, mp3, etc.)
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