northernmonkey

yes dealer was supposed to put v13 on today after fixing some other minor issues but called to say car will need to be re-booked for end of next week.

reason, they were told by BMW not to install v13 (apparently,) but to wait for v13.1 coming next week.

not sure if i believe that or if they just mean they never had v13 in the first place and maybe there was never any such thing as v13 and it was always going to be v13.1 but just didn't arrive in time...a conspiracy

Guest_ForceReconTrojan_*

I had v13 placed yesterday as they said it was needed for the sat radio install.

At least I knew they were not lying now-thanks

steve545

Northernmonkey

Same thing on my car as per my post

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=2965&st=30

Steve

John W

Had Sirius installed today. I also asked them to fix various problems, CD changer, steering wheel position, etc.

They didn't upgrade the software, but said after calling tech support 3 times, they were told to wait for version 13.2 next week.

Sirius works fine, and they replaced the trunk latch actuator to fix "random alarm going off" syndrome.

First I've heard of 13.2 anyway.

my530i

Maybe BMW is supertitous, so they avoid ver 13, and make it ver 13.1

my530i

Here is a very interesting thing that might relate a bit to our software based E60 nowadays.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto
industry and stated;

"If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,
five times as fast and twice as easy to drive but would run on only five percent of the roads.
The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to
drive all over again, because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. </span>

my530i

I think BMW is getting there. Quite close