04 E60 w/ No GPS

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Nov 18, 2007 | 06:58 AM

y0manda

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Hi ya. First Post been reading awhile trying to understand how I can get GPS on my 04 E60. I have noticed there are quiet a few 04's out there w/ GPS on their iDrive screen but wondered how they did this. Could someone Please help me out thanks!

Nov 19, 2007 | 08:39 AM

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They most likely have the stock Navigation option.

Nov 19, 2007 | 01:47 PM

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yeah most ordered it with the car. I know of someone that added it to their car after..It was pretty expensive..

Best best is to get an after market navi system

Nov 20, 2007 | 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ImSort0fABigDeal' post='496553' date='Nov 19 2007, 11:47 PM

yeah most ordered it with the car. I know of someone that added it to their car after..It was pretty expensive..

Best best is to get an after market navi system

+1. This is something that most order on a brand-new car. I inquired about retrofitting when searching for my current car (I bought CPO) - it is expensive as heck to retrofit, and just about every dealership I asked at recommended against doing it due the cost and the amount of work needed behind the dash. The quotes I got were EUR 4,200 upwards.

Aftermarket units come at a fraction of the cost and, I dare say, some of them probably outperform the built-in BMW unit. There have been a few threads here about this.