Is Navigation really worth it????
08-01-2008, 10:11 PM
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My Ride: 2008 Alpine White 550i Sport, Cream Beige Interior, 6-Sp Manual - retired 9/2011
I haven't used my NAV once! I like to watch the pretty map move, though, as I drive along. 
08-02-2008, 03:06 AM
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My Ride: 08 550 Carbon Sport Almost everything factory, but no sound upgrades.
If you go places you don?t frequent it is invaluable. If you use it to go places you?ve been it?s a toy.
It can be fun also. I had business in Twichintwat, TN. I was doing 95 on I75 northbound and coming up on my exit. A TN Trooper was on my ass doing 96. I missed my exit and the NAV lady got her thong in a wad and told me to ?Make a legal U turn?. Yeah sure!
Include it in your options.
It can be fun also. I had business in Twichintwat, TN. I was doing 95 on I75 northbound and coming up on my exit. A TN Trooper was on my ass doing 96. I missed my exit and the NAV lady got her thong in a wad and told me to ?Make a legal U turn?. Yeah sure!
Include it in your options.
08-02-2008, 03:12 AM
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My Ride: BMW E60 520d SE Saloon M47 2.0dTitanium Grey II, Grey−Dakota Leather, Visibility Package, Media Package, Through Load System, Lumbar support − fr seats, Automatic Air Conditioning−Advanced, High beam assistant, Hi−Fi Loudspeak
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Get it simply for the integration between car, nav, phone, larger screen. I'll be a problem trying to shift that car later without the Nav.
08-02-2008, 07:27 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535xi, Monaco Blue, Premium, Cold Weather, Nav, M Aero Kit, Ipod, Escort Passport SRX
I love the nav system. I have used a number of aftermarket systems - and while they all have plusses and minuses - the built in BMW system is so much more convenient to use.
If I bought an E60 without one - I would simply purchase an aftermarket system - but given my choice between the same car with and without (particularly if ordering a new car) I would pay the extra $$$ for it.
If I bought an E60 without one - I would simply purchase an aftermarket system - but given my choice between the same car with and without (particularly if ordering a new car) I would pay the extra $$$ for it.
08-02-2008, 08:09 AM
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My Ride: BMW 530D touring
automatic gearbox
panoramic sunroof
titan-grey metallic
black comfort seats
navi professional
sunshades in rear doors
HUD
Xenon
voice control
sports suspension
PDC
cd-changer
Shadow-line
Bluetooth
Auto-dimming mirrors
Dark-wood trim
Heated seats
Originally Posted by Westcoast M5' post='637924' date='Aug 2 2008, 07:05 AM
Nav + HUD = 
I hardly ever look at the normal instruments except for the fuel gauge.
08-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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2006 BMW X3
I use the navigation all of the time. I use it on any trips where it especially comes in handy in unfamiliar places, I use it to pinpoint unfamiliar restaurants, etc around town, and I use it for traffic info which is real handy in a big city such as Charlotte. It will occasionaly send me on a strange route if a traffic delay would be slower than the alternate route. I will generally put the perspective map display in the small window and the iPod track display, etc in the main window.
I concur, the nav instructions in the HUD is a must. Besides the convenience of the display, I don't have to listen to the nav lady interrupt my music every moment or two.
I concur, the nav instructions in the HUD is a must. Besides the convenience of the display, I don't have to listen to the nav lady interrupt my music every moment or two.
08-02-2008, 01:18 PM
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My Ride: 2005 545i - Jet Black | bld 01/2005 | Black Dakota Leather | Sport Package | Cold Weather Package | NAV | Sports Seats | Sirius Satellite | Logic 7 | Multi-Disk | Shades | STEPTRONIC | Adaptive Xenons | Anthracite Maple | K&N Filter - Charcoal removed | Pinnacle 35% Tint | Blackout Kidneys | Black Calipers | Dinan Throttle Body | Dinan Pedals | EU Safety Triangle | e60 Clings | RPI Scoop | Black/white roundels | LED Interior Light Update
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IMO... definately worth it... I often put it on the Nav Assistant (the smaller window on the right of the iDrive screen) so that I can use the other features (BT phone, radio, etc) as well as see the maps and directions when I want. Also, one less thing (GPS) that you'd stick to your windshield with the portable one. I actually passed on a couple E60's that did not have NAV until the one I purchased came along...
I dig it!
I dig it!
08-02-2008, 05:05 PM
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My Ride: 08 550 Carbon Sport Almost everything factory, but no sound upgrades.
Resale value has never been a concern of mine, but I think a NAV system will command a better trade value as time passes.
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