I-Drive not while I Drive?

DVDA · 11-01-2009, 11:27 AM

Does BMW's I-Drive/Navi not work while the car is in motion? My friend has a Escalade and his Navi wont work if the car is moving, even if its 1 mph....Does BMW's do the same?

If it does, is there a way to override or hack it?

Spitfirocks · 11-01-2009, 11:54 AM

Dude, it always works. No gay japanese bullshit in our cars.

-=Hot|Ice=- · 11-01-2009, 12:00 PM

IDrive works all the time. Driving or not. The Germans got that part right.

HermesRider · 11-01-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by -=Hot|Ice=-

IDrive works all the time. Driving or not. The Germans got that part right.

Thankfully yes! They defied the American legal climate on this one.

rjd598 · 11-01-2009, 12:06 PM

guess op doesnt drive a bmw

07E92TT · 11-01-2009, 12:26 PM

yeah thats how Lexus' cars are, thankfully BMW's aren't that way.

DVDA · 11-01-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rjd598

guess op doesnt drive a bmw

I dont, ordering a 335i was debating the I-Drive or not...

If it didnt allow use while moving I wasnt going to get it (unless there was a hack)

BMWinNorthdakota · 11-01-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 07E92TT

yeah thats how Lexus' cars are, thankfully BMW's aren't that way.

hmmm???

My step mom's 2005 Rx330 isnt like that...

Maybe its newer models??

BK · 11-01-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWinNorthdakota

hmmm???

My step mom's 2005 Rx330 isnt like that...

Maybe its newer models??

Definitely, the newer Lexuses won't let you enter data while in motion. I think our Honda allows this to be configured on/off. It's a PITA when you can't do it.

Visedar · 11-02-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by -=Hot|Ice=-

IDrive works all the time. Driving or not. The Germans got that part right.

Unfortunately that's not totally true (about the Germans part), and I wish it were. My friend just bought the 2010 Mercedes Benz C300, and her Navigation gets locked while in Motion, and she cannot change the destination on the Nav unless the car is stationary. I'm not sure about Audi/VW but BMW may be the only German car maker who doesn't do that. And I have this weird feeling that BMW will eventually do the same due to all the regulations and lawsuits we have here in the US -- just like they switched the E90's side mirrors from the sporty aerodynamic shape to rectangular/SUV style mirrors, just like the M. Benz C class.

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