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10-06-2011, 03:04 AM | #1 |
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G-G-G-G-Gimme a Garmin
OK, so I'm used to using my Garmin Nav, and it is very useful and generally accurate.
I had to use my Pro Nav yesterday as the Garmin was in the other car. It is shi. sorry, not very good. The twirling knob will take some getting used to when dialling in an address, but the 4 character post code search is worse than useless. I was darting around Stoke, looking for a particular item, so was being sent from one supplier to another. I got a postcode of one place, and put it into the Nav, but as I didn't have a street name, it just took me (back) to the centre of Stoke, rather than where I wanted to be. I had to use the Info Plus, where Stacey from BMW found a road name and sent it to my Nav so I could get to my destination. So, not only do you need a postcode, you need a street name too. I'll try and remember that! Mike |
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10-06-2011, 05:57 AM | #4 |
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If you twiddled your knob more often it wouldn't take as long to get to your destination.
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10-06-2011, 05:58 AM | #5 |
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Fx1? Oh wait his was tomtom.
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10-06-2011, 09:23 AM | #6 |
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This is the reason why I didnt order it on my car. Rather use a Tomtom or the Bmw/Garmin thing they installed for free when I picked it up.
For some reason everyone still wants Nav/idrive though. |
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Because its not just a Sat-Nav, its a multi function tool and I wouldn't buy a BMW without it. It looks great too.
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But on the other hand............. you probably get perfectly good lights as standard - but I paid extra for xenons and you get perfectly good seats but I paid extra for leather etc...etc... ........... so its each one to their own really...
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In the grand scheme of things it's really not. Also it can help with Re-sale/part-ex etc.
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I think I was probably put off it when I looked at a 57 reg 335d in June and it had nav. TBH I thought it was crap. The salesman tried to put my address in and it didnt find it that easily at all - not compared to a normal sat nav. I couldnt see what the fuss was about. The idrive stuff is a nice-to-have. But I bought the car to drive - not to play with the knobs. But thats just me. Nothing wrong with it whatsoever - if you like it. |
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10-06-2011, 01:31 PM | #15 |
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Yeah I agree mate, it's a great drivers car which I found enhanced by being fully loaded.
Yeah the sat-nav is not brilliant. I actually hardly used it. Least you saved some hard-earned which could go towards a holiday!
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What I can say is my car does not have iDrive. It does not have the crap base stereo either. I did get a loaner car with iDrive and the base stereo and the sound was junk. I only got the HiFi level stereo (and I now regret not just getting Logic 7) but even that with no iDrive is much, much better than a base stereo with iDrive. |
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And you really need the pro nav although nice kit seems a big rip off price wise when new. As a side note (as I know you like the 335d) I probably would have bought the 335d back in June but .... the robbing stealer (BMW dealer at Southampton area) wanted my old 56 plate 330d plus ten grand . He could fook right off. Was a really nice car and had Michelins so the ride was much better than the old 330d but I couldnt justifiy £10K for a 335d one year newer than mine. |
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10-06-2011, 01:55 PM | #18 |
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Yeah mine was the pro-Nav. Still not all that though. The Business one must be junk
335d is a cracking car but I can understand why you didn't buy that one with that deal. Main thing is that you got a better deal and a brand spanker!
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