UPD1008 was available on-line free, and a .BIN file spec requires no intervening reader program as a .EXE, for instance, would. My update was easy, quick and trouble free.

Now, NAV updates, that's a jackass of a different color, as third-parties profit from that closely held (by BMW) data.

Here.com owns the original author of BMW NAV and offers updates free to owners of subscribed makes - not BMW.

Do not buy software on-line without a guarantee of merchantability as it can and will brick your system. If it is too good to be true, it is.

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