Isn't it just a old firmware version? A friend of mine with a 3-series E46 (same system as yours and mines on the X3) used to have v24 on his, and told me that the map would also be static and the car/point would move. Recently I've upgraded his car to v28 and now the map moves in all three map types (north, direction up, perspective), just like on my v27.

Look for the v28 firmware thread and try to upgrade your navi...

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