Why is one CCC so much slower than another??

[5Xtheproblems]

Originally Posted by noelskii

Charging battery once a week? geez...what do you guys have as batteries- cell phone batteries??

If you're keeping the car for a few more years, consider the AM Android unit from Avin USA or Yokotron. $500 well worth it...

^^ this. Brought my car from '08 to '17 in one evening.

[absentmathis]

Originally Posted by 5Xtheproblems

^^ this. Brought my car from '08 to '17 in one evening.

Sure if you want to spend 10% of your car's value on an unrecoverable upgrade. It doesn't cost $500 unless you want to forego all the standard options. Sounds great but it's a poor investment unless you're keeping the car for five more years or more.

[5Xtheproblems]

Originally Posted by absentmathis

Sure if you want to spend 10% of your car's value on an unrecoverable upgrade. It doesn't cost $500 unless you want to forego all the standard options. Sounds great but it's a poor investment unless you're keeping the car for five more years or more.

It's truly a matter of opinion in that regard. My car is certainly worth more than that and the investment was maybe 5% of the cars value? Regardless, it really makes the car more enjoyable, since you don't have to worry about CCC issues. In terms of the options, as long as your car is equipped from factory with Navi, this is truly plug and play with no additional features needed to spend money on-- plus you can easily remove and resell it when you trade your car in.

Either way, do whats best for you. I don't plan on keeping the car 5+ years, but am glad it is up to par with more modern car systems with the addition of this feature.

[bmrboi2]

2015 was the newest that I could find.

Originally Posted by absentmathis

Interesting. What version do you have? I checked and he X5 has 2014. I see 2015 all over eBay for cheap but nothing newer. I'm gonna leave it out altogether for a few days and see if system performance improves. Maybe put it in the 550 and see if it slows that one down.

[noelskii]

Originally Posted by 5Xtheproblems

It's truly a matter of opinion in that regard. My car is certainly worth more than that and the investment was maybe 5% of the cars value? Regardless, it really makes the car more enjoyable, since you don't have to worry about CCC issues. In terms of the options, as long as your car is equipped from factory with Navi, this is truly plug and play with no additional features needed to spend money on-- plus you can easily remove and resell it when you trade your car in.

Either way, do whats best for you. I don't plan on keeping the car 5+ years, but am glad it is up to par with more modern car systems with the addition of this feature.

Definitely worth the $$. Everything is reversible and you DO NOT need navi for this unit to work. My X5 came with the smallest screen, no navi and it was still a plug-and-play.

[5Xtheproblems]

Originally Posted by noelskii

Definitely worth the $$. Everything is reversible and you DO NOT need navi for this unit to work. My X5 came with the smallest screen, no navi and it was still a plug-and-play.

This. However, non navi cars will require a little more work getting them installed. Still all reversible.

[noelskii]

Originally Posted by 5Xtheproblems

This. However, non navi cars will require a little more work getting them installed. Still all reversible.

Really? What were the extra steps? Besides throwing the GPS antenna in the back of the unit.

[absentmathis]

What does reversible have to do with it? Pretty much everything is. Putting in a new head unit doesn't make it a new car. It's $1k for the unit with all the features I currently have. To each their own I guess. I'll upgrade the car before I spend $1k on a HU for an old car.

[noelskii]

Originally Posted by absentmathis

What does reversible have to do with it? Pretty much everything is. Putting in a new head unit doesn't make it a new car. It's $1k for the unit with all the features I currently have. To each their own I guess. I'll upgrade the car before I spend $1k on a HU for an old car.

What features?? You don't have to buy all new "features", the factory things you have can pretty much be plugged into the Android Unit.

I know other people would rather pay up then suffer the slowness of certain things...

[5Xtheproblems]

Originally Posted by absentmathis

What does reversible have to do with it? Pretty much everything is. Putting in a new head unit doesn't make it a new car. It's $1k for the unit with all the features I currently have. To each their own I guess. I'll upgrade the car before I spend $1k on a HU for an old car.

LOL. It's 500 dollars period. No one ever said $1000. I sense a bit of hostility in your responses. Maybe you need a new car and are just using this site to convince yourself... in the meantime many of us are enjoying the new tech for the remaining time we keep these vehicles.