I generally really like what they have done with iDrive and nav on my 2011 X5, compared to my old 2007 X5. Notably, I can now search for businesses without having to drill down to a very specific category (which was a really stupid requirement)!
However, looks like they simply moved their stupidity to regular road searches! In older nav version, I could simply choose a street name, and then the house number. Now, most of the time, I have to choose a street name along with A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, then the house number. Problem is, most of the time I don't know what neighborhood area
my destination is in. Very stupid.
The other annoying thing is that the turn-by-turn voice direction is now unnecessarily way too chatty. For example, in freeways, every time I approach an exit that's not my target exit, it does this:
"Prepare to keep left, and continue on blabla..."
A few seconds later: "Now keep left."
Imagine traveling 100 miles on interstate, it would say the above 90+ times
Yes I know about "Dynamic driving guidance" option, which actually resulted in turning off some helpful directions.
Does anyone also feel that the voice is now too "muddy" when driving at high speed? I like the older voice better. I could hear it much clearer than the new one.
09-20-2010, 03:29 PM
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