2011 Nav CD

[octriathlete]

I have an 07 X5 with the original Nav DVD. I got a postcard in the mail from BMW offering me a 2011 DVD for $199. What advantage does the updated DVD have aside from new roads/cultural info? Is traffic ANY better? I live in LA and the traffic updates suck. Is the map format essentially the same? I don't like the way the roads are laid out and the colors are pretty boring to me. The picture on the postcard had a lovely Nav Screen shown with all these features mine doesn't have, but I'm sure it's the 2011 X5 version.

[Noodle555]

Usually just map updates.

There are updates for firmware but BMW will not supply these for you but will charge you for any update. Having said that I have not looked into whether there are any firmware updates for the E70 nav.

[MRV99]

Stock photo since all the BMW's are going with HD nav's. If you live in the midwest the new 2010+ dvd's are a pain in the a$$ There are now 2 dvd's which sucks when you have to cross states which are covered by two different dvd's I switch out my 10 dis for my 09 disk when I am going to cross disks. Never mind, your in CA not an issue.