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Wow, that is awful. I was pretty shocked by the price of the $200 DVD that I have been paying for years, but I got used to it. $465 is reason enough not to buy nav in a BMW.
Out of curiousity, do you know what Mercedes and Audi charge for a similar update? That might help your BMW-NA case. One more thing... I think that the map data in your car is sourced by Tele Atlas, which is much lower quality than the former data sourced by Navteq. That really makes the inflated price sour.
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We need a grassroots campaign.... Maps are horrible. Whomever made the management decision at BMW to switch from Navteq to TeleAtlas should be FIRED. |
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What we need is a high level hacker/software writing genius to make up a third party option using better maps and a way to program it to the vehicle. (maybe via laptop and programming software?)
Sadly, I think we have a better chance of finding the leprechaun sitting between two pots of gold at the end of a "double rainbow, all the way across the sky" than that coming to fruition.
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I picked up my X5M last March 17th, a few days later on the 23rd my E70 M Sport came in. Within a month, maybe six weeks new maps were released for the Nav. The owners manual said go get the DVD plug it in and follow the instructions to install the new maps. So I figured 200 bucks (same as it's always been) and have new maps for both cars. Imagine my surprise when I found out the cost was 5X that. I complained to everyone I could as far up as I could get at BMWNA. I'd just spent $200K in one month on two new cars, bought 6 new BMW's in five years and after 3 months of complaining I was given a 400.00 gift by the dealership that I could only use there. It's a rip off not to mention that the navs in these cars have less funtionality than a $100.00 Garmin. Plus keep in mind there is no backup. And I'm told if something happens to your nav and you lose the installed maps and those maps are out if date; they can only put the new version on. Guess who pays for the new maps if that happens. |
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2. I am guessing the last chapter in the whole 'only BMW dealers can program cars' has yet to be written. By law, BMW must make tools available to non-BMW shops... we will see where this goes. A |
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I asked my dealer and they told me it is only $200 for a map update to a new BMW. Maybe it is an issue with the one dealer.
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Both are not the case. |
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I asked the tech to double-check, and he confirmed $200. However, if a $465 nav update were true, I would not buy another BMW. My next car would be an Infiniti, MB, or Audi. Something stupid and petty like this would ruin a brand to me.
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