The X5 nav has real-time traffic with detours - that I have taken - so how is that different from what you are proposing?

Didn't propose anything. Just said I'm looking forward to using it and hope it works well. People are posting less than stellar aspects of their Nav units and I had good experiences with the one in my Infiniti. So far, haven't read any complaints about the real time traffic and suggested alternate routes so I am hoping this feature works well. Guess I'll find out when mine comes in.

Sorry that I got this wrong but you may want to know that the instructions one gets are only as good as the source. I remember NC in particular being a place where I was told to detour more than once but the information was wrong. On the other hand, the nav did save me about 2 hours in western NC when there was a huge accident on my route.

"Real-Time Traffic" - provides information about the traffic jam you're already stuck in, or reroutes you around a traffic problem that cleared up hours ago.

I didn't read all the posts but you folks are funny.
I can't imagine how you would fair using the Navi
in my 2005. Except for the fact that the map is old
I have no trouble getting anywhere. Maybe it's
because I'm still in the dark ages using knobs to
find letters and all but this baby is fast. Nope it
doesn't call out street names but Oh well I can
deal with that. Oh I've seen better units but what the hey
it works like gang busters for me. OBTW no Garmin

Have fun.........;)

Quick,
Indication of wisdom!!!:thumbup:

If it doesn't call out street names, like "turn right on Elm street 1/4 mile", how do you know which street to turn on or which street name to look for to make sure you are turning in the correct place? Sorry, mine coming out of "paint shop" today, and did not try this on the test drive.

My G35S (first and only GPS I've ever used) gives exact instructions like the example I just gave, splits the screen to show you the upcoming intersection on a map zoom, and even sounds a DING when you are at the intersection.

Remember mine is an 05 4.4. So I was kinda messing
around in Ye ole (E70) forum just for fun. Anywhoo......

For me? The Navi announces turn this way or that way well in advance
and the street name shows up on the Navi screen.
My Co-pilot (the wife is helpful when I can't look.....;)


Yours had got to be better than mine for sure.

Maybe you would if your "old" nav confused the address of a Holiday Inn between two cities 40 miles apart, as my 2010 nav did in Texas.

You might be right...... Texas is ..."BIG"
Thats why I look up destinations in advance just to
get an idea where I'm headed. The iPhone helps also.;)

When I'm traveling from Chicago to Phoenix, I generally stop along the way for a bit of sleep. One function of the GPS is to tell you where these places are when you are planning to stop for the night.

Of course, to take your example to the extreme, one could use a map instead of a GPS... but then that's not why people pay for a GPS now is it...

If you use a GPS to look-up a hotel and it says the hotel is in Van Horn, you click on the "use as destination" option, and it then shows the hotel 40 miles away in Kent, but with the same street address, the GPS is deficient.

My expectations are not that high -- I want the $1,900 BMW GPS to work as well as a $200 Garmin. I think that is a reasonable expectation.


P.S. With the new GPS, BMW has switched providers of mapping and POI data from the NavTeq to the European TeleAtlas. Your "Old" GPS probably has superior data to the new GPS.