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Replying to: asteinberg (Apr 02, 2008 12:05 pm) |
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Replying to: asteinberg (Apr 02, 2008 12:05 pm)
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Replying to: ny540i6 (Apr 02, 2008 5:24 pm)  your desired destination is in, the guidance is nice. That is, until you get near your destination.  In my last car, the nav would tell me my destination is X distance ahead on the left/right/straight ahead. This nav simply says "you have arrived" even though my ultimate destination is nowhere in site. I'll admit, though, that I do have a little chuckle every time she says, "You have arrived." Just the connotation of it...  And don't get me started on the ventilation system! Hot weather is fast approaching, and I'm feverishly trying to figure out how I'm going to get it to keep me cool this summer with the automatic settings. I'm not throwing out the baby with the bath water, though. I'm enjoying the car otherwise. '08 BMW 550i Sport w/ 6-speed manual. |
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Replying to: jb_shin (Mar 31, 2008 4:54 pm) I just went to the BMW web site, and the standard tires on the 528 are 17 x 7.5 Star Spoke (Style 138) cast alloy wheels, 225/50R-17 all-season tires, with no mention of being runflats. I went through the Build Your Own process, without checking the sport package option, and I found no wheel / tire option available. I stayed with the standard wheel / tire package on my 535Xi to specifically avoid run flat tires. Perhaps the ride quality you mentioned was due in part to not having run flat tires. Bruce
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Replying to: bruceomega (Apr 03, 2008 12:12 pm) The second day I had the car, I was able to do more driving and while I still love the engine, the brakes positively sucked! Hard to modulate and not progressive at all. |
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) I've gone 55 years without a nav system and have never missed one. Somehow, I have arrived at every single destination I set out to find after entering my car without relying on a small screen I could not recognize without my "cheaters" When the value proposition becomes so compelling that I can't live without it, maybe it will be time to consider nav... just isn't there yet, imo.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) You must be extremely overweight or have a glandular problem (LOL). I live in the sunbelt and the a/c freezes me out in summer. Geez, why do some people buy/lease BMW's if their Nav. and drink holders are so bad?
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Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 4:07 pm) I used to feel the same way. Now I am reluctant to be without one. Driving quite a lot if I am in parts of town I'm not familiar with or if there's an accident or detour, the nav. screen allows me a real time look at other route options. I like and appreciate that part of nav. more than utilizing it by putting in an address and driving to it.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2008 5:50 am) Check your owner's manual. The ACC in your car may not be completely Automatic. In my ACC equipped E39 you must turn a manual wheel control to direct the cold air from the AC to the outlets in the cabin. It's dumb but once you do that it works as well as any AC I've ever experienced. |
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Replying to: lovemyclk (Apr 03, 2008 4:07 pm) That's what a lot of people said about garage door openers and microwaves.  I agree that the navigation system stinks, though. I really like the HUD, however, and plan to get it whenever available. |
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