| What's Going On? |
There are
38 guests on-line
|
|
|
|
|
|
best portable nav on ED?
Hello All,
I'm planning an ED trip, and was wondering if anyone has used a portable GPS\Nav unit for travelling around in Europe. I'm thinking of skipping the Nav option on the 530i I want to order, and getting a portable GPS\Nav for use when I'm over in Germany. Another option I was contemplating was using my laptop with navigation software, has anyone done this? Any recommendations is appreciated.
thanks
| | Reply » best portable nav on ED? |
Quote: Hello All,
I'm planning an ED trip, and was wondering if anyone has used a portable GPS\Nav unit for travelling around in Europe. I'm thinking of skipping the Nav option on the 530i I want to order, and getting a portable GPS\Nav for use when I'm over in Germany. Another option I was contemplating was using my laptop with navigation software, has anyone done this? Any recommendations is appreciated.
thanks | I know a fellow bimmerfester that went around the same time as me had a laptop with software and paid very little. He mentioned it worked great. Hopefully he'll read your post and comment. I had Nav. and it made the trip so much easier. Even when i get the car back home it will be a cool gadget for someone who gets lost pretty easily. 
| | Reply » best portable nav on ED? |
Quote: | I had Nav. and it made the trip so much easier. Even when i get the car back home it will be a cool gadget... | Agreed. Interestingly the Nav booklet says the built-in Nav has an internal compass so it can tell direction AND is tied into wheel sensors so it can tell when you are in a turn. (Thus you will note it immediately goes to the next direction when you are initiating the current instruction.) Can't get that in aftermarket options.
| | Reply » best portable nav on ED? |
Yeah, the NAV will cost you 1640 but BMW really improved it immensely over the E39 version and the I-Drive integration worked very well. Interesting note, BMW has not changed the price of the NAV option since at least 2001...that was when I got the NAV as an option in my 2001 530i.
I think it is totally worth it and it should help resale value if that is important to you. You can't beat the seamless integration into the car either.
Whenever I think about buying a BMW, I always take the base price and immediately add 10k and that is what I consider the 'true' cost of the car. As it turns out, after I add up all the options "I gotta have", it is always right around 10k....
| | Reply » best portable nav on ED? |
Quote: Hello All,
I'm planning an ED trip, and was wondering if anyone has used a portable GPS\Nav unit for travelling around in Europe. I'm thinking of skipping the Nav option on the 530i I want to order, and getting a portable GPS\Nav for use when I'm over in Germany. Another option I was contemplating was using my laptop with navigation software, has anyone done this? Any recommendations is appreciated.
thanks | I can't find the other post, otherwise I would have linked it up for you. I think the guys were talking about a Garmin. I have a laptop with MS Streets and eTrex. It works well, but is bulky. I just got a hand-held dell with a bluetooth gps & rand mcnally. The map is causing some issues that I hope to work through. I think the in-car nav is the best, and a bit more expensive ($1,700 vs about $1,000). The "build-your-own-teddy" is a bit more time consuming, cheaper, portable; & at times tempramental.
| | Reply » best portable nav on ED? |
Quote: | I can't find the other post, otherwise I would have linked it up for you. I think the guys were talking about a Garmin. I have a laptop with MS Streets and eTrex. It works well, but is bulky. I just got a hand-held dell with a bluetooth gps & rand mcnally. The map is causing some issues that I hope to work through. I think the in-car nav is the best, and a bit more expensive ($1,700 vs about $1,000). The "build-your-own-teddy" is a bit more time consuming, cheaper, portable; & at times tempramental. |
Since you have the Hand Held Dell consider Mapopolis with the European Maps. It's works pretty darned well.
|
Page 1 of 4 |
1 2 3 4
|
|
|
Menu
best portable nav on ED?