Navigation really bad
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Retired Suffolk County Police Dept NY South Carolina
I had a 2011 Chevy truck and the Onstar directions are awesome. Really nice to just press a button, get a human, and have the directions downloaded to the truck (which didn't have GPS). I've got a 2012 BMW X5 and the navigation is horrible. I mean really, really bad. You can't effectively search without knowing the zipcode, it is missing lots of common places. The CTS-Vs nav is also bad from the limited experience. The X5 won't communicate with my android phone to get the phone book or a send directions. I wouldn't pay for nav on any new car unless I had to get it for other options I wanted. A $100 smart phone is better than any nav I have used.
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2013
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St. Jude Donor '14
Yeah, my cousin just bought a new A6, and was telling me about his Nav (google maps). Seems like a no brainer to me, but I wonder what happens when you are in an area that doesn't have good cellular coverage.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: California
The MMI+ system has a HDD and you can pre-download google map data for planned routes to the drive.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Los Angeles California
Using the OnStar app, you can send the directions or address to either the in-dash navigation or the Turn-by-turn OnStar nav.
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That's good news.
If you're already paying for the Safe & Sound pkg from OnStar, the Directions & Connections upgrade is only $100/yr more. Compared to $800 for the dash Nav, that's 8 years of coverage. And you get other benefits.
-bZj
If you're already paying for the Safe & Sound pkg from OnStar, the Directions & Connections upgrade is only $100/yr more. Compared to $800 for the dash Nav, that's 8 years of coverage. And you get other benefits.
-bZj