new MY2009 carbonblack E61 M5 arrived! pics ins (new IDrive as well) - Page 2 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

DOUL · 23rd November 2008, 10:09

Finally bro! Congrats, your car looks amazing and I love the new I-drive. Please keep the pictues coming especially that of the i-drive.

DOUL · 23rd November 2008, 10:20

Cerb, don't forget to update your avatar

MonacoBlue · 23rd November 2008, 11:23

Congrats~!

One more CarbonBlack M5 owner here.

I-Drive looks interesting, plz keep posting of new I-Drive.

Gustav · 24th November 2008, 17:31

Any more pcitures and verdict of the new navigation? And also, what about Efficient Dynamics

joenjolera.com · 26th November 2008, 06:47

Very nice. To bad we don't get that Idrive here in CA.

cerb · 26th November 2008, 14:04

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Originally Posted by Gustav

Any more pcitures and verdict of the new navigation? And also, what about Efficient Dynamics

more pictures will follow for sure but i am a bit overloaded at work atm so this will have to wait until the weekend. efficient dynamics? they placed a sticker in the owners manual's leather folder - i will not attach it to the rear window

to all others: thanks for your congratulations and good wishes. that car is just amazing - i am still breaking it in but it is soooo damn hard to shift around 5000 rpm ... but, so far, i didn't even once exceed the 5500

the new idrive system is just amazing, its damn fast - route calculation seldom takes more than a few seconds. and by few seconds i mean it usually takes <5 sec to calculate any route you wish. you can now add intermediate stops and plan a whole trip which you can also reverse for the way home.

integration of the multimedia stuff is quite well done, too. although there are a few glitches like when you import audio-books and music which are organized in folders to the harddrive it sometimes doesn't manage to start playing where it was when you left the car. it then plays the first folder and doesn't remember where it was in the other folder. especially unsatisfying when listening to audio books.

but that is not too bad after all - hey, it's a new systen and this is the only true error i found up until now. all other minor inconviniences stem from my being used to the old system and having to rethink some things with the new one. i'll give it a few days.

best looking thing is the new fullscreen 3d-map, especially when you are in the mountains - just awesome

stay tuned, i'll keep you posted
\cerb

cerb · 26th November 2008, 14:06

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Originally Posted by DOUL

Cerb, don't forget to update your avatar

doul, how do i do that? i seem to find only the default-avatars of the forum?

can't wait 'til work is over ... have to drive ... must ... must be in car ... want to hit road ... desperately

\cerb

cerb · 26th November 2008, 14:10

if anyone is interested in the german quick introduction of the new idrive then you download it here:

http://home.cablesurf.de/gerd/idrive.pdf

but be warned: the file is a 123mb in size. and it is in german. but it's 24 color pages of the new idrive

\cerb

DOUL · 26th November 2008, 14:14

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Originally Posted by cerb

doul, how do i do that? i seem to find only the default-avatars of the forum?

can't wait 'til work is over ... have to drive ... must ... must be in car ... want to hit road ... desperately

\cerb

Appologies cerb, my bad. At that time I was thinking of another member's avatar and somehow mixed my thoughts.

joenjolera.com · 26th November 2008, 18:44

I really wonder how much it would cost to upgrade the idrive to the new system. I know its hard-drive based so its entirely different... but just curious to see if they come up with an upgrade path at all.