Comments on: New York Times Review of the new iDrive http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/26/new-york-times-review-of-the-new-idrive/ BMW News & Opinion, BMW M3, BMW 1M, BMW 1 Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW X5, BMW X6, BMW X3, BMW i Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jkp http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/26/new-york-times-review-of-the-new-idrive/comment-page-1/#comment-4202 jkp Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:59:07 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1131#comment-4202 <p>Unfortunately, it is no longer surprising that an article in the NEW YORK TIMES would be so poorly researched prior to publication.</p> Unfortunately, it is no longer surprising that an article in the NEW YORK TIMES would be so poorly researched prior to publication.

]]> By: GSKChicago http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/26/new-york-times-review-of-the-new-idrive/comment-page-1/#comment-3364 GSKChicago Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:07:49 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1131#comment-3364 <p>Surprising that an article from the NYT would have so many errors. Great to see them being called on it.</p> <p>I love my iDrive - this is the first car I've ever had with it (well, first BMW too). It is indeed slow at times, mostly with regard to navigation. All other functions I have zero complaints with. Plus, the Navigation is slow on my 135i, in part, because I have the real-time traffic turned on, which obviously slows things down.</p> <p>Thanks for posting this.</p> Surprising that an article from the NYT would have so many errors. Great to see them being called on it.

I love my iDrive – this is the first car I’ve ever had with it (well, first BMW too). It is indeed slow at times, mostly with regard to navigation. All other functions I have zero complaints with. Plus, the Navigation is slow on my 135i, in part, because I have the real-time traffic turned on, which obviously slows things down.

Thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Michael http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/26/new-york-times-review-of-the-new-idrive/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 Michael Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:03:06 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1131#comment-3363 <p>Michael: I know JS well and he is a critic when necessary. His comment above is in reference to the 3rd Generation iDrive which does not have the haptic feedback it was introduced in mid-2007 as he stated; it has the programmable shortcuts. It is significantly faster than the haptic setup b/c processing power is not needed for the haptic portion and can be utilized elsewhere.</p> <p>I have a 2007 with the haptic and the only time I find it slow is when I am scrolling through long lists in the Navigation part of the system and that is more due to the DVD transfer speed than anything as all NAV data is stored on the DVD.</p> <p>It is not slow with my phone book containing about 500 contacts.</p> <p>The system in my 2006 3er (7/05 build) was so much slower than my 2007, but the speed did improve as software updates came. The latest software on the Generation 2 or 3 systems speeds it up and improves the overall function by adding several features.</p> Michael: I know JS well and he is a critic when necessary. His comment above is in reference to the 3rd Generation iDrive which does not have the haptic feedback it was introduced in mid-2007 as he stated; it has the programmable shortcuts. It is significantly faster than the haptic setup b/c processing power is not needed for the haptic portion and can be utilized elsewhere.

I have a 2007 with the haptic and the only time I find it slow is when I am scrolling through long lists in the Navigation part of the system and that is more due to the DVD transfer speed than anything as all NAV data is stored on the DVD.

It is not slow with my phone book containing about 500 contacts.

The system in my 2006 3er (7/05 build) was so much slower than my 2007, but the speed did improve as software updates came. The latest software on the Generation 2 or 3 systems speeds it up and improves the overall function by adding several features.

]]> By: Michael http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/26/new-york-times-review-of-the-new-idrive/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Michael Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:11:11 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1131#comment-3362 <p>My 2007 iDrive as slow as hell. Half of the time it ignores clicks and other gestures forcing me to take eyes of the road and verify on screen where the selection is. Which defeats the entire purpose of it.</p> <p>"Could not be characterized as slow" is a gross understatement. JS is not known to be a BMW critic though.</p> My 2007 iDrive as slow as hell. Half of the time it ignores clicks and other gestures forcing me to take eyes of the road and verify on screen where the selection is. Which defeats the entire purpose of it.

“Could not be characterized as slow” is a gross understatement. JS is not known to be a BMW critic though.

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