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Post by inkey$ » Sat May 08, 2021 10:44 pm

Spotted this on a German YouTube video. Centre vents with a really well integrated screen showing air temp etc?!
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Post by patriot66 » Sat May 08, 2021 11:46 pm

It's a BMW E85/86 Z4 (E83 X3) Navi Business 9121626 unit :thumbsup:
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Post by Zulu4 » Sun May 09, 2021 9:22 am

So does the small LCD display do the navigating for you, or is it supposed to connect up with a proper screen somewhere ?
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Post by Ole gits rule » Sun May 09, 2021 9:29 am

Zulu4 wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 9:22 am Navi Business 9121626
There has to be a second screen somewhere - cant read directions off that surely :(
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Post by srhutch » Sun May 09, 2021 9:48 am

It just gives you big arrows for direction.
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Post by gadgetJunky72 » Sun May 09, 2021 10:03 am

If you did want and extra screen for car info there's always this:

http://www.p3cars.com/bmw/bmw-z-series/ ... -gauge-v2/

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Post by mr.tourette » Sun May 09, 2021 10:16 am

What i want to know is why isn't the "bmw navigation system" wording centred on the unit? That would drive me batshit crazy :thumbsdown:
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Post by srhutch » Sun May 09, 2021 11:41 am

mr.tourette wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 10:16 am What i want to know is why isn't the "bmw navigation system" wording centred on the unit? That would drive me batshit crazy :thumbsdown:
Have to agree with you on that.
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Post by bigwinn » Sun May 09, 2021 12:28 pm

When I read this I got excited and started to picture the fabled alpina bmw e30 readouts

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Post by Carol M » Sun May 09, 2021 6:56 pm

It looks like an old zx spectrum game about to start up. Very retro looking.

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