[jboy_nm]

Hello all:

Been a while since my last post. I FINALLY GOT MY S YESTERDAY! So yeah...I also got the Nav system.

I live here in Germany, and am curious as to what is wrong with my Nav. I have a US Spec Mini, and my Nav system seems to cover ALL of Germany.

The problem lies outside of Germany. When I want to go someplace like Switzerland or the Netherlands, I get plenty of city choices, but almost NO street choices. Streets that I know exist (since relatives live there) are no available on my Nav.

Do I need to upgrade to a better version of the disc? I haven't looked inside the drive to see what disc I have. Do I have to buy a Switzerland DVD? Please help! I have a trip there on Friday and I realy would not like to get lost!! Isn't there a DVD that covers almost all of Western Europe in detail??

Thanks all,

Joshua

[StevePSB]

Sounds as though you are running a Germany CD, which will include all main roads in Europe, but only all the roads in Germany.

What you need is a 2005-1 Euro DVD nav disc, which covers all of Europe.

How old is your car? New cars in the UK now get a DVD disc, but that might not apply in other European countries. If it's prior to March 03 you won't be able to run a DVD disc as the drive is CD only. Anything between March 03 and present can run a DVD disc.

[jboy_nm]

Hi:

Thanks for the reply. I am not sure as to what disc I have, but I just got my '05 Mini two days ago. I will check, but it sounds like I need the DVD. Thanks for the help again. I will look tomorrow and check what I am using.

Joshua

[jboy_nm]

Just a quick update to my situation:

Guess what? I opened up my Nav drive to find an unlabeled, CD-R COPY of the Germany Nav Map CD. Can you believe that? I called the dealer and my salesperson didn't claim to "know" that the Mini's can take the DVD Nav discs. I also specifically requested when I ordered my S that I wanted to have the '05 Europe DVD. Yeah, great...she's getting a very unpleasent visit from me tomorrow with CD-R in hand. I'll also be damned if they make me pay the 240 EUR that the DVD costs.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of thing? More to come over the weekend.

-Joshua

[AprilWhine]

Goodness, that is amazing! Did the dealer really think you would never check?

[Kodak]

Any update on this...?

Did you get a new Germany DVD? Or a European one? Did you make a big fuss? Any goodwill presents?

[jboy_nm]

So...

I stop by the dealer this weekend, walking in with CD-R in hand. My saleswoman explained that the US Mini's only come with a US CD. So to compensate (since I am stationed in Germany), they copied the German CD so they wouldn't have to charge me for it. I then explained to her that plenty of my Mini2 friends receive DVD's with their UK production Mini's.

So after lots of back and forth discussion, I left the dealer empty handed. (The CD-R that was still in my hand didn't count!). They told me if I want the Europe DVD, I will have to pay 240EUR. Yeah, I don't think so. Can you say, EBAY??!?!?!?!?!?!

Thanks for the replies everyone...I'm sure there will be more stories to come. That being said, does anyone know for sure that I was supposed to get the Europe DVD? Is there maybe an email for Mini that I can write to about this? Thanks again everyone.

-Joshua

[TheOfficeMaven]

Joshua,

The 2005-1 Europe DVD is all over eMule (eDonkey) now. Thus, just go grab a copy of it from there. MINI/BMW/NavTeq has screwed me over so many times when it comes to the map data disc that I'll never pay a penny for another one, and from the sound of it, you shouldn't either (not even off of eBay).

BTW, the BMW & MINI nav data discs are exactly the same. Thus, just search for/download the BMW version and it will work just fine in your MINI's nav system.