BMW and M Power Owners
- Thread starter panthro
- Start date
Soldato
Purchase price difference reflects in residuals anyway.
£90k isnt "that" much nowadays. My x5 cost £82k.
My satnav stopped finding any post codes recently and I assumed something had broke and googled it. I was wrong, it actually sounds like the 'connected drive ' has expired which being able to search a postcode is part of! How on earth do BMW get away with charging you a subscription just to search for a postcode?! Ridiculous. 
They must have changed it as I can still search via Postcode on my 2015 4 series?My satnav stopped finding any post codes recently and I assumed something had broke and googled it. I was wrong, it actually sounds like the 'connected drive ' has expired which being able to search a postcode is part of! How on earth do BMW get away with charging you a subscription just to search for a postcode?! Ridiculous.
![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
My satnav stopped finding any post codes recently and I assumed something had broke and googled it. I was wrong, it actually sounds like the 'connected drive ' has expired which being able to search a postcode is part of! How on earth do BMW get away with charging you a subscription just to search for a postcode?! Ridiculous.
What car is it? Postcode lookup isn't part of connected drive on mine.
Saying that I don't know why you wouldn't renew it as it isn't very expensive and is reasonably useful.
4 series gran coupe. Yes I suspect I'll just suck it up and renew, I just find it silly that they would have standard features locked behind a subscription, even if it isn't an expensive one!
I don't think they do - postcode search is a part of the system and not a connected drive service. I don't know why yours doesn't work but I don't think you'll need to renew the subscription to get it back. Are you searching from the right menu? Our 2018 Mini has the same system and no Connected Drive subscription and postcode search works fine.
What year is the car?
i also have a 4 GC and can postcode lookup without having any subscription. Looking on the BMW connected drive app there is no mention of any subscription being needed for postcode lookup.
I've worked out what it is. It's when you do the quick search, that feature is apparently connected drive, if I do a full search the postcodes come up as expected. Bit of a weird one!
Soldato
Cross post from show us your motors. I take zero credit for them, they were taken by Raymond.
Love the colour mate, absolutely cracking car
Amazing photos too @Raymond Lin
Soldato
Collected this tonight a new project:
3.0 Saloon M3
Looks lovely!
Just took a deposit on my E46, being collected tomorrow and being raced on Sunday
New ultra-limited BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage spotted testing | Autocar
Special-edition model, based on the current BMW M4 Coupé, will gain a overall redesign and smaller grilles
Probably how they should have done the grills for the normal M3/M4! Suspect less people would have had an issue with them
Soldato
With idrive 7 does anyone know if the ability to receive emails to the car has been discontinued? I've setup the conecteddrive portal with all my email settings successfully but I cannot see anywhere in idrive7 to read or send them. I believe there was a email option within coms in previous idrive versions but there is nothing there in mine. I have got the connect package professional option.
My 2013 A3 Audi and our current fiesta can both do this so rather surprised if BMW has removed this useful option..
My 2013 A3 Audi and our current fiesta can both do this so rather surprised if BMW has removed this useful option..
Soldato
- Joined
- 6 Jan 2012
- Posts
- 5,502
Like it! Any E36/46 puts a smile on my face.Collected this tonight a new project:
3.0 Saloon M3
As a quick aside, took the JCW in for a new timing chain the other day and the Bimmer specialist had an 800hp M235i in for work, sounded epic and spins the wheels at 90mph he said.