Anybody using BMW Connected Dive / Internet?

[Pickled Piper]

As above. Does anybody have this on their BMW? How much does it cost? and is it any good?

Thanks in advance.

pp

[Fox-]

It's free with Bluetooth and Pro Nav, Internet is a 90 quid option.

[nrick]

Had it on an E60 and a E65, never used it.

[Fox-]

nrick said:

Had it on an E60 and a E65, never used it.

E60 was never offered with Internet as an option.

You had Connected Drive/BMW Assist Online Portal.

Internet offers full WWW functionality.

[Pickled Piper]

Cheers chaps.

pp

[5678]

I use connected drive all the time. Very handy for getting sat nav details in without having to faff around.
We recently spent a day looking at houses in Manchester. We'd emailed the car the addresses of the houses on question and then just loaded up each one as required. Being able to call up and get specific details sent to the car is also helpful.

If I were speccing a new BMW, for £90 I'd have internet too.

[dandle]

I got three years free subscription to BMW Assist and Online when I bought my E60. Assist was great online was a bit gimicky but when it came to renewal time they want £120 per year for the data connection. I used the google maps and concierge service less than 12 times a year so couldnt justify the cost at at least £10 a go, I can do all of that on my phone anyway.

[5678]

dandle said:

I got three years free subscription to BMW Assist and Online when I bought my E60. Assist was great online was a bit gimicky but when it came to renewal time they want £120 per year for the data connection. I used the google maps and concierge service less than 12 times a year so couldnt justify the cost at at least £10 a go, I can do all of that on my phone anyway.

I bought my E63 as an AUC, the original owner didn't use the free trial so I activated and am using it instead!

[dandle]

5678 said:

I bought my E63 as an AUC, the original owner didn't use the free trial so I activated and am using it instead!

Same as mine really. I bought my car at 8 months old and BMW hadn't activated Assist/Online so I got the full three years.

[Vroomer]

Never used mine. What does it actually do that you don't get from the sat nav?

[srooks]

ConnectedDrive is great .. it's mainly the integrated Google stuff that I use. It's the same system in the mini (except your phone gives the data connection) .. and that's really useful.

One nice touch I like is if you zoom out to a map scale of >= 10 miles, you'll see the weather info on the map. This is really useful on long inter-country trips!

Internet - use it from time to time .. but the connection is never that fast. I tend to use the news rss feed more.