I-drive updates

[MantaMike]

I am very shortly picking up my new car which is a 2006 E90 which has i-drive including BMW Professional Navigation.

My question is has BMW ever issued an update to the software for this system, if so is there any way of checking that my system has had any updates installed?

Also the navigation map dvd is dated 2006 so i presume it is the original, is it worth getting an updated map dvd, will this simply have newer maps or does it update the operation of the navigation system.

any other tips for an i-drive novice?

[ThunderSpook]

BMW issue iDrive updates all the time. Unless there is a specific reason to then people don't generally update them. That being said it's a fairly straightforward process, just takes a long time. If you are getting it from a BMW dealer then just ask them to do any iDrive updates before you pick it up and they will leave it going in the corner of the workshop for the day updating itself. The updates are usually free, they just charge for labour.