Factory fit Sat Nav Systems

[islander]

Anybody any experience of the variety of systems fitted to Audi A6, Mercedes E Class or BMW 5 series?

Which ones show you dynamic traffic info, your current location and have full postcode use?

[TomM]

Think you need to be specific in model years, as the E39 5 series (96 - 03 ish) had both CD rom based sat nav (crap) and DVD based, which was pretty good. E60 5 series (2004+) all have DVD, so ok.

The early A6 small screen sat nav, again CD rom is rubbish but the later RNS-E DVD based wide screen nav is pretty good.

No experience of the Mercedes systems so can't comment on that.

[MK4 Slowride]

How old a car are you looking at? I know my dad 6 series has a street name only nav which is ste. Some are part postcode and other like said street name & number.

Ultimately you'll be better off with a £150 tomtom or similar as they're updatable via your computer. Car ones need new discs which are £100+. However, you do then need to be sticking the portable nav to your screen everytime so can be a pain with wires in the 12v power supply.

[Dr G]

A6 >04 RNS-E DVD nav, 04> MMI DVD nav and 09> HDD nav are all part post code but work fairly well. Brand new A6 (12 on) does full post code and lots of whizzy Google bits depending on spec.

[islander]

Looking at brand new cars rather than used, brochures for each car don't really give a lot of info to allow you to compare, and find a car with the right kit in to try isn't easy!