[cainzor]

Originally Posted by Hap

Some one mentioned Waze for driving info on the ID8 screen about the area you are in ? Does this Waze replace a Radar detector ? I was following a BMW X3 on interstate and I figured he had something. We were cruising 80ish and he tapped brakes twice in 10 miles and there was a State police car siting in bushes both times. I may need something I don't know about what Waze is or what it does for ya exactly.

Direct me to another link if this is wrong place to check this.
Hap

waze allows users to mark areas of concern (cars on the sholder, junk sitting on the road, heavy traffic, and cops sitting in traps). its not perfect because people have to actually mark the cops but i find that 99% of the time people have already marked them and they're displayed on the map. the other 1% they must have just got set up and in that case i do the marking.
its also super great for red light cameras and speed cameras.

[StepMassive]

I was SO bummed when I found out my M240i was getting the iDrive 8 curved screen + the M-illuminated trim. I very strongly did not want either of those options.

However, now that I've driven the car for around 2 weeks...I freakin love em both

[PNTDG42]

Originally Posted by cainzor

waze allows users to mark areas of concern (cars on the sholder, junk sitting on the road, heavy traffic, and cops sitting in traps). its not perfect because people have to actually mark the cops but i find that 99% of the time people have already marked them and they're displayed on the map. the other 1% they must have just got set up and in that case i do the marking.
its also super great for red light cameras and speed cameras.

I have Waze installed but I don't use it often. The V1 Gen2 has been insanely trustworthy for me. I do open up Waze here and there, and I really want to like it, but so far it has not grown on me. Something I've found frustrating is that there are always mysterious icons like emoticons on the Waze map and I cannot figure out what they are. One time I even pulled over, determined to find a comprehensive map legend for Waze, and if one exists; I never found it. I'm sure I could take a picture and post it to a group and an experienced Wazer could tell me what it is… but for me personally, a non intuitive interface on a driving accessory is a no-go.

[XC3LLR8]

Originally Posted by eddj

Did I also mention that at night the interior of this beast called M240i looks like a spaceship with the new screen ?

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What's up with the quadrilaterals to the inside of the tach and speedo? Looks like something a 2nd grader designed.

[XC3LLR8]

Originally Posted by Lohan

After a week with my MY23 M240 I'll offer this - I turn on the seat heater and heat level by talking to the car. No analog or digital input. No reaching or touching the display. I adjust the heat level by voice. I activate navigation by voice and tell the car where I want to go. I change the volume on the radio by voice. It's nice. I don't have to reach out and touch the screen or touch a physical control. Up to us all individually to decide if that is better or worse than MY22. But I like it.

I can do the same thing in my '22...or I can do it all by touch, which I do more often than not.

[XC3LLR8]

I like Waze, but it's not my choice for the displayed map as I prefer the OEM nav. However, I will sometimes open Waze and then switch back to the OEM map, as doing this allows Waze to speak when a cop or obstacle is ahead.

Another problem with relying on Waze rather than a radar detector (I highly recommend the Uniden R8) is often times the cop will sit there with his own phone and tell Waze the cop is no longer there.

[Hapbob]

Originally Posted by XC3LLR8

I like Waze, but it's not my choice for the displayed map as I prefer the OEM nav. However, I will sometimes open Waze and then switch back to the OEM map, as doing this allows Waze to speak when a cop or obstacle is ahead.

Another problem with relying on Waze rather than a radar detector (I highly recommend the Uniden R8) is often times the cop will sit there with his own phone and tell Waze the cop is no longer there.

Now that is not fair.
Hap

[MPR]

Originally Posted by Hapbob

Now that is not fair.
Hap

You'd think the geniuses at Waze would require 2+ "cop no longer there" reports to take it into consideration, to avoid cops deleting themselves from the map.

[cainzor]

Originally Posted by PNTDG42

I have Waze installed but I don't use it often. The V1 Gen2 has been insanely trustworthy for me. I do open up Waze here and there, and I really want to like it, but so far it has not grown on me. Something I've found frustrating is that there are always mysterious icons like emoticons on the Waze map and I cannot figure out what they are. One time I even pulled over, determined to find a comprehensive map legend for Waze, and if one exists; I never found it. I'm sure I could take a picture and post it to a group and an experienced Wazer could tell me what it is… but for me personally, a non intuitive interface on a driving accessory is a no-go.

those mysterious icons are other people using waze.

[LivingInSalt]

Originally Posted by cainzor

those mysterious icons are other people using waze.

...which you can turn off/not show in Settings

[KJ10]

Originally Posted by XC3LLR8

What's up with the quadrilaterals to the inside of the tach and speedo? Looks like something a 2nd grader designed.

You can change the layout in display settings.

[ThunderM240]

Originally Posted by CarsAndGuitars

It is the correct answer to my muscle memory from almost 45 years of driving with a shifter where I expect it. Any car with any other implementation, I reach for air

I would probably Get used to ID8 but I am with you on the shifter. Since my first car which was a 67 Camaro I bought in 1969, I love having my right hand on the shifter while I drive. Yes, they were all sticks until 2007, but I continue to do that. Even in my Jeep Liberty. Could be a dealbreaker for me.

[Hapbob]

When I first started to drive the shifter was on steering column. Don’t remember having to touch it once in 3rd gear ! Had all sorts of room on floor in front of seats. I have had to evolve a bit in my years of driving.
Hap

[XC3LLR8]

Originally Posted by Hapbob

When I first started to drive the shifter was on steering column. Don’t remember having to touch it once in 3rd gear ! Had all sorts of room on floor in front of seats. I have had to evolve a bit in my years of driving.
Hap

I want high beam button back on the floorboard!

[PNTDG42]

Not having a tall shifter to rest your hand on, is almost definitely a problem that exists only in your anticipation. As if you have to just awkwardly hold your hand in the air now with nowhere for it to intuitively be. ID8 cars do still come with the big round handrest in front of you; so there is always that.

[Hap]

Your right hand will be busy touching the display all over the place looking for the button that does the thing you think you want at the time. Or slapping the passenger hand away from touching the big, beautiful screen. I see many options to the having the shifter hand rest.

Hap

[CarsAndGuitars]

Originally Posted by PNTDG42

Not having a tall shifter to rest your hand on, is almost definitely a problem that exists only in your anticipation. As if you have to just awkwardly hold your hand in the air now with nowhere for it to intuitively be. ID8 cars do still come with the big round handrest in front of you; so there is always that.

When you are used to something "comfortable" for almost 5 decades and then it is not there anymore, tell us how much you want that change.

[m_g42bmw]

Anyone know if the dash for the 23 would be interchangeable with a 2022 I assume the measurements can't be too far off the only hard part would be to code everything properly…thoughts???

[coreyjn7]

Originally Posted by m_g42bmw

Anyone know if the dash for the 23 would be interchangeable with a 2022 I assume the measurements can't be too far off the only hard part would be to code everything properly…thoughts???

Thoughts?

Literally one of the dumbest things i've read on here

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by vicxxz

Not to start a fight but this Thanksgiving I am thankful for having a real (real enough) dashboard in my '22 M240i … oh .. and a shifter too .. and a few manual controls, like AC, seat heating, etc…

Couldn't agree more

[bobkat09]

Originally Posted by Fishee

Couldn't agree more

Agreed. I miss my e92. I think that was my favorite interior of all time

[donm527]

Originally Posted by coreyjn7

Thoughts?

Literally one of the dumbest things i've read on here

Not the dash but reading this thread it did make me wonder if the 22 shifter could be retrofitted into the 23 console.... It's not linkage connected but electronic right?? Too easy to be just plugnplay eh??