You dont need any of it in my opinion. The X3 is very small and very easy to manuver. I have the whole package in my new Jeep and find it completely gimicky..If you need a sensors AND a back-up camera...perhaps you should choose a more suitable vehicle to match your driving skill (or lack of it?!?)
Navigation value
I am debating getting the Tech Package versus just the rear view camera and park distance control. We have a Garmin and the Google navigation built into our phones seems better than the X3 navigation as far as accepting voice commands.
Obviously having the built-in Nav is more convenient. The larger screen for the rear view camera and the advanced bluetooth are also pluses.
Is the Nav worth the extra $1800? I wonder if it will help or hurt resale in say 8 years. At that point it could be a relic and another thing to fail.
Thoughts? For those of you that have it, are you happy you got it?
Obviously having the built-in Nav is more convenient. The larger screen for the rear view camera and the advanced bluetooth are also pluses.
Is the Nav worth the extra $1800? I wonder if it will help or hurt resale in say 8 years. At that point it could be a relic and another thing to fail.
Thoughts? For those of you that have it, are you happy you got it?
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At the end of the day, the smart ones will still look at a map and get an understanding of where they are going and what it takes to get there.
We have a pretty elaborate GPS/chartplotter/autopilot that is all interfaced on our boat that, to a novice, would seem to completely replace a paper chart. A novice would only make that costly mistake once, and hope his or her misfortune can be fixed with only a checkbook.
My point: once we completely rely on what is in the dash instead of what is mounted to our necks, we have lost the battle.
We have a pretty elaborate GPS/chartplotter/autopilot that is all interfaced on our boat that, to a novice, would seem to completely replace a paper chart. A novice would only make that costly mistake once, and hope his or her misfortune can be fixed with only a checkbook.
My point: once we completely rely on what is in the dash instead of what is mounted to our necks, we have lost the battle.
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