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Does anyone know if Jochen Siegenthaler still supports Navcoder? I purchased a licenced copy a few years back and had a couple of questions regarding the software but haven't been able to reach him via the email address on the navcoder website.

Yep! Left the car in at the dealers for a week while I was away with work, picked it up last week. All sorted now. Not bad for a stone chip in April!

Would you believe that the second OEM replacement windscreen also has a fault in it! New one arrives Friday.

Dealer confirms fault in OEM glass replacement. They are getting it back in a week or two to do the replacement in house and apparently there is an EGR cooler recall at the same time, two birds one stone. Hopefully that's the end of it!

I'm letting Novus deal with insurance, I'm just annoyed that I have had to prod them along by contacting the dealer pro-actively. They would have been far happier if I had just mucked about with seat position and found a spot where it looked better. I'm fairly sure the trip to the dealer will be a waste of time in any event as I feel it is a defect in the glass. It's just the hassle as well - two weeks before the dealer can fit me in, and if it does need another windscreen, well the last one took about two weeks as well. So if its going where I think its going it'll be July by the time it's sorted, considering I had the chip claim approved on May 2 it's a nuisance! Happy to be proved wrong though!

I can't say for certain what the installer ordered other than its OEM and they knew it had a HUD. To be fair that's not my job to tell them the part numbers. They'd seen the car before as this all started from a chip repair that failed. Insurance have agreed to let the dealer take a look.

That is my first thought too. If I bob my head up and down with the ignition off I can make out some slight distortion in the what I see outside especially if I line up with a fence or something with long vertical and horizontal lines.

They reckon that they have calibrated the HUD in house, but they still want me to go to the dealer to see if the HUD is faulty. Pretty sure its a defect in the replacement windscreen, but I guess they don't want to re do the install if there is a slim possibility that they don't have to. I'll have to see what the insurance says, but on the whole its a bit of a nuisance, especially considering I had to wait two weeks for the current windscreen to arrive in the first place.

Novus tell me that they perform the same calibration as the dealer. They now are suggesting we try to get my insurer to pay for a dealer diagnostic test on the HUD. I still feel like it'll be an imperfection in the new screen.

Oh jeez that sounds like a nuisance. Wasn't AA Autoglass, I went with my insurers preferred supplier which was Novus, which I guess is ironic because my insurer is AA. Does seem odd that a major player in the windscreen game doesn't know it requires dealer calibration after an install considering they have all the required equipment to recalibrate the front cameras and light/rain sensors. I'll suggest Novus get in touch with the dealer. Cheers.

Yeah, it's starting to annoy me, and it definitely didn't do this before.

I've just had a windscreen replacement done on insurance. Due to the HUD insurance approved an OEM windscreen. After getting it back I've found that there is a distinct double image in my preferred HUD position. If I lower the display or slouch down it goes away. I've had it back to the installers this morning. They agree that its not quite right, but suggested that I was being hyper aware post windscreen replacement and that so far their preferred solution is that I drive around and experiment with a different driving position or HUD position and see if I can find a comfortable spot that doesn't show the double image. My preferred position; If I slouch; Otherwise they indicated that they might try to get the HUD looked at via a dealer. My thought is that maybe the screen has a fault in it. Does anyone know if the dealer really could adjust the HUD to bring the images back to normal in my preferred position without screwing it up in some other way? My intuition says they can't. Am I being unreasonable here in thinking that trying to adjust my driving position or the HUD is not really a solution, or am I just being a bit pedantic? Any thoughts appreciated!

Mystery GPS box looks a lot like one of these; http://carsystems.com.ua/bmw-products-en/bmw-nbt-evo-atm-emulator-en Which is a module designed to emulate an ATM/GPS thing in a retro fitted system. This piece of wiring looks a lot like the picture of the cable that is included in the ATM emulator instruction manual The mystery deepens.

AudioCity thought it all looked a bit mysterious and are took some details and are going to do some research. They suggested I have a look at the head unit myself. Pulled the head unit, it appears to have been retrofitted with a later HW version HU that supports wireless Carplay, but doesn't have a GPS input. There is apparently another module that supported GPS and teleservices called an ATM that would have needed to have been retrofitted for the nav to function. I can see what I think is the GPS cable is plugged into another box somewhere deep in the dash that doesn't look original but I couldn't access it. I still think the Nav worked at some point with this HU as a previous owners known address as well as other NZ addresses are in the GPS history. So the GPS antenna I ordered is probably gonna be surplus to requirements now, too bad its already shipped. The wiring job on the retro fitted HU leaves something - ahem - to be desired! So that needs to be dealt with! Mystery GPS cable box thing that I couldn't reach without disassembling half the car! Dunno what it is, the attach points indicate that it should be mounted somewhere but isn't Good thing the rest of the car is fine! This really should go in a different section of the forum now, I know.

AudioCity in Chch have offered to have a look at no charge (very good of them) to see what the issue is, hopefully off there in the morning.

Cheers for the information. I don't think AutoGravity have an outlet in Christchurch. I might have to try someone like AudioCity, unless anyone has any recommendations in the South Island.

Hi Hugo, thanks for your input. Below is what I am seeing, perhaps you can shed some light. It has the 5 tiles on the home screen so I think it is NBT EVO ID5. You could be right regarding the hardware, I have seen one un-commanded reboot while driving, so perhaps it is just the software that has been updated. I haven't pulled the head unit from the dash to check the hardware version number though. It has wireless Carplay, and I can mirror my Android phone's display to there must be a wifi antenna installed, I think as a retrofit. It does look to have the NZ maps installed. - Excuse the amount of photos and camera glare. I have been into the sort of hidden Navigation *Service Menu* and there are definitely some things that are not as they should be; The Sensor Test shows the GPS Status as reserved As does the GPS Status, there appear to be no visible satellites, and no almanac data. The GPS Version menu is showing no Receiver SW version or date. When you do go into the Maps it logs the current vehicle position as Null Island - 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude. But if you manually navigate the interactive map to NZ, there is data there as you'd expect. There are saved NZ addresses in the system so I am guessing it has worked at some point. My knowledge of all this is a bit lacking, my experience with BMW Nav and coding ends with the Mk IV Nav system in the E39 and Jochen Siegenthaler's NavCoder software 10 years ago! So I think it could be - I'd love to be corrected! 1. Bad GPS Antenna 2. Bad GPS Reciever 3. Bad cable/connection between the above 2 4. Something has been changed (ID5 upgrade?) and subsequently not coded correctly I'll pick up a replacement GPS antenna and start there, otherwise its go and and pick up an ENET cable and try to learn ESYS and evrything else that has been developed in the last 10 years. Or perhaps just knuckle under and take it to an expert in town!

I think the OBC is about right, I filled to the brim in Auckland, and then refilled with 1005 kms on the trip computer and it took 61.2 litres at the pump, though that was 90% highway driving. Its not xDrive, I think those average about 0.4 l/100 kms worse off for the 640d, at least according to the official data. Officially this will do 5.3 l/100 kms on the open road, but I think that would really would be a stretch. I'll look into wheels are some point, I think those Vossen wheels have been known to crack too. I like the colour too, I am sick of washing dark cars all the time!

Hi all, I was a long time lurker on this forum back in the early 2010's when I bought my E39 530i, which I still own. Having a couple of kids and a busy job has meant I haven't had as much time for cars as I'd like. The garage since then has been mostly station wagons, a Volvo V50 T5, a god awful Mazda MPV turbo, a diesel B7 Passat and an diesel C6 Audi A6 (which I will most likely part with). I've become a bit of a fan of oil burners and was really in the market for a 535d but they are a bit thin on the ground right now. I have always been a fan of the F06 6 series Gran Coupe, and decided to start my mid life crisis a little early by picking up an LCI one with the same N57 engine as the 535d. Less practical than an F10, but I find them to be more attractive. I quite like the tan interior, and there as no faux woodgrain to be found which I prefer. It looks as though the iDrive has been upgraded to the NBT EVO ID5 system and it has Apple CarPlay which I don't think was standard, though it looks to have NZ maps the iDrive nav is not right, I think it has a dead GPS antenna. The previous owner told me he thought the maps hadn't been updated from the UK as he just used CarPlay, something to troubleshoot anyway. On the whole looks to be in pretty good order otherwise, but the PPI highlighted a couple of wear and tear items which will be getting looked at after the Easter period. Its got a Maxton Design body kit which I am on the fence about, it certainly makes an already low car lower. As it has no front camera it'll only be a matter of time before I wipe the front lip out on a parking bollard! The factory wheels 20" wheels are gone sadly and the previous owner has fitted Vossen CVTs in the same size as the OEM wheels which I don't hate. I would have liked comfort access and the multi-camera surround view, but beggars can't be choosers! It has got a HUD though which after using on a BMW G01 recently I don't think I could go without again. I drove a 1000 kilometres in it from Auckland home to Christchurch in it last week, I was very impressed by the power and also the efficiency, averaging 6.1 litres/100 kms on the trip. I am sure you could go below 6 if you tried to. Anyway, that's me, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Cheers, Tim

Yeah its not my preference either, hence my enthusiasm for having an expert take a good look to see if anything has been neglected. There seem to be a few people doing their own N57s oil services online. I'm still chasing up the frequency that these occurred, hopefully it's more often than what BMW reckon it should be done. In saying that, car is quite tidy and looks to have been well cared for, as are the other vehicles in their driveway, it has no obvious issues or leaks that I could see and seems to run and drive well.

Noted, current owner has done their own changes with BMW LL-04 and genuine filters during their 2 year & 40,000kms ownership period. Pretty sure the check control says 5,000 kms to next oil service, so it's probably due now in reality. Current owner is going to see what records they can dig up prior to their ownership.

N57, I am aware the potential for timing chain stretch, but this sounded good on a cold start, no rattles

It's booked at BM Workshop for tomorrow. Thanks for your input. If anyone knows of any gotchas, or items I should put something aside for on the F06/F12/F13 6 series then I am also all ears.

I'm looking into buying a later model 6 Series in Auckland and I would obviously feel a whole lot better with a thorough PPI from a business that knows BMWs, especially as I am from out of town. I'm trying to work in with the vendor who travels between West Auckland and Penrose and I have identified BM Workshop in Grey Lynn, Euro Service in Mount Wellington or the main BMW dealer in Newmarket that might be convenient for them. Is there anyone else that I should be looking at, or does anyone have a particular recommendation? I viewed the car last week when I was in town for a work trip and it looks and drives pretty well, but really like it up on the hoist and an expert to cast an eye over it before I commit to anything. I've got a 20 year E39 so I know what these cars can let you in for maintenance wise ( the M54 engine is great, but I think I have replaced most of the ancillaries and don't even start me on the cooling system!), and the 6 series is a far more complex beast than that! Many thanks

Now I see your licence plate I know that I saw this car on Trade Me last week. They were using a photo I took and posted on here on the listing of my car, made my heart skip a beat as I am not in the country at the moment, but Google must rank this site high on search results! Price looked pretty sharp, you must have moved quick!