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£500 sat nav upgrade scandal

shorthouse

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Just googled sat nav upgrade options and found this story ....

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/satnav/porsche-caught-in-500-sat-nav-upgrade-scandal-1096581

 
Notwithstanding that folk may not like it stuck to inside of windscreen I cannot see point in paying manufacturers factory fit cost for in dash units

Less than £200 can get an excellent unit and won't cost hundreds to update
 
They're not alone - my 2008 MB S204 with the full £2k+ Comand only has 5 digit postcode entry, and to upgrade to 7 digit "NTG4.5" involves not only a new Comand but also a new dashboard! Even update DVD's from MB are ~£200 in UK, although you can buy them from MB Germany for 149Eurosovs!

It gets worse - the pirates have spotted this, but the worng pirate disc will convert your fully working Comand into a useless lump of plastic requiring a new Comand to repair the damage!! Hence the active trade in genuine discs "used once" on eBay!
 

ORIGINAL: shorthouse

Just googled sat nav upgrade options and found this story ....

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/satnav/porsche-caught-in-500-sat-nav-upgrade-scandal-1096581
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Deja vu, reminds me of when I purchased my new 2005 997 which was supposed to have TCM but didn't. Then Porsche wanted £400 to "update" a few months later.[:mad:] So I did it myself with some copied discs for free!
 
Yes, having bought two new cars from my OPC in the last six months there will be an interesting conversation coming up...
 
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