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      01-16-2011, 06:30 AM   #4
ShinySteelRobot
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Drives: BMW 650i
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Location: Greater Seattle area, WA, USA

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I have a HUD in my 6er and love it, and when I get an X3 I'll get a HUD in that too. The main benefit to me has been "ticket avoidance" since I can tell in a microsecond whether I'm speeding when I see that police speed trap down the road. I estimate it's saved me many hundreds of dollars in tickets (not to mention more hundreds in jacked-up insurance premiums ).

Of course, having it tied into the Nav system is cool too. The HUD also shows you alerts (flat tire, service alerts, etc) but that's definitely a secondary benefit.

One last tangent, it's "Head Up Display" (not "Heads Up"). For a couple of decades the fighter jocks call it a "head up display" in their fighter jets, whereas "heads up" is what you yell before a fly baseball conks your buddy on the head.
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