[Fryguy29]

I am going back and forth on getting the BMW assist convenience in my X3. It seems like it would be cool for the google search feature, which would mean I could search for any destination, not just ones preloaded into the nav system. THe concierge services seem cool, but I don't know how often I would use them or if there is a limit to how many times I can use them.
The BMW online app seems cool, but I don't have much use to know stock quotes while I am driving. If they had sports scores, that would be awesome.

My question is this: Has anyone paid the extra 200 bucks per year to use these services? Are they worth it? I just gave BMW a ton of my money, I don't want to throw more at them unnecessarily.

[colson79]

I considered it but I didn't feel it was worth the $200 a year. I figured I'd play around with it for a little while, then I probably would it use it much.

[sfax]

Re. sports, you can add custom RSS feeds now (they appear under Applications). Do you still get a SIM in the car if you don't pay the extra $200? The most valuable thing is the ability to send destinations to the car from Google and from the My BMW Remote app. Worth it for this alone

[April1]

Originally Posted by sfax

Re. sports, you can add custom RSS feeds now (they appear under Applications). Do you still get a SIM in the car if you don't pay the extra $200? The most valuable thing is the ability to send destinations to the car from Google and from the My BMW Remote app. Worth it for this alone

Even if you don't pay $200 annual fee, send destinations to car from Google Maps or My Remote App is free.

[MikeBimmer]

I bought it, I like it, I use it. Online search is very useful in this metro area - integrates well with the car. If I didn't just move here I would not have gotten it but it has been a lifesaver. Not quite an iPhone interface but safer to use. Plus it's fun to play with in a traffic jam. I've never used the concierge service.