[Jereemmy21]

I just took delivery of my mineral space grey 535i with M Sport, Premium, Technology and more, and I noticed there isn't a compass in the rear-view mirror...am I missing something? Is it an option? I don't see how a 65k car would have the compass as an option, don't need it anyway, but I'm used to it being there in my F30.

[AP]

not aware of this as an option . But if you have satnav, why do you need it?

[The X Men]

Do owners without the navi option have a compass on their rear view mirror?

[BigKutta]

I dont think the compass is standard or comes with nav in the mirror. Why does one need it?

[jykishan]

it shows what direction you are driving in if you have the navi map showing

[Zaman]

I only saw it in the realOEM and some brochures, but even if the car doesn't' come with nav option, there is no compass. IMO, those compasses are not useful either.

[The X Men]

Originally Posted by Zaman

IMO, those compasses are not useful either.

I guess you were never a boy scout

[Zaman]

Originally Posted by The X Men

I guess you were never a boy scout

I use sun during the day and pole star during the night for direction finding.

[The X Men]

Originally Posted by Zaman

I use sun during the day and pole star during the night for direction finding.

I guess you don't go out on cloudy days then

[lindros2]

No to compass in any 5-series. Not sure if the 7-series has it either.

Always reminded me of a cheap American car feature. None of my Japanese or German cars ever had this.

[Zaman]

Originally Posted by lindros2

No to compass in any 5-series. Not sure if the 7-series has it either.

Always reminded me of a cheap American car feature. None of my Japanese or German cars ever had this.

+1

[Zaman]

Originally Posted by The X Men

I guess you don't go out on cloudy days then

I go. But I loose my way.

[nirvana19]

I don't have nav on my 535i m-sport and there is no compass. Personally, I find the lack of a compass very annoying. I tend to learn cities pretty well and I usually navigate around myself by direction - if I get disoriented now, I have to pull out my phone and activate that nav whereas in the past a quick glance at the compass would allow me to reorient. It's very annoying omission given that it is a standard feature on most every car and actually a useful navigational aide (for those who don't want to spent $2000 on a system that is redundant with the functionality of any decent smartphone).

[Atombyte]

Originally Posted by lindros2

No to compass in any 5-series. Not sure if the 7-series has it either.

Always reminded me of a cheap American car feature. None of my Japanese or German cars ever had this.

Our current E70 X5 has it. So have all my E92s, including the '13 M3. The M3 has nav, which is never on, but I do check the compass from time to time.

Oddly enough, we had a F10 overnight and I never noticed the compass was missing. Not that big of a deal really, but I always thought it was somewhat useful. I guess it's just one more feature delete.