I have been enjoying my Countryman for two weeks now and I just noticed a feature that I've read about is missing in my Canadian Spec Countryman. I don't get real-time traffic data on the NAVI. Is that still a European-only option?

 

I'll have to wait and see, at least until Saturday. I do know that it is virtually useless in DC area. The nav in my Bimmer always reported traffic interruptions and marked the map with problem areas. Problem is; that's all we have here. 24/7/365 something is always screwing with traffic.

 

I have it on mine so I don't think it's euro only.

 

Definitely works in Denver, CO -- not sure about Canada. I think it depends on if the radio stations in your area transmit traffic data or not.

 

Yep, I get traffic.

 

I get traffic here in NYC. And if you select, I think its Dynamic Traffic mode in the Nav - when your course is plotted, if the car picks up a traffic delay on your route - it will automatically redirect you around the jam.

 

so US gets traffic. Anybody else with the Canadian model that can pipe in?

 

I get traffic as well in a text display. Also I'm disappointed that the nav system does not announce turn by turn street names, but I confess I haven't spent any time checking the manual on this. Further I notice that the voice navigation doesn't seem to be loud enough, and not nearly as communicative as fairly cheap portable units...

 

oh boy i hope it's a simple fix unlike my experience with my 08 MCS. in my case it never worked from the very beginning. long story short, the dealer had to get permission to tear into the car from mini. 1. they thought the computer wasn't programmed for navi (doesn't make sense since the navi worked without any issue). 2. they thought the antenna might be missing or connector damaged (doesn't make sense since the radio uses the same antenna connection as rtti) 3. the whole rtti module (not sure what that is) was simply missing and not installed from the factory. One they installed the rtti module everything worked fine.

iconoclast6: you can change the volume of the navigation easily. the easiest way is to simply increase or decrease the volume with the radio volume **** or the steering wheel mounted volume buttons while the navigation is making an announcement.