I picked up a sweet 2002 ML500 (24K miles) a few days ago. I'm somewhat disappointed with the Navigation system compared with others we have such as our 2004 Mini-Cooper S. The level of detail seems quite poor. Anything other than a primary road here in New England is just blank uncharted territory. However, I note that I have discs which appear to be version 2001.1. My question is, would I be wise to purchase a current set of discs? Is that a MB only subscription? Since this appears to be a NavTech system are there other updates, or non-MB databases available? Is there a DVD based upgrade available to this system?

Thanks in advance for any wisdom.

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Bart

2002 ML500, 2009 CLK350 Cabriolet
93 300D 2.5 Turbo 265,000 Miles (Sold - bad idea)