JBZ

Here's what I have been told... Yesterday, I e-mailed a copy of this thread to www.lexus-parts.com and I said: "I have a 2001 LS430 with navigation system DVD "Data 2000 ver. 1" and I want to get the 2005 DVD. When will the 2005 DVD be available?" Darrel Diller at www.lexus-parts.com e-mailed me back saying: "Use the following link: http://www.lexus-parts.com/partdetail.asp?...ubCategoryID=93 I replied saying, "Thank you for your response, but the link you sent me is for the 2004 DVD. Do you know when the 2005 DVD will be available?" I went on to explain, "I'm confused by something I read at the Lexus Owners Club (USA) Forum. One person said, "A new version is coming out in October per the dealer. I just bought the 2004 ES300 and now I will have to update next month." Then another person said, "I work for a Lexus dealership in NY, and we just started selling the 05' ES330's lots of great improvements! The Navigation discs are now ver. 3.3 we have a few in stock. If you guys would like I can get my hand on 1 or 2 copies for $250, and the disc works in all our Lexus's DVD based navigations." I said, "Darrel, I notice they are talking about ES330 DVD's (whereas I have a 2001 LS430 vehicle) but this raises two questions in my mind: 1) If the 2005 DVD's for the LS430's are about to be released, then I wouldn't want to purchase the older 2004 DVD's -- I would want to get the newer 2005 DVD's. Do you know when the 2005 DVD's will be available?" -and- 2) If the 2005 Navigation discs for the ES330 are now available, then is the gentleman correct who said: "The 2005 ES330 disc works in all our Lexus's DVD based navigations"? Does that mean I can get one of those 2005 DVD's and use it in my LS430?" Darrel Diller replied: "Please disregard what everyone else is stating or implying. The link I sent you is for the Navigation Update that has not been released yet. The information in the link was received just last Thursday directly from Lexus. The release date will be October 10th. I know it sounds confusing. That's because Lexus refers to their DVD update released in October of 2004 to be the '2004 Update' whereas any Lexus model vehicle produced in August of 2004 or later is referred to as a '2005 model'." Darrel said, "This is what I can do; If you are willing to post the following link: http://www.lexus-parts.com/partdetail.asp?...ubCategoryID=93 on the Owners Club website, then I will offer those members who are interested in this new update: Simply enter the promotional code of "ver04" to obtain this update for $245.00." Thus, I am posting this information for those of you are interested. Darrel says, "I have already had 5 orders from Club Lexus members just since I updated this information last Thursday. Should you have any further questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact me directly at (866) 770-3099 ext: 2826."