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:rofl::rofl:

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Buy yourself a new husband.

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I find the ones with volume control are best ;)

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Or just rent one by the hour. :cool:

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I'm not usually a Luddite, but I love maps and I've never seen the need for sat nav - especially not in Canada where grid layouts and absolute numbering systems are there to help you. My OH tells me that I'm abnormal (she may have a point...) but for most journeys a 5-minute look at a map before departure is all I need. If I've driven a route once, or been driven twice, I can typically drive it again without a map, even months or years later.

But then, I have a somewhat strange affinity for maps - as a kid I apparently used to read atlases like novels.... anybody else suffer from this affliction?

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Not everywhere in Canada is designed and built on the grid system.

There great majority of Calgary was designed otherwise I believe the newer areas of Edmonton are built the same way nowadays.

Example: Google Maps of Northwest Calgary

Cheers
Steve

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I do that too, pore over maps for hours. I think I pinched every single school Atlas I was ever loaned :o , and I still look at them now - funny to see the changes in such a short time even.

But show me a street map and ask me to drive somewhere and I just can't be bothered. I'd much rather have a nice voice telling me. I don't like to navigate as a passenger either, I've even acted up non-existant car sickness so I wouldn't be asked to do it in the first place :thumbup:

Still, it's not all a waste, I can't be beaten at Trivial Pursuit geography :D

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For the number of times I go somewhere I am unfamiliar with, it makes no sense to spend the money, Ill just get directions from google and take a map. But if I were a salesman going places I didnt know all the time it would be a nice feature.

If I am away on business I like to rent with Hertz to get the "neverlost" GPS as its nice to concentrate on the driving rather than figuring out where I am and where I need to turn. Do other rental firms offer that sort of thing now?

One thing I dont get is why you would pay $1000+ as an option for a built in one in a new car when you can buy them for $2-300 now and take them with you.

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Weirdo.

:)

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Some woman would prefer losing the volume completely.

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I did for this new one, rather than use the portable Garmin. I did it because:-

• it looks far tidier
• I can't ever leave it somewhere or break it in my bag
• I needed a screen upfront for the back-up cam
• it's integrated into the audio system (car audio system mutes just before and for the duration of a voice direction)
• it announces road names and compass directions unlike my Garmin - i.e. " in 1/4 mile, turn onto I75 South", the Garmin would just say "in 1/4 mile turn onto the freeway"
• and most importantly, it's not likely to be pinched

I read that thieves in the UK look for telltale suction marks on windscreens, whether they can see a sat nav inside or not. Police advise to wipe the windscreen when you get out, and are even giving out free wipes (complete with superfluous apostrophes!) for this purpose :eek: See link

No thanks, I'll just have the inbuilt one :thumbup:

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Guess it makes sense if you live in a crime ridden hell hole, and/ or you are a frequent user.

How is Windsor by the way:)

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Where's Novo with his ba-boom-ching cymbal sound effect when you need him?! :D

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I don't get it either and I am one of the suckers that bought one at $2,700.:o:ohmy: Nice big screen and it is nice to have it integrated in with the radio/cd player.

The biggest disappointment of my car is the nav system. Not only are the maps out of date (worse I think than the handheld units) but mine is a dealer add on that doesn't give me the same features as a factory installed unit does. Toyota Canada decided that in Canada dealer installed was the only way you could have the nav.:mad::mad::mad:

To add insult to injury the update DVD discs are $250 in the States and $343 in Canada. Those prices are as of this past weekend so do take into account the recent rise in the Canadian dollar.:eek::eek:

Major ripoff by Toyota Canada. :mad:

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That is bad. My factory installed GM one is okay, I thought I'd hate it being such a fan of the Garmin one, but it's fine. Map DVD is relatively okay, but if there's any problems, we can just ring OnStar and they send directions to the car. I wondered if they might keep the DVD map slightly out of date so that you rely more on OnStar, which of course has a sub fee after the 1st year... :huh: