08 gs in general-navigation for hawaii
07-28-07, 01:52 PM
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Love Hawaii my folks live there and I visit quite often. Probably one of the reasons why Lexus doesn’t sell cars there with Nav or support the mapping is because the only people that really need the NAV are tourist and as far as I know no one rents Lexus cars to the tourist. Honda, Ford, Nissan are rental cars for tourist. I think the NAV would go over real well there even if it doesn’t support the mapping - all the other screen features are nice to have. Yes I was there at Lexus on Maui things move pretty slow at that dealership. Lol
07-29-07, 07:59 AM
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Love Hawaii my folks live there and I visit quite often. Probably one of the reasons why Lexus doesn’t sell cars there with Nav or support the mapping is because the only people that really need the NAV are tourist and as far as I know no one rents Lexus cars to the tourist.
Whatever.
07-29-07, 10:38 AM
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Nope. Thats like saying those living in CA doesnt need a nav becuase all the streets are easy to read and far apart. Doesnt work that way. If you vacationed here, our "city blocks" are almost 1/2 the size as those on the mainland. Crammed together, we have more streets than those in lets say....CA. And our streets aren't labeled "1st" street "2nd" street. lol. As I mentioned in a previous post, the street names are in Hawaiian. Good luck on following a had map while driving down a street.
The Island is NOT one big city folks. It has many towns.
As for maui... thats not Oahu. That island has like ONE street light. haha. Actually I think that's Kauai. But again, now you see there are more than one island. There's also the Big Island. Its bigger than Oahu, but not as complicated when it comes to streets. So I could understand if they didn't have maps for the outer island, but Oahu needs one.
But you know, I'm not here to argue on that Hawaii does or doesn't need a Nav. Unless you lived here and needed to find places in different towns on the island, you just don't know how much a nav system would make life easier.
I was just curious on if the '08 will have the map or not.
The Island is NOT one big city folks. It has many towns.
As for maui... thats not Oahu. That island has like ONE street light. haha. Actually I think that's Kauai. But again, now you see there are more than one island. There's also the Big Island. Its bigger than Oahu, but not as complicated when it comes to streets. So I could understand if they didn't have maps for the outer island, but Oahu needs one.
But you know, I'm not here to argue on that Hawaii does or doesn't need a Nav. Unless you lived here and needed to find places in different towns on the island, you just don't know how much a nav system would make life easier.
I was just curious on if the '08 will have the map or not.
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07-29-07, 05:08 PM
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Hawaii Maps
If I lived in Hawaii I would want my navigation to work as well. You should be able to utilize a navigation system regardless of where you live or how small your area is. Everybody in the USA should be entitled to this including Hawaii in my opinion.
07-30-07, 01:28 AM
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So... anybody know if the '08 is coming with new software for the nav? Thats one of the only reasons why I didn't dump alot into this car. If I could sell it for a decent price I would and either get a new version of possible a car that was more "balanced" in features that I wanted.
07-30-07, 11:52 AM
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So... anybody know if the '08 is coming with new software for the nav? Thats one of the only reasons why I didn't dump alot into this car. If I could sell it for a decent price I would and either get a new version of possible a car that was more "balanced" in features that I wanted.
07-30-07, 04:39 PM
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Well I thought the 08 was supposed to get some sort of update for the nav. so I was hoping Hawaii was supposed to be included in it. I doubt they will make a dvd for ths model, only because they arent shipping any cars to hawaii with the navigation.
07-31-07, 04:31 PM
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yes, but they dont import any lexus with navs as of yet. So for example, my car is missing the nav buttons around the screen and no dvd drive in the glove box. Yet I have the monitor and ML and reverse camera. werid,huh?
08-04-07, 03:16 PM
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Take this for what it's worth, but I just went to the Lexus dealership today inquiring about 07-08 GS350's, and the GM told me the 08's will be available with navi. BTW, what is a good out the door price for a GS350 without Mark Levinson and 18" wheels?
08-04-07, 04:38 PM
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Dunno. I got mine with. the ML. You get the reverse camera.The GM (A asian guy,right?) hes the one who sold me my car.
Update: Spoke the one of the salesman, he said the GM said the Navigation maybe on the LS model with more models to follow. Strange. I thought all the navs were the same. And even then he said maybe. I hope it's true.
Update: Spoke the one of the salesman, he said the GM said the Navigation maybe on the LS model with more models to follow. Strange. I thought all the navs were the same. And even then he said maybe. I hope it's true.
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08-04-07, 11:43 PM
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I'm guessing what better way from getting a customer from buying another car. The GM in Honolulu is a nice guy. Very smooth talker. I think he had me caught up in it. Gave me a deal. But nowhere near what ppl get here tho. Don't look for $5k+ off the price. I think after I paid taxes and bought the extended warrenties I paid just under $51k. If you got the same setup for an 07 but without the ML you're probably looking at $49k.
08-06-07, 05:08 PM
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Denso and Fujitsu-Ten are the ones who create the maps for the Toyota/Lexus navigation. One of my co-workers once worked for Denso in the past. He was in one of the teams who actually mapped all the roadways, POI's and landmarks for the nav system. From what I recall that he told me, the accuracy goal of each POI was about one half mile.