XM Traffic - huge disaster!
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XM Traffic - huge disaster!
I just got my LS460L a month ago after selling my 2003 BMW 745i. I can't be happier! This is an awesome car in every single way, except for one - the XM Traffic updates on the navigation map. What a piece of crap that is. It is almost never right! It shows slow traffic when there is nobody on the road and shows no traffic ( green ) at the traffic jams.
Is anybody else having this much disappointment with their XM traffic?
Is anybody else having this much disappointment with their XM traffic?
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I just got my LS460L a month ago after selling my 2003 BMW 745i. I can't be happier! This is an awesome car in every single way, except for one - the XM Traffic updates on the navigation map. What a piece of crap that is. It is almost never right! It shows slow traffic when there is nobody on the road and shows no traffic ( green ) at the traffic jams.
Is anybody else having this much disappointment with their XM traffic?
Is anybody else having this much disappointment with their XM traffic?
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Traffic nav system is only as good as the data it gets which probably varies around the country.
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I have used the XM traffic feature twice now during a 50 mile commute in Los Angeles and have found it to be very accurate during both trips. In one case it rerouted me around heavy traffic using a route I did not even know existed, and I got home much faster than I normally would. So I would have to say I am impressed so far, although my experience with it is very limited.
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I had just sold my 2006 Acura RL with NAV traffic and I feel that the LS460 nav traffic has better icons and is just as acurate so far. I owned the RL for about 10 months .... I live in Las Vegas ... we don't have the traffic flow yet but it does show construction and accidents
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Doesn't it also depend on how many XM NavTraffic 'monitor stations' there are or something? When I tested the system, albeit briefly, it supposedly updated every 3 minutes...
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I had just sold my 2006 Acura RL with NAV traffic and I feel that the LS460 nav traffic has better icons and is just as acurate so far. I owned the RL for about 10 months .... I live in Las Vegas ... we don't have the traffic flow yet but it does show construction and accidents
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