LOL I completely identify with that picture.

 

100%! That was me too

 

LOL that's pretty funny.

I used to load CD's while driving when I first got my license. Then I got a car that had a 6-disc changer and that made it so much easier. Any time I wanted to change them out I'd just simply pull over and do it. No big deal.

Can't say I ever used a piece of paper for trying to find a place. I have a pretty good sense of direction and if I'm trying to find someone's place that I've never been to, I'll look it up on google maps before the trip. I have a great memory and I can remember how to get pretty much anywhere after doing it once.

 

You gotta click it for the video

 

I'm sorry we are supposed to believe that you have never used GPS but also never used printed directions? C'mon

 

I think someone is just might be pulling our leg.

 

That is the mission in life for some people, but of course, no one here on CL....

 

Lol. He was hoping to find more direction on the back? Oops... No more direction. An older car would be perfect. Maybe we can post this in Bit's what cars are these thread?

 

Drive into DC, or NYC or Boston without a GPS and see how you do lol

 

I hadn't clicked, LOL classic.

 

You're right, Seattle/Bellevue isn't bad at all but I haven't driven in those places.

I'm sure depending on what you're looking for, you could get used to it. I'm sure that's what people did 10-15 years ago, right before the smartphone craze. You were forced to figure it out because there wasn't a device walking you through every little step of the way.

 

You learn your way around sure, but the point is being able to find your way around in a place you don’t know. *I* don’t need a GPS to get around DC, but I live here.

Before we had stuff like this people got lost and it was really stressful. Now we don’t have to do that.

 

But...YOU said you didn't use printed directions, and you had it all memorized. Before GPS, people used printed directions, particularly in the cities mentioned above. Trying to memorize directions into DC, Boston, NYC (other than midtown and uptown Manhattan) would have guaranteed getting lost. I remember getting lost in Rockland County NY WITH printed directions and a co-pilot because we were given such horrible printed directions trying to get to a rehearsal dinner.

 

Should have clarified that I never did what that person the meme did, hold a piece of paper while frantically trying to find the proper route. Used a map on occasion and a few small notes on where something was, sure. Nothing too crazy.

Nope. Unlike you, I think people can actually navigate this country without relying on a stupid device.

The getting lost thing and being really stressed about it is way overblown. People who got lost didn't stress about it in the manner that you're trying to describe it.

Never said I had it all memorized. I said I generally knew where things were after going to them the first time, which is true.

I also said if I was unsure of where something was, I'd look it up on the computer beforehand and if it was a really tricky area, I'd write a few notes down on paper like streets off interstates, what business is next to it, etc.

 

You really think this? This is a car forum - have you not seen that people can't even look up something in their owner's manual. People need to be spoon fed nowadays.