I agree, Google has their act together, I use it every morning before I leave for work to see if I need to rearrange my commute to avoid traffic.

 

I purchased a Lexus certified 2013 ES350 pre-owned and was pleased that it came with the nav system. Six months later, I purchased the garmin nuvicam for $299 which includes the dash cam. I live in Colorado and found that the nav system sucks. Even in the city, it navigates through longer routes. When traveling in the state, it has directed me over mountain passes that are not even open in the winter. Estimated travel times are not even close to actual. I thought about going to the dealer to update the map, but may still have issues and I can buy a reliable gps with lifetime traffic and maps for about the same price as an update that may not improve the navigation. Would never buy any car with an integrated nav system since I have heard from others that their experience with integrated nav systems for other manufactures is fair to poor at best.

 

yea...but Dave what about that horrible resale value now that you have a car w/out it.(sarcastic remark) this is the opinion of many on this board. I'm sure it affects it some, but I don't think nearly as bad as some on here would suggest. I'm sure demographically it all depends.

 

I love the Nav

 

Thanks - good idea!
I just bought a 2016 that has Nav, although didn't particularly want Nav but the option package cars I wanted all have Nav and I recognize the resale.
I'm quite used to using Waze on my phone, and happy to do that putting the sound through via bluetooth. So sounds like from this post- thats the best way to go to get the most accurate routes and traffic guidance?

On my wife's acura that we have had for 2 years - we found the Nav to be pathetic and she has since just been using Waze - so should I assume its best to do the same, and then forget about reading the Loooooong Nav instruction manual ?

 

Let's face it, virtually all of the phone based nav systems are better than both in car and stand alone GPS systems. I've got a Garmin, and it's decent, but if there's an accident, Google is far more likely to have you covered, because the traffic on the Garmin only works in certain cities.