Does anyone feel like their Nav is crazy
Does anyone feel like their Nav is crazy
I have gone on 3 trips where I needed my Nav and I have decided it is a piece of crap. I enter a place and it wants me to take the craziest route ever. Weird back roads that would make a trip take 2-5 hours longer than it should, not to mention that sometimes it says that roads don't exist that have been their for 40 years because it thinks they are called something else. I take the same location and enter it in google maps on my phone and it comes up with a much better solution and gives me much more accurate data on length of trip. Do I need an update disc? Or is the nav a huge waste of money because my blackberry does a much better job.
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From: arizona
It's amazing that my $200 Garmin can be more accurate and user friendly than a multi-thousand dollar upgrade on a luxury car. The 2011 has a different Nav (at least the interface was a bit different), i wonder if it's any better.
The 2010 and up navi is supposed to be miles ahead of the 09 and earlier navi. I have been trying to research if I could possibly swap a 2010+ unit and ML amp from a wrecked 250/350/F but have not come up with conclusive info yet.
I also have not been able to even find a NAV unit from any year 250/350/F on ebay at all yet which I kind of think is strange as I was able to find them for the TSX only 2 years after it was released.
I also have not been able to even find a NAV unit from any year 250/350/F on ebay at all yet which I kind of think is strange as I was able to find them for the TSX only 2 years after it was released.
It sounds like you need to change the preferences as mentioned above. I messed with mine at one point and it was doing the same thing to me.
My wife has a 2011 GS and the major benefit of the newer navigation is that it's hard drive based so it has live traffic and updates the travel time and ETA constantly. It does have a some other nice features but it works no differently than my DVD based navigation. Which is good IMO.
I was driving a new E class last summer on my way home from Monterey and the navigation decided it would take me on some treacherous 20 mile drive through some desolate mountain roads on the way back to LA. In the end they all have their flaws including the portable ones I often use on business trips.
My wife has a 2011 GS and the major benefit of the newer navigation is that it's hard drive based so it has live traffic and updates the travel time and ETA constantly. It does have a some other nice features but it works no differently than my DVD based navigation. Which is good IMO.
I was driving a new E class last summer on my way home from Monterey and the navigation decided it would take me on some treacherous 20 mile drive through some desolate mountain roads on the way back to LA. In the end they all have their flaws including the portable ones I often use on business trips.
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Joined: Dec 2009
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From: AZ
Mine always gives me a few route options so I just pick whichever one looks best. Although I do think mine is crazy. Sometimes it tells me to take an exit only to get back on the same freeway again..... And when my stereo is off and everything is quiet like when I'm at a light I hear the disk spin up and slow down a few times for no reason, and inputting info like street names is horribly laggy.
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Joined: Feb 2009
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From: ca
mine works well overall, but occassionally, it gives me ridiculous routes.
my experience with OEM navigation( acura and lexus) has been unimpressive compared to Garmin or Magellan especially considering the high price OEM systems cost.
my experience with OEM navigation( acura and lexus) has been unimpressive compared to Garmin or Magellan especially considering the high price OEM systems cost.
The scary part is that at least for Acura, Garmin makes the nav...
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Joined: Jul 2010
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From: fl
LEXUS Nav is the suck... wish I had followed by heart and ordered my F car w/out Nav and sunroof! I've run it side by side with my entry level, four year old Garmin... the Garmin performs as good, sometimes better.
Save your bucks, order the car NAV free and buy go fast(er) stuff with the money you save
Save your bucks, order the car NAV free and buy go fast(er) stuff with the money you save