Nav System - Detail Displayed on Maps
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My bad and I should rephrase.
To expect that a carmaker will ***develop*** an equally elegant system is unreasonable.
In line with your example, had Lexus partnered with a best-of-breed solution from a well established provider (like Garmin or similar), I think we would have been much happier.
Oh well... still using it and it still sucks.
To expect that a carmaker will ***develop*** an equally elegant system is unreasonable.
In line with your example, had Lexus partnered with a best-of-breed solution from a well established provider (like Garmin or similar), I think we would have been much happier.
Oh well... still using it and it still sucks.
My bad and I should rephrase.
To expect that a carmaker will ***develop*** an equally elegant system is unreasonable.
In line with your example, had Lexus partnered with a best-of-breed solution from a well established provider (like Garmin or similar), I think we would have been much happier.
Oh well... still using it and it still sucks.
To expect that a carmaker will ***develop*** an equally elegant system is unreasonable.
In line with your example, had Lexus partnered with a best-of-breed solution from a well established provider (like Garmin or similar), I think we would have been much happier.
Oh well... still using it and it still sucks.
When it comes time for us to look for new and improved wheels, later this year, we will of course look at what all Lexus has to offer, but we will also be looking at Toyota (the Venza), Audi (Q5 and A4) and likely at MB since our local Toy dealer also has MB on the other side of the showroom. One thing that we will compare between all the vehicles will be the offered Nav systems, and the old faithful Garmin will be in that mix too as a baseline.
Last edited by Orzel; Jan 28, 2009 at 03:20 PM.
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I think Acura navi has good functionality and is easy to use, but the maps are significantly inferior to Garmin's. My Garmin maps were quite a bit better when my Acura was new, but I thought upgrading my Acura maps would solve the problem. Even after buying the brand new Acura maps DVD my Garmin maps are still superior. The roads are more up-to-date as are the points of interest. This difference is easy to see when you travel with the Garmin on the dash and compare results. I don't even travel in rural areas very often. It's more an issue of new streets and changes to streets. Garmin has them and Acura does not. It's a mystery to me why this is the case.
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Gotta humbly and politely disagree with you. The cheap tin can called the Suzuki has a pop up nav, and it's a Garmin nuvi, I believe a 205 or some such. It's integrated into the car system. If Suzuki is able to make this standard, as they advertise, why then cannot Lexus, with the Toyota buying power behind them, offer a semblance of such a system instead of the awkward, and expensive Nav/Control that is in the RX's? I can update my Garmin through their web site for a nominal fee, whereas the RX Nav requires you to buy a rather expensive disc. Please don't misunderstand, we love both our RX and our IS, but, Lexus didn't do us any favors with the Nav/Control system.
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