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In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that they'll
> never use it because they always know where they're going needs to
> just STFU.

I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with a good
map.

Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

>> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that they'll
>> never use it because they always know where they're going needs to
>> just STFU.

> I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with a good
> map.

Except for the fact that it would be more difficult to read a paper map
while driving as compared to a navigation system. Then again, the
driver shouldn't be interacting with the navigation system while driving
either given my experience with the navigation system in the Acura RL my
dad recently purchased.

In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
> Brent P wrote:
>> In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>
>>> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that they'll
>>> never use it because they always know where they're going needs to
>>> just STFU.
>
>> I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with a good
>> map.
>
> Except for the fact that it would be more difficult to read a paper map
> while driving as compared to a navigation system. Then again, the
> driver shouldn't be interacting with the navigation system while driving
> either given my experience with the navigation system in the Acura RL my
> dad recently purchased.

I would have to pull over and stop some place to effectively use either.
I am just not comfortable doing things like that and driving at the same
time.

In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:49:52 -0600,
> (Brent P) wrote:
>
>>In article >, Arif Khokar wrote:
>>> Brent P wrote:
>>>> In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>>>
>>>>> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that they'll
>>>>> never use it because they always know where they're going needs to
>>>>> just STFU.
>>>
>>>> I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with a good
>>>> map.
>>>
>>> Except for the fact that it would be more difficult to read a paper map
>>> while driving as compared to a navigation system. Then again, the
>>> driver shouldn't be interacting with the navigation system while driving
>>> either given my experience with the navigation system in the Acura RL my
>>> dad recently purchased.
>>
>>I would have to pull over and stop some place to effectively use either.
>
> Not true if you have NavTraffic.

But obviously that's not what you had.....

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:21:24 GMT, Arif Khokar >
> wrote:
>
>> Brent P wrote:
>>> In article >, Scott en
>>> Aztlán wrote:
>>
>>>> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that
>>>> they'll never use it because they always know where they're going
>>>> needs to just STFU.
>>
>>> I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with
>>> a good
>>> map.
>>
>> Except for the fact that it would be more difficult to read a paper
>> map while driving as compared to a navigation system. Then again,
>> the driver shouldn't be interacting with the navigation system while
>> driving either given my experience with the navigation system in the
>> Acura RL my dad recently purchased.
>
> The RL's nav system has real-time traffic updates which come in over
> the XM Satellite Radio receiver. If I had been driving one, I would
> have automatically been re-routed around this enormous blockade.
>
> Show me a paper map that can do that!

I prefer to think for myself. It's always worked for me. Give me a good map
and between that, my own observations, and the radio to fill in any gaps
about traffic ahead I rarely get stuck in traffic on long drives.


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Cory Dunkle wrote:

> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> Arif Khokar > wrote:
>>> Brent P wrote:
>>>> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>>>
>>>>> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that
>>>>> they'll never use it because they always know where they're going
>>>>> needs to just STFU.
>>>
>>>> I don't see what you did that couldn't have been accomplished with
>>>> a good map.
>>>
>>> Except for the fact that it would be more difficult to read a paper
>>> map while driving as compared to a navigation system. Then again,
>>> the driver shouldn't be interacting with the navigation system while
>>> driving either given my experience with the navigation system in the
>>> Acura RL my dad recently purchased.

Voice would be nice. "Turn around, stupid, you missed it!" isn't really all
that bad...

>> The RL's nav system has real-time traffic updates which come in over
>> the XM Satellite Radio receiver. If I had been driving one, I would
>> have automatically been re-routed around this enormous blockade.
>>
>> Show me a paper map that can do that!
>
> I prefer to think for myself. It's always worked for me. Give me a good map
> and between that, my own observations, and the radio to fill in any gaps
> about traffic ahead I rarely get stuck in traffic on long drives.

I guess your radio stations tell the truth. Not here. Most glaring
example: I was going skiing up in the mountains and heard about an accident
and current monstrous traffic jam at a certain turnoff on the road I was
already on. I decided it was more trouble than it was worth to turn
around and take the long way around, so continued on. Got to the
aforementioned intersection. No sign at all that there had ever been so
much as a skateboard accident there, no traffic, nothing special.

I'm really glad I didn't believe them.

And then there are the TV weatherdroids who can't be bothered to look out
the window before embarrassing themselves...

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Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> writes:

> The RL's nav system has real-time traffic updates which come in over
> the XM Satellite Radio receiver. If I had been driving one, I would
> have automatically been re-routed around this enormous blockade.


Kewl. Unfortunately, Honda has never grasped the concept of "rear
legroom." Ever sat in the back of one of those things? It's really
just a 2+2. I'd rather have a well-designed car without a nav system
than a spiffy one with.



Geoff

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Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> writes:

> I have sat in the back seat of the Acura TL I used to own. It's not
> ideal for long trips, but it's certainly adequate for driving the gang
> to lunch.

That isn't unreasonable for the TL, but the RL is the top of the Acura
line and a bigger car than the TL. I'm of the opinion that a 4-door
sedan should have a usable back seat -- usable as in, "by normal-sized
adults for an extended period."


> Both my current car and my wife's current car have only two seats
> apiece. Obviously the comfort of any potential back seat passengers
> is nowhere near the top of my priority list.

I don't carry back-seat passengers all that often, maybe a couple of
times a month when I go to lunch with coworkers. The neat thing about
driving a sedan (apart from the ability to carry more people more com-
fortably) is that the doors are shorter, which makes getting in and
out of the car in parking lots much less awkward.



Geoff

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