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I'm coming from the honda/acura nav, and the thing I really don't like is you can't enter destinations by phone # (or at least I haven't found it yet)
The honda nav also gave a 2 mile warning where the bmw one only gives about a mile or less depending on speed.
The honda nav also gave a 2 mile warning where the bmw one only gives about a mile or less depending on speed.
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Originally Posted by flipside' post='505247' date='Dec 10 2007, 08:12 PM
I'm coming from the honda/acura nav, and the thing I really don't like is you can't enter destinations by phone # (or at least I haven't found it yet)
The honda nav also gave a 2 mile warning where the bmw one only gives about a mile or less depending on speed.
The honda nav also gave a 2 mile warning where the bmw one only gives about a mile or less depending on speed.
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Originally Posted by vandal1x' post='505242' date='Dec 10 2007, 07:57 PM
is it just me or is the nav really hard to use? I've had navs in other cars and the where really easy.
- It takes way too long to enter a destination
- Finding points of interest is completely non-intuitive
- I hate it when a turn comes up and your map disappears
- Traffic notification is useless
etc, etc
I've been using my TomTom Go 300 for years, and it's so much better.
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Originally Posted by LeMans' post='505268' date='Dec 10 2007, 09:10 PM
How do you enter destination by phone #?
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The Caddy nav is much better than the BMW. The first time I was testing it on a 30 minute drive and it made me get in the HOV lane for no reason but I did it anyway. I then couldn't get out of the HOV lane to make the exit it wanted me to take so I had to perform some illegal maneuvers to get out of the lane. It then proceeded to take me on a road with traffic lights and stop signs instead of keeping me on the highway which added 10 - 15 minutes to the route. Very inefficient.
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Originally Posted by DynaSpy' post='505294' date='Dec 10 2007, 10:42 PM
The Caddy nav is much better than the BMW. The first time I was testing it on a 30 minute drive and it made me get in the HOV lane for no reason but I did it anyway. I then couldn't get out of the HOV lane to make the exit it wanted me to take so I had to perform some illegal maneuvers to get out of the lane. It then proceeded to take me on a road with traffic lights and stop signs instead of keeping me on the highway which added 10 - 15 minutes to the route. Very inefficient.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='505305' date='Dec 10 2007, 11:05 PM
How does a nav system force a driver into an HOV lane?
I'm going to experiment with this next time when I'm alone just for kicks. I had about 6 miles to go before having to get off the highway so I figured it must know whether I'll be able to get out of the lane or not before the exit comes up... wrong 
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I've had many different nav systems so far (Philips Carin, Becker traffic pro, various TomToms and a Garmin Nuvi) and I like the integrated business navigation from my LCI better than most of those systems.
It's true that a TomTom is a bit more intuitive thanks to its touchscreen, but it's less accurate than the BMW nav, and a TomTom just can't beat the nice integration of the BMW nav (it's a Becker system by the way).
Still, the value for money of the integrated systems (for any car) is very poor compared to PNA's.
It's true that a TomTom is a bit more intuitive thanks to its touchscreen, but it's less accurate than the BMW nav, and a TomTom just can't beat the nice integration of the BMW nav (it's a Becker system by the way).
Still, the value for money of the integrated systems (for any car) is very poor compared to PNA's.