Navigation system paid for itself this weekend. . .

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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 09:34 AM
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Navigation system paid for itself this weekend. . .

We were at a friends birthday party in a city I'm not familiar with. My 20 month old son tripped and busted his head on their house speaker. 1" gash above his right eye. Needless to say my wife was frantic. We just grabbed him and took off. Navigation showed us the closest hospital 5 minutes away. I will never get another car without a navigation system.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 09:35 AM
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I hope your son is OK.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 09:38 AM
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I hope your son is OK.
Thanks! He's fine. He actually took it much better than my wife. She was panicked and he was just wondering what all the fuss was about.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 09:42 AM
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youngsters bounce back quick! he should be fine
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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navi is helpful in all different ways, money well worth spent!!
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:43 AM
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glad it ended up ok.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:43 AM
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Yes Yes Yes navigation system on the Japanese car are very reliable and accurate. So far I have not gone wrong once by my G35 sedan's navi system. But I have heard that the navi systems from German cars are not that good.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 11:02 AM
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Not quite as dramatic but this weekend stopped to get gas. This lady pulls up and waves at me. She asks me do i know how to get to such and such street. I sat back in my car, as she stared at me with a puzzled look, and in 30 seconds got back out and told her detailed directions on how to get there ("go 3.2 miles and go left"). My wife calls out from the car, we have a navigation system. The lady thanks me, says "man i need to get myself a raise, so I can get one of those" and takes off.

Nav = money well spent
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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Re: Navigation system paid for itself this weekend. . .

Originally posted by Speed_Racer
Navigation showed us the closest hospital 5 minutes away. I will never get another car without a navigation system.
WOW… Glad to hear things worked out.
You’re lucky with our outdated DVD that it didn’t send you to a Hospital that was torn down and relocated in 2001.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 12:38 PM
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Re: Re: Navigation system paid for itself this weekend. . .

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WOW… Glad to hear things worked out.
You’re lucky with our outdated DVD that it didn’t send you to a Hospital that was torn down and relocated in 2001.


Glad to hear your son is OK and everything worked out fine.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 12:41 PM
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glad to hear everything is ok

i want navi
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 02:10 PM
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best navi story yet
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 03:07 PM
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Glad everything worked out for you. Navi is the ish.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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Oh yeah this is getting sent around work lol

Glad the little guy is okay. My solution to that problem though is just not to have kids.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 03:27 PM
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the nav system is not available in canadian acuras... so I don't have it.
but does anyone... especially canadians... have the garmin street pilot... and how do you like it?
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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Originally posted by mrkite
the nav system is not available in canadian acuras... so I don't have it.
but does anyone... especially canadians... have the garmin street pilot... and how do you like it?
Great Navi story. Outdated gets a little frustrated but that should be remedied by next week.

StreetPilot is big, bulky, and expensive. A Pocket PC with GPS is a nicer, less expensive option.

IMO
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 04:08 PM
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Originally posted by kensteele
Great Navi story. Outdated gets a little frustrated but that should be remedied by next week.

StreetPilot is big, bulky, and expensive. A Pocket PC with GPS is a nicer, less expensive option.

IMO

Imagine if the hospital had closed since the Navi was built



glad things went well! hope he doens't have a scar.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 04:25 PM
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Navi is great but remember the cl-s 6 spd. can do 0-60 in sub 6 seconds that can get you outta of a lot of hairy situations. Glad to hear everything worked out and your son is fine..I hope youll be the first on line for the Navi upgrade
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 11:40 PM
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I forgot how old our DVD's were in the CL's. I can't wait for that update. Luckily that night we were in our MDX which has the newer version.
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 01:56 AM
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Originally posted by SiGGy
Imagine if the hospital had closed since the Navi was built



glad things went well! hope he doens't have a scar.
That would have been bad. It's happened to me twice with restaurants :o

When I was like 7 or 8 I fell and had a ~1" open cut right below my right eyebrow. Quick stictches by a plastic surgeon (not some ER Md.) resulted in zero scarring

..if you had onStar, you could have had the ambulance come to your car
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