if this is your first car with an OEM navi would you buy another car with or without it?

i know i use my navi maybe once a month unless i go out of town, then i becomes very very useful. I dont think i could purchase another car without one.

so anyone regret getting the navi?

sidemarker

 

HELL YES....

My 2001 CL-S had it
My 2003 CL-S has it
Whatever I buy next will have it.

 

 

Navi is a definite must. It has helped me out on various occasions and is better than getting directions from somebody or on the internet. Very Very useful tool. My next car will definitely have one.

 

lmao i used to say the same thing to myself...
i dunno how i've made it this far without Navi....

Next car MUST have navi no question about it

 

 

Definately can't go wrong with the Navi. i find mine most useful in traffic for finding good neighborhood cut throughs, which save a whole lot of time. i would get the navi again in a heartbeat and recomend it to anyone

 

Yes

 

Its useful.....the newer ones are a lot better.....as long as they can start beaming updates...everything will be alright

 

hell yeah, I love it and the interior looks so much better w/ it, If I dont get it in my next car I will be adding a custom screen in the dash that has all the stuff I need on it

 

Will always want NAVI in a car

 

It comes in handy from time to time...but I'm still not happy with the update they released. If I miss a turn in downtown during rush hour (in HOUSTON) I will still pass the next turn it will calculate before it finishes calculating it... extremely annoying.

 

I agree with the lack of updates, but overall it comes in handy more than not.

 

If OEM Navi is an option, then my next car will have it. I have no regrets about the system and use it all the time.

I think of the heated seats the same way. If I have my choices, I'd never get another car again without butt warmers or navigation.

 

Navi is first on the list of "must haves" in ALL of my future cars (exotic exempt), along with:
HID lighting
heated and cooled seats
Heated side mirrors
Pine Tree air freshener
Traction control/AWD


B

 

Yep, without a doubt.

 

Absolutely yes.

 

True funny story….

I’ve been to this little stereo shop in Somerville NJ about four times in the last two months.
It’s like an hour away from my house and I don’t know the area at all.
I plugged in the phone number and it took me right to their front door.
It’s now programmed into my “previous destinations” in the NAVI system.

My one friend called me the other day at work and was asking for directions to get there.
I’m like …UM….WELL… I don’t know.
He’s like…what do you mean you don’t know.

If I were driving myself without the NAVI I could probably find the way, but I have no idea what the street names are off hand to tell someone.
It’s right off the highway, but there are several twists & turns before you get there and I had no idea what they were called.

 

Hahaha, thats just like me ...

Me- "I dont know how to get there" ...
Friend- "What do you mean you dont know how to get there? You were just there yesterday!"
Me- "My car told me the way"
Friend- "You suck"



I've unfortunately come to depend on the NAVI so much that I can't live without it. Definitely a MUST for my next car. If for some reason its not OEM, then I'm gonna be adding it on. One way or another my next car will have it!

Driving in the S2000 is difficult now because I never know where I'm going

BTW- Some cars have auto-updating NAVI that receives upgrades via cellular or satellite (not sure which), but you have to pay a monthly fee to keep the NAVI updated. I think my old co-worker who has a Lincoln Navigator has it in there. He said he pays like $40 or $50 a month to keep it updated... WTF!?!

 

This is my first car with Navi and i can honestly say a big to this question.

Love my Navi & my next car will have it as well.

 

You guys will have issues if for some reason you do not have a navi. A loaner for instance

 

Most definitely....saved myself from getting lost on numerous occasions.

 

ok sounds like people who commited to pay the big $$ has no regrets

Now if you dont have navi do you plan on getting one on your next car?

sidemarker

 

I Love my Navi, but i dun really use it so often either.......... The most useful time for the Navi is when you drive out of town and stuff........ so if i buy like a 4 dr, SUV or minivan then i will down for a navi....... coz i never really drive the CL outa town tho........since it's a 2 dr n the bak is not really roomy
so for me
2 dr navi---maybe
4dr navi-----4 sure

 

I will for sure like it on my next car.
But 2 grand for the extra option sounds steep.

 

navi in everything....just waiting for the navi in the S2000

 

ilove my navi. i just got the new version 2.11c. and yes what ever my next import is it will have navi for sure. i love the g35 pop up navi that shit is hot!!!! if you dont know what im talking about pick up the HCI (xkrrazix car in it) it has a blue g35 (skyline) with pop up navi.

 

One thing about the Navi, you will find yourself yelling at your friends over the phone. For instance:

Me: He man, I'm gonna stop thru. What is your address?
Friend: Where are you coming from?
Me: What is your address, I don't need directions.
Friend: But what way are you coming from?
Me: Dammit, I have navigation I don't need directions, I just need your damn address!
Friend: It's 8900 Whatever RD
Me: How do you spell the street name?
Friend: W H A T E V E R
Me: What's the number again?
Friend: "Sigh" Its 8 9 0 0
Me: Okay I'm on my way

And for some reason the person still feels the need to give me directions!

 

i notice the same thing!!! good call

 

ever think that instead you can get an aftermarket Navi System with North America Maps, and that also does DVD Movies and stuff for like the same price or less thats motorized touchscreen, with voice command, and directories? for example the Pioneer AVIC-N1

 

would buy it again

 

Someone just gave me a GPS Navi for free and I have been enjoying it since I got it, I will definately look forward to getting something OEM next time, but for now I have my Garmin unit.

 

NAVI rules. Updates suck.

 

So true.

Wife: How do you get there
Me: I have no idea
Wife: But you go there all the time
Me: I just go where the little voice tells me to go

 

I would get it again.. Do I use it All the time? No, but when I need it, it's so damn nice to have..

 

Most deffinetly, I'v become so dependent on it, when I'm in a car with out it I hate it....

 

I'd definitely buy another car with a NAV... I think the one that came with my '03 CLS works fairly good, except for a few glitches once and a while... I've heard the the newer NAVs are a lot better.

 

Or my favorite ... while talking to a client on the cell phone, the voice in the background chimes up ... "in 2 miles, exit freeway on the right" and they ask who/what was that. I tell 'em it's my car talking to me. The first time it happened tho, I was on the phone with my S/O and she forgot that I had the Navi. She wanted to know AND KNOW RIGHT FRICKING NOW ... who was with me in the car.

 

Abso*******lutely I would buy it again! I just used it on a 550 mile jaunt to Wausau, Wi (and I got there as GWB arrived, what a mess, but that is another story.)

Not to make your question sound dumb, when you got your first car with power windows, did you yearn to go back to crank ups? Or A/C? Or heated seats? No, you didn't, I'll answer for you.

The issue here is the extra 2 Large, vs. utility. I travel by car a lot, so for me it is a no brainer. The best way I can explain it is we are all here because we like our cars, and we like our computers. Now, consider if you could combine both in the car!

Also, I read an article in the newspaper about a year ago, predicting navi's will become basically standard equipment by model year 2008 on all but the sparcest of cars.

 

I wish I had Navi............