04WDPinSC

Could the sound you heard be the steering wheel's electronic lock? Since there is not a keyed ignition, they are locking the steering wheel electrically instead of purely mechanically like on the 3G. This may be what you were hearing.

crxb

I only seem to hear it w/ the 1st drive of the day - I think it may be like the 3G's abs pump noise

igowest

One thing I don't like, is that the display on the dash has more information than the navi. Its like the navi screen is an add on.

When you look at the Accord, the display screen pretty much has all the information as the display on the TL. eg. temp, fan speed, clock, etc...

It really looks like the navi is not really part of the car but a third party add on.

J.A.S.

I played with this today. There is a way to zoom in from the standard screen, the easiest is to just say "50 miles" from the weather radar screen. It will zoom in 3x from the standard screen. It refers to that little measure. It will go from 150 mi to 50 mi.

There is a way to do this by turning the ring on the big central knob. There are a total of three settings on the radar map.

Hope this helps (unless you already figured this out and still would like better doppler) Can't help you there.

crxb

JAS: I know how to zoom in - just isn't enough
- w/ a local doppler weather app on my iPhone I can zoom in even more - enough to get info for my neighborhood - - you can see exactly where / when the storm will pass.
Also I would like to see the storm movement on the car's nav screen - gives you an idea of the direction of the storm (instead the 'static' storm display (updates every 10 min I believe)) - small complaints

NYSH-AWD

IMO the weather info on the TL is a waste of money. I get better more detailed weather information through my iphone, for free.

PetesTL

Maybe, but why risk playing around with a cell phone while driving?

crxb

the weather info is tied into the nav - so if you have a route in the nav - it will provide weather alerts along the route. so far as 'a waste of money' - if you wanted to you could make the same argument about the nav and $100 portable navs (or for that matter iPhone maps)

Last spring break I drove my 3G 1200 miles across the southern US to go to WDW. (disney) I had the weather forecast web pages on my iPhone's web pages for major cities along the way. It was doable, but not the easiest to work while driving (drove in about 20 hrs) The xm weather on the 4G tied into the nav would have made that easier (last thing I wanted on a long trip was to drive through heavy rain)

csmeance

you have to remember the iphone runs of a huge 3G network that is based on cell towers and has cingular backing it. the one is the TL is backed by satellites in the sky through XM radio, a much more limited bandwith and source of info in my opinion. For the day and age, the weather in the TL is a nice feature since many people still don't have the Iphone due to various reasons, including myself.