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Shopping for a Garmin
On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 11:44:21 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 04:30:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 8:29:49 PM UTC-4, wrote: What different story. If you are talking to a frustrating Nav computer, it is easily as distracting as carrying on a phone conversation. You will also be tempted to look at the display and not blindly turn when it says you should. Personally I hate nav systems. I would rather look a hard copy map for a few minutes and just drive there. It is actually pretty seldom that I even need a map and I drove all over for work (50k miles a year in DC). Talking to a nav system? It talks to me. I glance at it, just like I do my mirrors, gauges, etc. No issue here. Hey, if you need it, get one. I am just saying they are distracting and I don't need one. It makes me wonder how we got around all those years before we had them. I guess some people just have better awareness of how street systems are laid out and which way north is. Perhaps better short term memory. The Audi has one, and it's actually pretty user friendly. I rarely use it, but it did come in handy a few weeks ago coming back from Hilton Head. I95 was backed up for miles, so we got off and took back roads across the state to get home. I could have found my way without it, but the nav showed the best, shortest way. Another good use is to just turn it on without setting a destination. Then it's just a digital, auto-centering map. The Audi even has a sim card with cellular data, and can display google earth and street views. Also becomes a WiFi hotspot. Tres cool. 30 years ago I drove a U-Haul loaded with our company's equipment from SC to Toronto to the Royal York hotel for a trade show. No map of Toronto, and nothing but a street address for the hotel. I stopped along the way at welcome centers to get state maps, crossed the border into CA, and followed the signs to Toronto. Got off an exit into the city, and drove around until I found it. Technology has gotten so embedded into our lives that I wouldn't dream of doing the same now. I don't need some strange woman telling me how to drive, I have a wife ;-) Heh. I know exactly what you mean! |
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