chl
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- First Name
- CHRIS
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2022
- Threads
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- Location
- alexandria virginia
- Vehicles
- 2023 LIGHTNING PRO, 2012 Nissan Leaf, 2015 Toyota Prius, 2000 HD 883 Sportster
- Occupation
- Patent Atty / Electrical Engineer
Before there were built-in nav systems or any nav systems we used to use these paper things called maps.
If you were a member AAA would even make to a little booklet with your route marked from point A to point B.
Later when GPS came along, I had a series of devices, a hand-held GPS, and several dash mount TomToms. Now they sit around collecting dust and cluttering up my room waiting to become collectable antiques when my kids have to clean out our house when we die, lol.
Our old Prius uses a set of discs along with GPS for its nav system, the discs are now a few years out of date, replacing with a new set costs over $100 and are probably out of date they day after they're issued anyway.
My wife's iPhone and free APPs do the trick now, although pairing it to the car with BlueTooth often has problems (drop-outs and reconnects).
My 2012 Nissan Leaf has a built in map system, but after a few years it stopped updating - ATT changed their technology and the car could not keep up. Also if it sits in my garage too long without being driven, the GPS system gets out of whack and the clock has to be reset.
I haven't put the Ford system in my 2023 Pro Lightning to the test. Way back when (pre-college) I drove delivery in this area for an electric supply company and then a private mailing company, and all that map knowledge is still in my brain somewhere - they have changed a few things around here in the subsequent 50 years, but I've mostly kept my internal maps updated.
I have a pretty good sense of direction as well, even in multilevel parking garages.
Some of my kids did not inherit those abilities.
Nor does my wife have them, she relies on Siri.
Occasionally Siri and I have a disagreement about directions, and I am usually correct but not always, since Siri has access to more information about road changes than I do on a day to day basis.
In conclusion, would I pay for the Ford nav system, probably not.
If you were a member AAA would even make to a little booklet with your route marked from point A to point B.
Later when GPS came along, I had a series of devices, a hand-held GPS, and several dash mount TomToms. Now they sit around collecting dust and cluttering up my room waiting to become collectable antiques when my kids have to clean out our house when we die, lol.
Our old Prius uses a set of discs along with GPS for its nav system, the discs are now a few years out of date, replacing with a new set costs over $100 and are probably out of date they day after they're issued anyway.
My wife's iPhone and free APPs do the trick now, although pairing it to the car with BlueTooth often has problems (drop-outs and reconnects).
My 2012 Nissan Leaf has a built in map system, but after a few years it stopped updating - ATT changed their technology and the car could not keep up. Also if it sits in my garage too long without being driven, the GPS system gets out of whack and the clock has to be reset.
I haven't put the Ford system in my 2023 Pro Lightning to the test. Way back when (pre-college) I drove delivery in this area for an electric supply company and then a private mailing company, and all that map knowledge is still in my brain somewhere - they have changed a few things around here in the subsequent 50 years, but I've mostly kept my internal maps updated.
I have a pretty good sense of direction as well, even in multilevel parking garages.
Some of my kids did not inherit those abilities.
Nor does my wife have them, she relies on Siri.
Occasionally Siri and I have a disagreement about directions, and I am usually correct but not always, since Siri has access to more information about road changes than I do on a day to day basis.
In conclusion, would I pay for the Ford nav system, probably not.
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