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If you're not in an area experiencing explosive growth (Seattle, Austin, Raleigh-Durham, etc) then the risk of having stale map info is pretty low. If you leas
by chiph 9y ago
If you're not in an area experiencing explosive growth (Seattle, Austin, Raleigh-Durham, etc) then the risk of having stale map info is pretty low. If you lease or only keep your cars < 10 years, the risk of stale maps is low. Will the directions have features like taking typical traffic volume into account? Probably not. But they'll get you there, and you don't have to spend an extra 20 seconds when you get in the car getting your phone out of your pocket and plugged in.
(currently in a 14 year old car whose maps will never be newer than 2015, and that's OK with me.)
- photojosh 9y ago20 seconds? It's a default action for me and takes less than 5 seconds to plug in and drop into (or practically nothing for shorter journeys since I don't bother to plug in), and I'm going to get a wireless charging dock some time now that my phone supports it. I'm glad our 2009 car doesn't have sat-nav. :)
- jhall1468 9y ago> I'm glad our 2009 car doesn't have sat-nav. :) That's odd to me. We have GPS in our Outback, but we use our phones. I'm pretty happy having the backup that works if we don't have a cell signal, so being glad you don't have it is odd... it's not like it adds significantly to the price.
- photojosh 9y agoJust my experience with it in other cars: because it asks you to accept a disclaimer every time you start the car, which annoys me no end. I have a bit of a minimalist and/or design snobbery bent though: I would often rather have no solution at all than a poor one.
- chiph 9y agoI added a USB interface module and it clicks the lawyer screen's "accept" button for me, but yes that is a waste of time. Something it does that I do agree is annoying is lock out the UI when you drive more than 2 mph. For safety.