I really don't understand the need for GPS. Maybe I'm old school, but I dont need my car to tell me how to get somewhere. Especially in a Daily Driver, I'd be embarassed if I could not find anyplace within a 100 mile Radius of my house without the use if a GPS. Maybe, MAYBE on the family truckster for the extended road trip. Definately NOT in a "TOY" car Unless the GPS can tell me the best braking points and the best line through the s curve at the Autobahn CC track. If the GPS did that, than I'd be all for it
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I really don't understand the need for GPS. Maybe I'm old school, but I dont need my car to tell me how to get somewhere. Especially in a Daily Driver, I'd be embarassed if I could not find anyplace within a 100 mile Radius of my house without the use if a GPS. Maybe, MAYBE on the family truckster for the extended road trip. Definately NOT in a "TOY" car Unless the GPS can tell me the best braking points and the best line through the s curve at the Autobahn CC track. If the GPS did that, than I'd be all for it
It's mailny for those with no sense of direction. Like people that get N,S,E,W confused or when entering an unknown area(around here it's by #'s, then just a county away it's by names)
You probably also live in the middle of no where. GPS is damned useful around here. Since it's in my phone (via tomtom, google maps, and live.com) I never go anywhere without it.
You probably also live in the middle of no where. GPS is damned useful around here. Since it's in my phone (via tomtom, google maps, and live.com) I never go anywhere without it.
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It's damned helpful when driving in greater Boston, where many of the roads are built on meandering 300-year-old cowpaths.
x10 Try driving around all the crazy one-way streets around Manhattan, Boston, DC, Philly, San Fran, etc. once and tell me you wouldn't want to have GPS. Chicago is like a walk in the park compared to those.
Also, even though this really doesn't pertain to this discussion. Try driving around greater London and tell me how insignificant a GPS unit is. Those of you who have done it before, know exactly what I'm talking about. F'ing roundabouts!
. Chicago is like a walk in the park compared to those.
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buahahahaa. yea right. go to Chicago and tell someone you'll meet them on Milwaukee and Elston. hopefully you don't got to the wrong one, cause there's more than one of the exact intersecting street. when you deal with that kinda crap let me know how you feel. or even better. when you MapQuest something that says with traffic 40 min, but in reality its more like two hours. funny about going to a manufacturer school, it takes 70% of your time just to get out of Chicago but that only accounts for 30% of the distance you have to travel.
Try driving in germany without navi, some of those towns are damn near impossible to drive in and not get lost. Navi is a life saver over there.
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If you haven't driven with GPS, nav, OnStar, whatever... you have no idea what you're missing. Yes, probably useless in your hometown. However, travel anywhere....
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buahahahaa. yea right. go to Chicago and tell someone you'll meet them on Milwaukee and Elston. hopefully you don't got to the wrong one, cause there's more than one of the exact intersecting street. when you deal with that kinda crap let me know how you feel. or even better. when you MapQuest something that says with traffic 40 min, but in reality its more like two hours. funny about going to a manufacturer school, it takes 70% of your time just to get out of Chicago but that only accounts for 30% of the distance you have to travel.
Same in DC. NW NE SW SE. If you don't give people the area, they can end up in some shady areas. I drove through Chicago. Not bad IMO. Especially since like 5-10 miles from the city there's damned near nothing
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Try driving in germany without navi, some of those towns are damn near impossible to drive in and not get lost. Navi is a life saver over there.
That's the truth. A buddy of mine took me around Frankfurt and the surrounding towns.. he's lived there his entire life and won't drive without the GPS.
Fact is, GPS is good if you're driving to unfamiliar places so you can worry about driving rather than navigating. I also use it when driving to familiar places because traffic in this area can be ridiculous, and with the tomtom, it'll redirect me around traffic or, I can just dip off on a random street and it will let me know how to get where I'm going.
If you haven't driven with GPS, nav, OnStar, whatever... you have no idea what you're missing. Yes, probably useless in your hometown. However, travel anywhere....
But I have driven with GPS, Rented a car that came with one in Denver, it was more of an annoyance than a help. I actually bought a Delorme GPS for my laptop. I do not use is, however. I've been to Philly, Pittsburg, Denver, San Francisco, Portland, and Boston in the last 18 months, I'd rather watch the scenery and traffic than a computer screen.
Because the Neon cost $20,000, and in order for it to be 20K, they had to cut some corners. This car is going to be TWICE that with the same plastic interior that has made Dodge a punchline for YEARS.
For 40K, you get into the realm where there better not be any damn corners cut.
How can you attach the word "nice" to that HVAC area? It looks like a rental.
As for the seats, I REALLY liked the ribbed look. Only thing better than those concept seats would have been a bench in front.
And for the record, Acrua's interiors are AMAZING. I sat in a TL the other day and was blown away.
Keep the cost down, I have to agree...cutting corners is the only way.
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