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2009 CR-V Navigation System
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Re: 2009 CR-V Navigation System -
04-30-2009
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In article <11515-49F66B57-2109 (AT) storefull-3173 (DOT) bay.webtv.net>, CBX2 (AT) webtv (DOT) net wrote: $2000 extra for it,(my GF just bought a CRV EX without) ain't worth it. I bought her a garmin Nuvi 265WT with lifetime traffic for $229. I tend to agree, although if you're going to buy a built-in nav system, Honda's is probably the best. |
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We were shopping Volvos last week, for my father; we wanted everything on it, including nav (yeah, try getting an old man to deal with an external unit). The dealer said they don't come in with much on them, that it would be a special order. ????? They don't bring in well-equipped $40K-$50K cars? They order in strippo models? WTF? Anyway, I found it interesting that Volvo does offer, as a specific accessory in their catalog, a Garmin unit. Their kit comes with a specific dash mount for the car in question, and is wired in very neatly, so that it just plugs in nicely and sits there on top of the dash. (I remember that BMW also did this for their 3 series.) So apparently that's how Volvo sees the world: if you want a nav system, plop this thing on the dash and we'll help make it look as neat as we can--because we generally don't expect you to want an in-dash unit, and we generally won't stock them at the dealer. Frankly, I wish Honda and the rest would offer such a kit as an alternative. Let's say for a couple hundred dollars they could install the vehicle specific mounting/power kit, making it nice and neat, and then I could put in any Garmin unit I wanted, and change it out as often as I wanted. Garmin would do well to do this with as many manufacturers as possible. I could probably go through four or five very nice units before I burned up $2000. I could have a new Garmin every year. |
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Honda uses Alpine systems. |
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Honda uses Alpine systems. |
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I could probably go through four or five very nice units before I burned up $2000. *I could have a new Garmin every year. Okay, so maybe it's not worth $2000... but that's not all you get with it. It is integrated with a rear-view backup camera (though backup sensor is an extra option). It has voice recognition for navigation, climate control, radio, cd changer, PC Card (for MP3s), and most importantly, you can ask it "What time is it?" so you don't need to glance over to the clock  And according to the manual, you can also ask it to find the nearest Honda Dealer if your nav system stops working... errr, wait a minute, nevermind... Also, during my test drive I was very surprised to hear the turn-by- turn directions coming from the car's speakers in a much clearer and more pleasing voice than the voice my portable garmin uses in my wife's car. And the radio volume temporarily dropped while the intructions to turn were emitted, which was nice. I'm not sure whether the nav system also provides bluetooth capability, though there is a website where my blackberry is on the list. Now if I could just have it read my emails to me while I'm driving... wow... I must hack that one. Honestly I think the bluetooth is only available on European Hondas, which is disappointing. |
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Pszemol wrote: For me, the biggest benefit of built in navi is the convenience, neatness of the solution (no cords hanging from the dashboard), better integration with a car as a whole thing, integration with the car radio and bluetooth phone and - which is important, it is much more difficult to steal from a car, so you can leave the car with navi on a parking lot and go without carrying the GPS with you in the pocket. And the biggest drawback is when the unit needs to be serviced. At least with a portable unit, you don't have to have the whole car taken in. You don't have to carry the portable unit in your pocket all the time. Just store it in a concealed storage space in the car... although not for prolonged periods of time when it's very hot or very cold outside. |
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