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re: PSA:the built in GPS in your automobile

Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:14 pm to
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15480 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:14 pm to
I drive an 06 Tundra. My maps on cassette tape are on point
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
7277 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:18 pm to
You remember the cassette with headphone adapter for your Discman? Well they have Bluetooth cassettes now.

This post was edited on 5/27/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15388 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

This thing is missing entire streets!




try:
1) contacting the manufacturer/dealership and asking for the upgrade
2) googling the vehicle make/model and downloading the upgrades



But Google and Apple maps (and Waze) are far superior to the integraated options, in any instance.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
22671 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

get wake with the dude from chalmette’s voice directions.


Hook a leff, Brah.
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
2418 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 8:39 pm to
If you expect to be someplace with poor cell service, I recommend Sygic. Download maps directly to your phone ahead of time and relies solely on GPS. Doesn’t download maps on the fly via cellular.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14521 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 8:45 pm to
quote:

Should not be trusted! This thing is missing entire streets!


It should suck down an update OTA and install.
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
Member since Aug 2021
14765 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 8:54 pm to
GPS always takes people an 1/8 of a mile west past my driveway.
Posted by killedbyindians
Earth
Member since Jun 2022
1417 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 9:28 pm to
Google earth says my house is in a town 8 miles away. Makes getting deliveries almost impossible. I love telling ups or fed ex that they can’t count on google and they ask if I’m sure I’m right. Yes you stupid frick I know where I live it’s google that’s wrong.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
12464 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:20 am to
Google Maps doesn’t work for lease roads. For a perfectly accessible site you can:

1. Trespass through private property
2. Go down a different lease road, then have to walk 30 minutes because it took you down the wrong one.
3. Have a perfectly accessible road, but it insists you need to uturn for a 30 route.
4. Have it switch from coordinates to whatever the frick the nearest school district pin is.
5. #4, but it does it when you send the pin to somebody.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70101 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:22 am to
quote:

This thing is missing entire streets!
The Horror!
Posted by Lithium
Member since Dec 2004
63625 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:22 am to
Use Waze
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
9823 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:22 am to
quote:

Should not be trusted! This thing is missing entire streets!


I thought this would be about a baw that got busted because the GPS tracked his arse to a crime scene and he got busted for the crime.
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15480 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:03 am to
quote:

Use Waze


Google bought Waze 10 years ago. The merger will eliminate overlapping mapmaking work across the two products.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
68962 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:08 am to
You need only two things:

1. Apple CarPlay
2. Waze App

I use it anytime I’m on the interstate, even if I’m not using it for navigation, because it’s great at warning you of cops up ahead.
Posted by boudinman
Member since Nov 2019
6101 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:30 am to
Buy you a Road Atlas and state hwy map baw. Go old school.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
14485 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:37 am to
quote:

ETA pro tip get waze with the dude from chalmette’s voice directions.

That dude’s voice and frequent use of the same phrases gets old quick.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
68962 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:40 am to
quote:

ETA pro tip get waze with the dude from chalmette’s voice directions.


quote:

That dude’s voice and frequent use of the same phrases gets old quick.


I tried the Terminator voice once. Got old really quick and I changed it back to one of the female voices as soon as I got to where I was going.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
15002 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:49 am to
quote:

That dude’s voice and frequent use of the same phrases gets old quick.

It really does but it’s funny for a few. I turn it on when people hop in the car to get an Lol. Then I turn it back on silent like it usually is. I don’t let my technology talk to me.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
9823 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 9:59 am to
quote:

My maps on cassette tape are on point


What do you do in Baton Rouge or Basin Bridge traffic pause the tape or are the delays recorded in? It must take a box set to get from Gonzales to Laffy via I-10.
This post was edited on 5/28/23 at 10:04 am
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
12394 posts
Posted on 5/28/23 at 11:27 am to
You turned into a lake?
—In a PT Cruiser and had to swim to safety
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