Brian231

How about another useless thread like posting pics of your lady, mine is below. Oh how Hilda brightens my day.

phatboyc

Since this is a Lexus forum, I voted in-car. Primarily to keep the luxury look inside. But when it came time to buy our new SantaFe, portable it was.

rdgdawg

Democrat or Republican?
How long is a piece of string?
Why is the sky blue?
How far can you into the woods? (trick question)

rdgdawg

THIS is the chick that shoulda been in "Kingpin"... Woody would have had different motivation...

Brian231

I have some great questions for a forum posting:

Sexual harassment at work-is it a problem for the self-employed?
The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?
Are there any unguided missiles?
What do batteries run on?
What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?
What do they call a French kiss in France?
What does Geronimo say when he jumps out of a plane?
Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?
What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?
Do pilots take crash-courses?
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?
Does killing time damage eternity?
How can someone "draw a blank"?
Where did Webster look up the definitions when he wrote the dictionary?
How do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?
How do you know when you've run out of invisible ink?


OK, I have proved myself dumb today!!!!

Kurtz

iTrader: (1)

The in-dash nav is also bad for re-sale value, for those that care about it...

I'm not using an aftermarket GPS because it's cheap or I'm poor (I paid cash for my IS350, I could certainly have afforded to add nav). I use aftermarket nav because it's a much -better- system. It does more, it's useful in multiple vehicles, it's far more easily upgraded, etc.


I still can't figure out the "in dash makes the other systems easier to use" part though. Has anyone here without nav ever found their air conditioning especially confusing to use?


I certainly agree the OEM nav looks better than having a Garmin sitting on top of the dash. But it's not like I leave it there if I'm displaying it at a car show.

If the OEM nav used current technology, or was priced for the limited functionality it does have, I'd have it. But it made no sense to me to pay 10 times more for something that does LESS. Even Infiniti offers real time traffic with nav... have for a couple years at least. Using aftermarket Nav isn't cheaping out, it's picking a better, more full featured, solution that also happens to cost thousands less.

It'd be like if the camry was priced higher than the Lexus ES but had a nicer looking grille. Nobody'd think that was worth paying more for...

And if you're really worried about wanting it to look good and in-dash you can get an aftermarket GPS head unit, with a nice big LCD, professionally installed, and still have it be less than the OEM system and still do more. It'll maybe only save a couple hundred instead of a couple thousand, but if not having the unit on top of the dash is worth several grand to you at least you'd get the better features that way.

You might have to use the old fashioned "complex" AC controls like us non-nav people though

Janizary

I like the function and integration of our in-dash, however, I like the actual navigation screen, use, etc. of my TomTom for "Navigation" much better.

dojoman

iTrader: (5)

I love the lane assist feature on Lexus nav but Tomtom just added that feature on 930 & 730 models, including planning routes based on traffic density on weekends and weekdays. Portable nav are getting more powerful and before you know it indash nav will be obsolete if the car manuf don't lower the price.

projectdna

iTrader: (56)

in-dash.

1. it works for me, and
2. i have ML, and my nav is hacked, so i can watch DVDs.

ExTrEmE99

iTrader: (6)

To stay on topic: In-Dash. it looks 100X better then models w/out the indash navi.


To the picture: I'd Hit that, With a semi-truck wait it already looks like it got hit by a truck

Magellan

Those were great. I'd only add: If an orange is called an orange, why isn't a banana called a yellow?

meefer

iTrader: (8)

MIne's integrated into my phone, so I guess portable I must vote. Just need to wait for Sprint to activate it! (HTC Touch).

rdgdawg

How does a blind person know when he's done wiping his a--?

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

He must do the sniff test.

buckeye101

I like my Garmin:

1) I can keep my head up for better safety
2) It's alot cheaper
3) I can use it in my other two cars