When are car manufacturers going to stop robbing us?
Discussion
I don't deny that handheld units have many advantages (I have a Garmin 660 for use in hire cars etc) but when I buy a car I pay what it costs to get:
Tidy and convenient integration into car's controls
A better looking dash
No incentive for thieves to break in, and no need to remove and hide the unit and ancillaries
and incidentally benefit from:
a bigger better screen
a secondary display in the dash
better audio, with muting of other sound
better retention of location when satellite signal is lost
I agree the price charged is outrageous - it currently runs at about £1,750 on executive cars. Even worse, I particularly resent the amount the car manufacturers charge for updating their software or mapping - often as much as the price of a decent handheld unit (my brother was just quoted £290 to update the software in his 2006 Range Rover to the current version). It almost encourages you to be a software pirate by copying a friend's DVD!
Tidy and convenient integration into car's controls
A better looking dash
No incentive for thieves to break in, and no need to remove and hide the unit and ancillaries
and incidentally benefit from:
a bigger better screen
a secondary display in the dash
better audio, with muting of other sound
better retention of location when satellite signal is lost
I agree the price charged is outrageous - it currently runs at about £1,750 on executive cars. Even worse, I particularly resent the amount the car manufacturers charge for updating their software or mapping - often as much as the price of a decent handheld unit (my brother was just quoted £290 to update the software in his 2006 Range Rover to the current version). It almost encourages you to be a software pirate by copying a friend's DVD!
Do anyone do decent ones in-car? The Audi system is quite neat, but it really should have a touchscreen input, full postcode facility, and better mapping. It is really behind the times.
Edited to say, speed camera database should be on there too. Great feature, which I miss. I end up having my MioMap on the seat next to me on long journeys, which is a bit pointless.
Edited to say, speed camera database should be on there too. Great feature, which I miss. I end up having my MioMap on the seat next to me on long journeys, which is a bit pointless.
Edited by NorthernBoy on Sunday 25th November 23:18
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