| fmayberry |
| I am trying to decide on built in navigation for a 2009 Murano LE. The benefits seem to be no cable clutter, large 7" display screen, and 300 Gb song storage. The downside it the substantial cost over a portable unit. Are those the key major pros and cons or am I missing something? |
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| FXF |
You can talk to while driving. You tap a button on the steering wheel and say
"Location" and you are asked for the state and you say
"Vermont"
and it says the state name asks for the town and you say
"Quechee" (kwee - chee) and it says
"kuwhoa - ghee" and asks for the road
and you say "Quechee Main Street" and it repeats the street, murdering the pronunciation, of course, and by this time your wife is laughing her ass off, and it asks for the house number, displaying what it considers legitimate numbers (which it has right for the first 1.5 miles of the road but not for the last 2.5 miles, which are in some but not all geocoding databases.
You say the number and if it is in the range it then asks if you want a route or a map. Say "Route" and the system starts directing you there.
So it's pretty cool.
the same voice recognition can be used to operate your cellphone if it's a bluetooth.
finally, you can probaby negotiate down to the invoice price which is usually close to the MSRP for the base model, so you can use that information into fooling yourself that you're getting it for free....
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| Musky300 |
Keep in mind that the Navigation option requires the Dual Panel Moonroof...so basically if you want the "built-in navigation", it is like an extra $2750.
The built-in navigation obviously has its benefits in the aesthetics departement. It is cleaner, more integrated with the interior, etc... I think most would agree that the sub-$500 portable GPS systems out there (Garmin, TomTom, etc...) usually have much better features and intuitiveness. |
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| fmayberry |
| Thanks for the info. I noted the requirement of the dual panel moonroof for navigation. In my area, LE's only seem to come with a moonroof as I have not found one without moonroof. But that works anyway as the moonroof is a requirement of my wife, so that cost is already sunk into the vechicle. |
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| bob1 |
Real men don't need NAV......we always know where we are going.
Just ask my wife! :D
Bob1 |
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| phoward_15 |
quote:
Originally posted by Musky300
The built-in navigation obviously has its benefits in the aesthetics departement. It is cleaner, more integrated with the interior, etc... I think most would agree that the sub-$500 portable GPS systems out there (Garmin, TomTom, etc...) usually have much better features and intuitiveness.
I would have to disagree with this. I like the built-in Nav's because of the features they have. I like the fact that it the ETA on miles/hours/gallons is much more accurate than on a portable system and the fact that the voice command system in a built-in machine is much more accurate as well. Now of course this is just my opinion and everyone needs to try for themselves but I'd much prefer a built-in system.
Plus, based on an article I read, the number one reason for peoples' cars to be broken into these days are for portable GPS devices. Even if it's not in plain sight a burglar can tell that you had/have one from the ring of the suction cup and will therefore break in to see if it's in the glove compartment or center storage unit. I just don't think it's worth the risk. |
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| gordoco |
quote:
Originally posted by FXF
the same voice recognition can be used to operate your cellphone if it's a bluetooth.
You get voice recognition for operating bluetooth phones even without Nav. |
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| kwill1 |
quote:
Originally posted by Musky300
Keep in mind that the Navigation option requires the Dual Panel Moonroof...so basically if you want the "built-in navigation", it is like an extra $2750.
The built-in navigation obviously has its benefits in the aesthetics departement. It is cleaner, more integrated with the interior, etc... I think most would agree that the sub-$500 portable GPS systems out there (Garmin, TomTom, etc...) usually have much better features and intuitiveness.
That's funny, my wife and I had the opposite discussion. We wanted the moonroof but didn't think it was worth $2750 :)
And I completely agree with your statements for and against the built-in nav, which is why we decided to save the money and get a portable one. |
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| Pops |
| I like the simple fact that I can take my portable gps into my other vehicles when needed. A 7" screen would be nice though. :) |
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| Musky300 |
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Originally posted by kwill1
That's funny, my wife and I had the opposite discussion. We wanted the moonroof but didn't think it was worth $2750 :)
And I completely agree with your statements for and against the built-in nav, which is why we decided to save the money and get a portable one.
Note: The Navigation System in the 09 Murano requires the Moonroof Option...but not the other way around.
i.e...you CAN get just the Moonroom WITHOUT the Navigation system. Thus it'd be just an extra $1000 or so instead of the @ $2700. |
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| kwill1 |
quote:
Originally posted by Musky300
Note: The Navigation System in the 09 Murano requires the Moonroof Option...but not the other way around.
i.e...you CAN get just the Moonroom WITHOUT the Navigation system. Thus it'd be just an extra $1000 or so instead of the @ $2700.
Ah, you are right. I was thinking of the technology package. The moonroof on the FWD SL requires the tech package, and it is basically the same price as the Nav package so the moonroof would have cost us about $3k (we didn't want the tech package). |
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