StevenFromTexas
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If you could factory order a navigation system . . . would you choose Garmin, GM Navigation System, or TomTom?
If you could factory order a navigation system . . .
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Timmy
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i love my kenwood double din with garmin.
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StevenFromTexas
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I find my Garmin unit to be much, much better than that GM Navigation System built into my 2010 Tahoe. Geez, General Motors, offer what the customer wants instead of what you want to offer. 
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StevenFromTexas
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Anyone from General Motors like polls? Bet they take plenty of them, but won't manage to see this one. It ain't too pretty for the GM Navigation System. 
I'll take the wife reading a map and yelling directions at me before the GM nav ... she whines less than that stupid dvd!
Sheesh, get with the hard-drive and usb sync/ipod integration/updated maps and poi already.
Other than that it's super.
Sheesh, get with the hard-drive and usb sync/ipod integration/updated maps and poi already.
Other than that it's super.
phileaglesfan
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The problem with GM is by the time they bring out something it is already antique. It took them awhile to put NAVs in their vehicles and they really are not that good. My 05 CTS V had a decent one with the exception that the map "upgrade" was fantastic if you never left Michigan. Otherwise it was useless.
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You guys are absolutely right, the GM one is garbage. I use Google Navigation on my Android phone.
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After having a $99 one after the fact in my other car I hate the GM one. I wish I wouldn't have spent the $1500 or whatever it was to purchase it.
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StevenFromTexas
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I've heard from one of my unusually unreliable sources that for 2013, GM is going to upgrade their vehicle lineup and offer the option of having their navigation system operate off of a 3.5" floppy disk drive. Yearly upgrade fees for the navigation floppies will be $299.99. 
edgaranah1
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300 for upgrading? That's outrageous. Ill just stick with my iphone.
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ChevyFreak
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I like the new system Cadillac is coming out with for 2012/2013! I wonder if something similar will be coming to Chevrolet and GMC?
Cadillac CUE: Intuitive And Connected Driving In 2012
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felixgun
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Lol Edgar I think he was joking.
"The 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe is pretty much unchanged. The optional navigation system is now hard-drive based, providing quicker responses and digital music storage capability." http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/tahoe/2012/
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StevenFromTexas
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Me, joke about the out-of-date GM navigation "system" and their pricing?
Edgar probably doesn't even know what a 3.5" floppy drive is. I had one on my first computer back in 1991, so I'll have to give him a pass on my last post due to his youth.
felixgun
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No we all know GM's nav is out of date. I was referring to you joking about the 3.5" floppy disks lol.
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StevenFromTexas
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Maybe we'll get a review on the 2012 navigation system soon. If it's a real improvement, someone can volunteer -- not me -- to be a guinea pig and upgrade their 2011 or before Tahoe, if that is possible.
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The average Cadillac owner is 110 years old, doesn't own a computer, and most of them had to be dragged into the touchtone phone era. I can't see them being too impressed with CUE.
Coolhandmike
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I regret not getting the navigation system in my car.
mike1944
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Don't be. It's lousy. There have been several other threads about what a stinker the GM nav is. I had to turn my Garmin on to get me out of a city when the GM nav had gotten me lost twice. Had them both going. Good example - went something like:
Garmin: "In one quarter mile take the Deerpark off ramp east and then merge left onto Highway 2 south."
GM: "In one quarter mile turn right then turn left." ****.
GM doesn't call out street names (unless it is a number), etc. and it can be ten to twenty feet too soon or too late on turns. It's five years or more behind a Garmin.
Plus being half way down the console means you have to keep taking your eye off the road, usually having to move your head, to try and see what it's reading out because the verbal instructions are so poor.
The Garmin sits on the dash and you can just glance at it and get your eyes back on the road. Most of the time you just listen and do what it tells you. Very clear and concise.
