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how many of you have GPS navigation systems in your cars, are they useful?

i love to travel i always go somewhere and i'm not too good with directions and i'm getting a new honda accord soon should i get the navigation package honda? is the navigation any good because i heard the 2007 honda navigation is unreliable? is it true? because i don't want to waste my money on something that won't help me with directions.

Public Comments

1. I have GPS Navigation in my car. It works great in cities and places where the road has been around for a while. If you're way out in the country on roads usually unknown to people who don't live there, the GPS will be a little bit off or if the road is new, it'll be off as well. There's a disclaimer with every GPS that says the system is not a substitute for common sense. (There are some humorous YouTube videos on that.) Anyway, always have a paper map just in case.
2. I have a GPS unit in my vehicle and I find it very useful when traveling in unknown areas (big cities, towns other than my own, etc.). BUT I bought my car used and the seller was extremely motivated to sell, so I didn't pay a premium to get it. Accuracy is pretty decent, but is dependent on the maps loaded into the system. My area has some new roads that are not in the system and sometimes it looks like I'm driving through open fields. If you use the GPS unit to GUIDE you vs telling you EXACTLY where to go you'll be fine. I don't know if I'd pay to have it added to a new vehicle, but I'd be willing to pay $300-$500 for an aftermarket GPS unit. GPS navigation is nice, but not $1200-$1500 nice, if you get my meaning. An advantage of a portable unit is that you could transfer it to whatever vehicle you travel in.
3. Navigation and positioning are crucial to so many activities and yet the process has always been quite cumbersome until a cute little thing called GPS came into being. A GPS stands for Global Positioning Device-a device that is a worldwide radio-navigation system formed from a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a worldwide radio-navigation system formed from a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. These days GPS is finding its way into cars, boats, planes, construction equipment, movie making gear, farm machinery, even laptop computers. I think a GPS is one of the most useful gadgets that have been invented and is definitely a good investment, you need to know where you are going, don't you? About getting the system from the dealer, you need not do so, buy the car without that and go to any aftermarket dealer and get yourself one for a lot cheaper-maybe within $200-$300, including installation. Trust me, it is essential, you might think it is not that necessary, but, heck, that's what they thought when telephones came in!!!