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<blockquote data-quote="Nik" data-source="post: 93474" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I do find it somewhat bizarre at how map updates are treated among different manufacturers. Some offer free lifetime updates (i.e. dvd, usb sticks where applicable or over the air) - presumably the map data acquisition costs have been worked into the price whilst others (ermm GM) obviously did not have much foresight with their vendors and left updates to the discretion of the provider which always ends up costing us a bit of change every year or two. </p><p></p><p>I would definitely recommend waze (the other google maps), google maps or your native map app on your phone whatever that may be. Superior maps, voice prompts and in some cases real time traffic updates and re-routing. The downside is you have to look like an Uber driver without the bottles of rose scented Costco water and stick that phone somewhere visible. The way things are developing now with Google Auto, Apple Carplay and Blackberry QNIX or whatever it's called, built in proprietary navigation apps are becoming a thing of the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nik, post: 93474, member: 1"] I do find it somewhat bizarre at how map updates are treated among different manufacturers. Some offer free lifetime updates (i.e. dvd, usb sticks where applicable or over the air) - presumably the map data acquisition costs have been worked into the price whilst others (ermm GM) obviously did not have much foresight with their vendors and left updates to the discretion of the provider which always ends up costing us a bit of change every year or two. I would definitely recommend waze (the other google maps), google maps or your native map app on your phone whatever that may be. Superior maps, voice prompts and in some cases real time traffic updates and re-routing. The downside is you have to look like an Uber driver without the bottles of rose scented Costco water and stick that phone somewhere visible. The way things are developing now with Google Auto, Apple Carplay and Blackberry QNIX or whatever it's called, built in proprietary navigation apps are becoming a thing of the past. [/QUOTE]
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