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Originally Posted by TTundra07
I would not buy the nav system for the following reasons. I have a Lexus ES350 with the same system but the display in the Lexus has a better (higher resolution) display. To say the system sucks is an understatement. I have had several GPS units over the past 10 years. They have all be Garmin units. If Toyota/Lexus had used Garmin and didn’t limit the use while moving then they would have the best.
After using the Lexus GPS I can tell you that except for the high resolution of the screen it is almost a complete waste of money. I basically knew this when I bought the Lexus but I wanted the other features that the built in display afforded.
Here are just a few of the reasons to purchase portable unit vs. a factory unit. All of the things that I list below and much more are available on a portable unit.
1: Cost. You can buy a better Nav. unit for 300.00 to $1000.00. If you want to be really cheap, and have an outstanding GPS then get a GPS with software for about $100.00 that you connect to a laptop. All of these units will do more than any factory installed GPS unit. Even the 300.00 units will out perform the factory units.
1: Maps in the Toyota/Lexus units are not detailed enough anywhere except in the major cities. I can look up an address in most Small towns and the Garmin unit will show it.
The Garmin maps will sometimes even show a road in a field, if it has been there a long time. The Garmin maps are much more detailed in the rural areas.
2: You will find that it will cost at least 200.00 + to update the map in the factory unit. You can update the maps in the portable unit for about 100.00 or less. I can load the whole US and Canada in the Garmin unit and do not have to change from region to region. Seamless navigation coast to coast.
2: After the vehicle is moving you cannot look up POI’s, exits on the interstate, addresses etc. My Lexus has voice recognition to do some things while it is moving but it too sucks. I have looked at the Toyota but I don’t know if it has the voice recognition or not. As soon as you get in a rural area the Nav unit will tell you that the information displayed is not accurate. (if you are in the nav. mode.)
3: You can’t change the map detail with out zooming in.
These are just a few of the reasons not to buy the factory unit. There are many other reasons too numerous to mention here. The only reason I would/did buy a factory unit was the other features that I could not get without the built in display. I think you can buy the Tundra with the backup camera etc. without the nav unit.
Just my two cents for what it’s worth..
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Wow, you've got a pretty strong opinion there chief...especially when you seem to compare all of these nav units to the ONE in your Lexus.
If all of those aftre market units are so great.....how come you have owned several? I played with the nav in the Tundra and my Corvette has one. This past week a coworker and I were driving around in nashville and he was using a portable garmin deal...brand new, cost 500 bucks he said. it's detail and resolution was worse than the one in my vette (the GM is really good) Admittedly the japs prob have better nav systems than GM...The tundra's nav was cool great features, and I loved the map detail.
Also, you were very wrong on some things....
about my vette nav (which might not be as advanced as the toyoter nav):
-I can input POIs while driving, and I can scroll through upcoming exits and amenities.
-It shows roads in fields and does great with back country rural roads
-has never given me a wrong turn on rural roads from WA to GA
-It has seamless state-to-state mapping
-new disk is free...go to corvette forum and have someone burn a copy
++pros for a built-in unit
-it's coded and useless if stolen....not yours
-don't have to deal with a chunk of electronics blocking my view
-other vehicle systems displayed on screen
-integrated antenna
-no extra crap floating around my car/truck
-screen is bigger
-It's under warranty
-in the vette...the nav is integrated with the Head-Up Display and projects directions and route information on the windshield so I don't have to look away from the road...aftermarket won't do that biatch
yes, I have based my rebuttal on a GM/Corvette nav, but I have played with the new tundra's (as i previously stated)...the nav in my new tundra will be even better than the one in the vette (aside from the head-up display). I have also used (N)everlost in Hertz renatl cars for years and hate that stand-alone $h!t.
Before you point out all of those supposed, and often, fictional negatives, pllease be sure to be informed.
and now for something completely different::::
I wish that the voice on the nav was a bitchy british female that got exhasperated with me when I missed a turn....you know? Just like having a feisty woman sitting next to you, though without the potential for road-he*d.