fredsmith
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This thread made me chuckle
I see and somewhat understand the frustration of the original posting in 2008 but the chuckle was because we have a 2008 coupe and love it unconditionaly but the real chuckle was that in September 2009 we visited the NCM during the 15th Anniversary celebration. Since we traveled across country with the Caravan we hadn't used the Nav enough to trust it yet - I had brought my Magellan just in case.
In any case the first day and evening at the NCM was pretty hectic as anyone there that day will attest. It was after dark when we decided we had better head for the hotel (Marriot) in Bowling Green (you know, where our baby was born). Because there were so many folks coming in still we were directed away from the museum via a back way out route. We said no problem, lets just put the hotel in the Nav and we will get there one way or another. Well it was another i am afraid - it directed us through several housing tracts and eventually we were on the road that we knew was a side street at the hotel. Suddenly the Nav said "You have arrived". We were in the middle of a housing tract and nowhere near the hotel. Since we knew the street was adjacent to the hotel - we continued for nearly a mile and finally we actually did arrive.
We didn't miss our kids recital so in our case we saw it as funny since as i said above we were in the town our baby was born.
The bottom line is that the Nav is an additional tool that is available to us and should not be perceived as the end all solution to not asking directions... We still have to use our heads. I am a gear head - i use an iphone, have more computers and digital camera's than i care to count but they are all still machines made by men and you know - none of us are perfect - we are all a part of the same human race... Lokk for the positive side of a situation, if it doesn't have a positive side, make the best of what you do have and of course smile...:cool
I see and somewhat understand the frustration of the original posting in 2008 but the chuckle was because we have a 2008 coupe and love it unconditionaly but the real chuckle was that in September 2009 we visited the NCM during the 15th Anniversary celebration. Since we traveled across country with the Caravan we hadn't used the Nav enough to trust it yet - I had brought my Magellan just in case.
In any case the first day and evening at the NCM was pretty hectic as anyone there that day will attest. It was after dark when we decided we had better head for the hotel (Marriot) in Bowling Green (you know, where our baby was born). Because there were so many folks coming in still we were directed away from the museum via a back way out route. We said no problem, lets just put the hotel in the Nav and we will get there one way or another. Well it was another i am afraid - it directed us through several housing tracts and eventually we were on the road that we knew was a side street at the hotel. Suddenly the Nav said "You have arrived". We were in the middle of a housing tract and nowhere near the hotel. Since we knew the street was adjacent to the hotel - we continued for nearly a mile and finally we actually did arrive.
We didn't miss our kids recital so in our case we saw it as funny since as i said above we were in the town our baby was born.
The bottom line is that the Nav is an additional tool that is available to us and should not be perceived as the end all solution to not asking directions... We still have to use our heads. I am a gear head - i use an iphone, have more computers and digital camera's than i care to count but they are all still machines made by men and you know - none of us are perfect - we are all a part of the same human race... Lokk for the positive side of a situation, if it doesn't have a positive side, make the best of what you do have and of course smile...:cool