370z Nav Package

bloodo

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Evil Sports

I got the Nav, its a outstanding interface and I am quite happy with it. I didnt consider the price of it when I got it, I wanted it so I got it.

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ZOLE

Ya, I hear ya man. I'd say like 90% of the time it has to do with just the distraction of conversation, and 10% is (most, but not all) ppls inability to multitask with phone in hand.

I guess I'm just bitter since I got rear ended 6 years ago by one of these distracted drivers which screwed up my neck/back for the rest of my life.

Okay, I'm finished being off topic again.

Teddy KGB

$20K in upgrades? Sounds like you purchased the wrong car.

SeattleLion

I got the nav package (2010) and I love it. You really can't compare the sat nav with portable units. The built-in nav does not only use GPS. It also has a yaw sensor (to sense change of direction) and a connection to the speedo/odometer. That way you still get position information even if the GPS connection is lost. On occasion that causes the car to appear to be in the middle of a cow pasture, but usually (like in a tunnel) it is great.

The blue tooth is fine and I like the way the integration allows picking contacts from my phone's contact list, not just the list in the nav package. I had an aftermarket backup camera installed and it is integrated seamlessly into the nav package.

It's expensive. Is it worth it? That depends on you. I bought the touring Z with sport package and GPS. It had a sticker price of about $42k. I paid less, but not a lot less. It's worth it to me and I am very happy with the quality of the display and all of the added features.

frost

First, I actually have the nav, so I'm no hater.

It looks fantastic with the car. In fact, the whole interior looks different with it. It was the looks that really sold me.

That being said, it's not worth the money. Many roads even several years old are not on there. Keep updating the maps every year or two? Sure, if you wanna spend even more fuckin money. The routes they give suck. Google maps and my phone give faster routes. For example, from my work to home, it want me to drive a straight line there through 25 miles of stop signs, red lights, train tracks, etc instead of going 4 miles out of my way and hopping on the freeway which shaves like, 15 minutes off the trip.

It's clumsy to use. Again, I can probably do it on my phone twice as fast.

It won't let you use many functions while the car is moving, such as entering in an address or scrolling through lists. As a safety guy, I get the idea behind it, but I often have a copilot who could use it just fine. Again, it takes so long to get an address in there, you can't even really use it at stop lights, because as soon as you move, it kicks you back to the previous screen (iirc).

If I had it to all over again, I'd spend that $3k on hookers and blow, and just use my phone for nav.

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JB1

I have the Nav, I like the integration, the looks, iPod interface and music box. I don't like the safety feature of having most functions blocked while driving. But I fixed this with a override module. But what I really HATE is the ridiculous cost to upgrade the maps.

Nissan send me this e-mail with a nice offer: "Get your Map update for only (!!) $ 100,- normal price $ 150,-". Not cheap, but doable. This is, until you read the fine print: For '10 and up you can do it yourself with the DVD/CR-ROM. But to upgrade the maps in an '09 Z you have to take the car to the dealer. I called 3 local dealers to see what they charge for the update: 125, 140 or 244!!!. So buy the update code for 100, take that to the dealer and drop another 125 to 244. So a possible $344,- for a simple NAV map upgrade WTF???

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jaxxx

Wow as much of an ******* you sound..I agree with you with the tire thing lol.
I see all these wannabes thinking the evo12 is hot **** . It's a great tire for my wife's sedan not a sports car. Ihad it on my 335 and I hated it.

Go to clublexus.com you'll see how many racers in their is250 who loves the evo12s

Lemers

I do store music on it.

I refuse to pay a subscription for radio.

I love the nav. Better than my wife pioneer

I love the integration with the rest of the car.

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shadoquad

Oh man, I agree with you a million times over on this one!

Lemers

I likethe high five pic. Thats awesome.

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2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

frost

I wouldn't refuse to pay for a radio subscription, but I do refuse to pay for a radio subscription that still has commercials on some of the channels I like, and breaks the music for the dj to speak or advertise the fact you're listening to xm/sirius radio. But I'd be happy to pay a small fee for radio with absolutely no interruptions in the least, jsut one song after the next, 24/7.

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shadoquad

Even if there were DJ's and shows, I'd just pay for no commercials.

When Sirius and XM first came out, you were paying for commercial-free radio. Then, years later, they started slipping them in.

My buddy has been subscribing to XM since it first came out. Riding in his car, I stopped him one day and said, "What, what was that? Was that a commercial?!"

He said, "Yeah, the DJ's need breaks once in a while you know?"

I said, "Isn't that what music is for?"

Lemers

Just like regular commercials in movie theaters. What's that about? and I'm paying more every year for a ticket.

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2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

frost

I was a subscriber even with the short "you're listening to sirius radio" plugs they did that rubbed me the wrong way until my favorite station, which was some classic rock station, started playing commercials. I about blew my fuckin top. Called em up and quit. They sent me some questionnaire about why I quit, which I thoroughly filled out and never heard anything about. I figured they would send me a generic Email, or a coupon for a free couple months or something ... nothing.

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