Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use

Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by jcpst on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:33AM (#36445979)

The kind of places I like to vacation commonly have no cell service. The built in GPS works pretty good without cell service. Google/Apple maps fail in this scenario.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by twothamendment on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:27AM (#36446547)

I don't buy that. I live and recreate in an area where cell service is bad to non-existent.

I navigate with Google maps all the time. The key is downloading offline maps. I've got multiple states on my phone and they take up surprisingly little space.

I still like my nav in the vehicle because of the larger screen, but I never use it to navigate.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by Kye on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:43AM (#36446728)

I would do this even if I used the on-board GPS. I wouldn't be in the car 100% of the time, so having downloaded maps on the phone is handy.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by jcpst on Sunday June 25, 2023 @10:32AM (#36468536)

Fair- I shouldn’t have said that about google maps. I’m not a google maps user, so not as familiar with what features are available.

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Re:Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use by gizmo686 on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:52AM (#36446824)

You need to plan ahead and know about it, but Google maps lets you download regions of map data so it can work offline.

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