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RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/20/2006 5:09:00 PM    chargin69   Posts: 79 Joined: 7/11/2006 Status: offline Just a thought but have you gone back to your dealer and asked them for a newer disc? Im sure you could borrow it and burn a new copy or they might just give you one. That would be a very petty lawsuit and a waste of resources. Maybe you have more $ than cents but whatever. California is suing car manufacturers for green house effect. Your whinen because of the cost of your Nav system just wait! Sue Sue Sue! Just makes the cost of EVERYTHING go up!! This nonsense just gets me rowled up!! TOO MANY LAWSUITS!!!! _____________________________ 06 Top Banana #883 69 R/T SE Charger 440/ 4spd 2004 Ram 2500 Cummins 4x4 95 Viper (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 16

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/20/2006 8:56:03 PM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline I do not advocate suing over something this petty. However I have a memory like an elephant, and choose not ever purchase or specify their products again. If they want to be greedy, and frankly $199.00 fricken dollars is SOOOO GREEDY, then I will get a bootleg. I kinda imagine NAVTEQ as evil, but a goofy evil, like Dr. Evil, in Austen Powers... They can have 0% of $199.00 or 100% of say... $29.00. They chose UNWISELY. Heck, with a community as strong as this, there will be a unauthorized, uncopyrighted, unprofitable, perfectly working copy in every car. "...Greed is good." (quote by Gordon Gecko from the movie "Wall$treet") No, it is not, when being held hostage by a single vendor. BOYCOTT NAVTEQ !!!! CHE ! _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to chargin69) Post #: 17

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/20/2006 11:48:30 PM    Zedd Posts: 98 Joined: 4/9/2006 Status: offline While I agree that we probably should have received more up to date systems with our units, I doubt it is Navteq's fault. Dodge probably negotiatiated an OEM deal for so many million DVDs at a rediculously low price knowing at the time that it was outdated. Now those of us that are unhappy can at least upgrade. I personally don't feel that the $199 is all that bad. I usually spend $149 a year or so on the TomTom that is in each of my service trucks. _____________________________ Zedd Top Banana Daytona #1641 SC FlashPaq AirRaid TB Spacer Volant CAI SpinTech Mufflers and MagnaFlow resonators (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 18

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 1:18:30 AM    topbanna3767   Posts: 592 Joined: 6/26/2006 From: queens nyc Status: offline wait i have a solution how about going to the show room look at the new ones then eject the dvd in the new cars then have it fall into your pocket..... _____________________________ afe stage2 CAI,jba headers,jba cats,jba catback,srt hood,ice coolant,180stat ,esp disabler,painted grill,hd tranny cooler,enginecooler,diablo,pro-torq conv,sidewinder cam,franks heads.srt wheels&brakes/srt rear/magna/srt injectors&fuel rail.cabin filter (in reply to Zedd) Post #: 19

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 6:23:15 AM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline quote: wait i have a solution how about going to the show room look at the new ones then eject the dvd in the new cars then have it fall into your pocket..... That would be theft, and I cannot support that. You would have to put it back, after you burned a master to distribute to everyone on the board. _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to topbanna3767) Post #: 20

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 11:57:59 AM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2727 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline I support you IXLR8, that would not be right. I want a copy! (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 21

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 3:40:39 PM    BigBananna3796of4000   Posts: 563 Joined: 5/10/2006 Status: offline I dont even think Katy is 10 yrs old let aloone having updated maps of the city. That town sprung up over night, also waht is the deal w/ people not wearing shoes and socks? _____________________________ (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 22

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 4:10:00 PM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline I'm just saying that in comparison to all of the available GPS based in car mapping systems that I compared at the beginning of this year, Dodge has the oldest and least accurate data on their DVD. I plow through a field every morning on the way to work according to the GPS, and the road has existed for the 5 years that I have lived there. There has been a lot of construction in my area over the last 20 years I will give you that. My house is 27 years old, so at least MY street is correct. NAVTEQ/Dodge could have done a much better job. _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to BigBananna3796of4000) Post #: 23

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 4:19:27 PM    BigBananna3796of4000   Posts: 563 Joined: 5/10/2006 Status: offline What do you think of the Stereo quality of your Sirrius? I love Sirius but the stereo quality stinks. _____________________________ (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 24

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 5:14:27 PM    Lateral-G   Posts: 142 Joined: 6/5/2005 Status: offline The DVD for the Nav system is based on 2003 data. Hardly 10 years old. I also received the brochure in the mail for the $199 upgrade disc and I agree it's pretty steep. But, keep in mind this is for the entire US. I had a GPS system I bought for the wife's van and it would have cost more than that to download the entire US plus the fact that you had to store the data on an SD card that would require over 8 gigs of memory storage (a card that size would set you back $100 easily plus having to pay for the maps to d/l off the web). I have 3 Dodge vehicles now with GPS/NAV systems. I'll probably get 1 of the advertised DVD's then burn copies for the other vehicles. For me that's a bargain. -G- (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 25

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 8:11:34 PM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2727 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline Katy has been around for years. I use to travel there when I was w/Conoco (early 80s). It was the place to be back then and hasn't changed. <edit> It hasn't changed in the aspect that it's growing. I'm sure it's different than it was 20+ years ago. < Message edited by MangoInTX -- 9/21/2006 8:12:59 PM > (in reply to BigBananna3796of4000) Post #: 26

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/21/2006 9:21:55 PM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline If the current system is based on 2003 data, then it must have taken them 5 years to type it in. I am not doubting your reply, just their information. Sirius Satellite sound quality? I think is somewhere between AM and FM quality. Fairly poor for a digital system. However if you listen to Howard Stern, his show has excellent audio quality. They must have stolen bandwidth from all of the other 150 stations so that Howard would sound good. Te music sounds to me like an MP3 file recorded at 64Kbit, too low a bitrate for decent audio quality. Why not drop 50 stations, get rid of 20 or 25 pop stations, and replace them with 5 good ones with excellent audio quality with the leftover bits I am not renewing my Sirius subscription when it expires. The only channels I listen to are the comedy channels 103, 104, 105 and they have commercials! Why am I paying for radio with commercials? Well actually I am not, and I won't. I do not mind the idea of paying at all. Just get rid of the commercials. Well I have beat this one to death. If anyone gets a new DVD, please post your comments... _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to Lateral-G) Post #: 27

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/23/2006 12:47:58 AM    topbanna3767   Posts: 592 Joined: 6/26/2006 From: queens nyc Status: offline what we should do is get someone to buy it and then make copies and spread them around for a nominal fee _____________________________ afe stage2 CAI,jba headers,jba cats,jba catback,srt hood,ice coolant,180stat ,esp disabler,painted grill,hd tranny cooler,enginecooler,diablo,pro-torq conv,sidewinder cam,franks heads.srt wheels&brakes/srt rear/magna/srt injectors&fuel rail.cabin filter (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 28

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/26/2006 11:19:30 PM    Johndcjr1989   Posts: 1630 Joined: 4/4/2006 Status: offline this might or might not be of any help but my mom has an 05 Chrysler town and country limited with the dvd gps thingie (technical term for it) and we have been all through the southern U.S. with that and all over the state of texas and it has excellent turn by turn directions, if you miss an exit it will automatically reroute you with the next best route, and even in the middle of nowhere in some small town in louisiana we still had correct maps. i dont know if this is the same system or a different system than yall have in yalls cars but it certainly works fine for us. maybe if the systems are the same yall can ask the dealership for a dvd to an 05 T&C and get it working. whenever i take trips in my truck by myself (no gps) i just use mapquest print out a map and then print out a page with turn by turn directions on it and go over them several times before i leave (usually i can memorize them) and have no problems getting there but i understand yalls frustration at spending such a large amount of money and getting something that doesnt work as advertised. good luck getting it straightened out. if yall want ill look tomorrow and see if i can find out what kind of gps my mom has in her van that might help yall out some. (in reply to topbanna3767) Post #: 29

RE: Charger/dodge GPS/NAV Radio 10 yr old maps - 9/27/2006 7:25:26 AM    BOBLOM Posts: 115 Joined: 9/24/2006 Status: offline I HVE TO AGREE WITH ONE OF THE POSTERS. I BOUGHT MY 05 CONT. AND THE NAV WAS OUTDATED. I TOLD MY SALESMAN AND HE LOOKED FOR A DIFFERENT DISK OUT OF A DIFFERENT MODLE AND UPDATED MY CAR. THEN HAD THE SERVICE DEPT ORDER ME A NEW ONE. CRAP HAPPENS,SOMEONE COULD HAVE LOADED THE OLDER DISK ON LINE AT THE FACTORY BY MISTAKE.GIVE THEM A CHANCE,MY STEALER(DEALER) WAS QUITE HELPFULL ONCE THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM........ STEALER IS A TERM US HD OWNERS USE ABOUT OUR DEALER.[image][/ima (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 30

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