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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 29, 2009 5:13 am) There's a forum here NAV GPS . IIRC the portable units are better to upgrade and keep up-to-date at lower expense. I'm sure for $250 I can find a wonderful NAV unit that I can replace in two years with all the new features that are sure to be added to the electronics by then. Neighbor has NAV in his Honda RLs. But it's hard to get lost commuting between here and Cincinnati for each of them. I'm don't think it's a feature to bash a car for not including in the lineup. Maybe someone has data on the number of sales after the gloss wore off when they were new and can compare that to the cost of engineering it in and keeping updates available. There may be a small number of people who ardently want it, but the general population may have a reality check on NAV.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 28, 2009 3:29 pm) |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jan 28, 2009 3:41 pm)
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Replying to: 210delray (Jan 28, 2009 6:22 pm)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 29, 2009 5:39 am) If a car is supposed to compete in a certain class, and most of the other members of that class include it as an option, then said car is going to be panned for not including it as an option, period.
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 29, 2009 6:04 am) Here is some more "brilliant" GM engineering. Had a 71 Firebird Formula 400 (also had a 71 Trans Am) with air condtioning and center console. Heater core failed in Jan and decided to fix by myself. Had shop manual and it said that front fender and hood had to be taken off to get at core which had hoses to radiator on firewall "BENEATH" the air cond plenum. In 0-10 degrees garage, pulled off hood, fender. Then, to get at core under dash had to remove air cond ducts. But wait, to get ducts out, had to remove center console. Think I also had to unloosen passenger front seat. Now that is GM engineering for "maintainence". Guess GM engineers didn't know any better or they were trying to provide extra revenue for GM Pontiac dealer mechanics.
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When does it come out? With Ford having lost nearly $6B last quarter, and GM sales dropping similar percentage, what do you think GM lost? Whatever you guess for that 3-month loss which is continuing into this year, exactly how long is GM's and GMAC's $ going to last? What are they doing to cut costs EQUAL to their losses, before they run out of that $?
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 29, 2009 7:21 am) Now that I think of it, do the LaCrosse and Impala offer Nav? Personally, I don't have a desire for Nav myself, but if that's something that enough buyers in a given market want, then GM better make sure they offer it.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 29, 2009 8:24 am) |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 29, 2009 5:03 am) "But wait, there's more!" More and more crap that the unions managed to muscle out of GM. If I was GM, I'd gladly declare bankruptcy and get rid of the UAW forever.
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