<VV> Keyless entry/Cruise control

[Ned]

How did we get from keyless entry and cruise control to GPS. I can read a map just fine. I like to use the GPS because I was the "are we thee yet" kid and still am. 

Ned

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On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:01 AM, FrankCB at aol.com wrote:

> So do I.  But if I don't follow her directions, she simply says  
> "Recalculating" instead of "You stupid idiot, I TOLD you to turn left at that  last 
> light!!!!!".  That's how I know she's not a human female but just the  voice 
> on my Garmin GPS.<GGGG>  The GPS can be a life  saver.  I remember picking up 
> my friend at the Newark Airport in NJ and  getting distracted by her steady 
> "yammering" so I missed one of the many signs  to get back on the major 
> highway heading home.  As a result we ended up  somewhere in downtown Newark, 
> the crime capital of northern NJ.  Not the  best place to be lost!!!  I 
> simply turned on the Garmin GPS, pushed the  button that says destination "HOME" 
> and successfully followed the British lady's  directions.
>    I definitely recommend having the GPS ready even  when you're going 
> someplace you already know.  Too many times you'll  encounter traffic jams or 
> highway accidents and the police will detour you  onto local roads that you 
> have no experience with.  Then  just turn on the GPS, put in the address of 
> your destination and follow the  spoken directions.  I got detoured off of 
> the NY State Thruway once  and used the GPS to get me to my destination.
>    The big advantage to a portable GPS is that you can  move it from car 
> to car and you can either take it with you or hide it under the  seat when 
> you leave the car so it's not visible from the outside tempting  someone to 
> break in and steal it.
>    Frank Burkhard
>    Boonton, NJ  
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/9/2012 6:15:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> ricknorris at suddenlink.net writes:
> 
> I have a  co-navigator. She tells me where to go all the time!
> --
> Rick  Norris
> #36 Sunoco Corvair
> www.corvairalley.com 
> 
> ---- Doug  Mackintosh <dougmackintosh at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>> 
>> My  Early has an in-dash navigation system also. Before a trip, I write
> directions  on post-its which I then stick on the glove box door!
>> 
>> <<Bob Marlow said:
>> I point out that my Corvair has an in-dash  navigation system.  There is 
>> a map in the glove  compartment.>>
>> 
>> 
>> -- Doug Mackintosh
>> Corsa member since 1996
>> Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs  member
>> Corvair owner 1969-1971 and  1996-on
> 
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