Jim C

i have to say that the NAV on the Lexus rally blows compared to the Nuvi

no matter if I select Quick or Short, it always want to put you onto the highway.

My Nuvi always picks the best possible routes, I don't understand why the Lexus can't.

For example, yesterday I missed a turn due to the lack of intuitiveness of the Lexus nav and instead of telling me to make a u-turn,

it reroutes me around the friggin mountain to the otherside. I thought maybe it's a new route I didn't know about, it took an extra 5 minutes.

The Nuvi would've told me to make a u-turn.

What's the deal?

It also doesn't tell me that it's rerouting.

Spending over 2K on a NAV that performs worse than my 200 NUvi is crap and yet when you buy a new car, it's always bundled together with other stuff you want.

I'm sure many others agree.

Sorry for the digression.

I guess that since you are not driving a 2010 model (your profile says RX300) you're not really able to make an informed comparison regarding the current system and your "NUvi." I suspect the 2010 Nav system is considerably improved over a system offered in a car approaching perhaps 10 years old.

The new one is just as poor. There are many areas that the system will not navigate to. It is incredible that a $2000. system does not have as good a database as a simple handheld unit from WalMart. Lexus should be ashamed to offer such a poor product.