debmak

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.

I agree, I have a 2010 and the nav is very poor. I've had better nav on my old touareg. Seriously, you pay so much money to get this extra and its sometime's almost worthless. People driving in my car can't believe how "stupid" it is. Lexus should be ashamed.