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Subject: [Mgs] MG6 Review
From: redscirocco at hotmail.com (Mike Eldred)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:17:18 -0400
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Barrie, Bill,

That's the point, exactly.  I let my little rant get in the way of it.

I don't have any objection to the use of GPS/Sat Nav, or the people who use
them - that's their prerogative.  I don't want or need one, and for that
reason, I hate to see them become "standard equipment" that I have to pay for.

I am also concerned about how they will change driving and drivers in the
future, and I think the trend toward including them as standard equipment will
encourage people to depend on them.

-Mike Eldred
Wilmington, VT


> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:16:25 -0400
> To: geoff at 1956mga.com; paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk
> From: barrie at look.ca
> CC: mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review
>
> What we have is technologies desperately chasing problems. I do not
> need a GPS and when I buy a car I do not want to have to pay for
> it. Similarly I do not need a wet cabbage leaf reader so I do not
> have to buy one in my new car.
>
> Hey! whatever happened to cigarette lighters ? Used to use them to
> burn leeches off when in Malaya!
>
> At 11:51 AM 3/28/2011, Geoff wrote:
> >Complaining about GPS/Sat Nav just seems silly. It's a tool, use it wrong
> >and it'll be an issue. There are plenty of examples of dumb people getting
> >lost in the wilderness because they can't read a map or use a compass.
> >Shall we complain about that technology too? Don't blame the tool, blame
> >the idiot using it.
> >
> >I use my GPS all the time. I travel a bit for work, and arriving in a new
> >town, I can pull up Yelp on my phone, get a review for a restaurant, and
> >click a button to open the directions in the GPS functions, which can then
> >give me walking or driving directions to the restaurant. It's brilliant.
> >For the luddites out there, I suppose you could catalog the restaurant
> >reviews from the paper, maybe in a three ring binder. Then, once you've
> >picked one, find a pay phone (good luck with that) to call and get the
> >address, then pull out the paper map. Good luck with the rerouting if you
> >miss an exit or there is construction. Make sure you pull over before you
> >use the map.
>
> Regards
>
> Barrie
> barrie at look.ca
> 705--721-9060
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