[Mgs] GPS/Nav in a MG - blind and deaf

[David Breneman]

 From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins at ktc.com>


> I was to meet a friend
at a VW dealership in San Antonio, in order to 
> drive him home after he
dropped off his bug for service.  We left 
> Kerville at about the same time
in the morning but he arrived at the 
> dealership more than half an hour
later than I did.  Turned out that 
> he'd followed his GPS's advice which
routed him away from the freeways 
> and through city streets as soon as he
got to San Antonio. The thing is, 
> he knew the direct route but followed the
GPS's advice because he 
> "thought it might know a shortcut."  Go
figure......


I have just the opposite problem with the GPS in my Chevy
Trailblazer. It wants to take me out of the way to get
me ONTO a freeway,
sometimes backtracking for miles.
It seems to prefer the "fastest" route
unless you tell it
otherwise.  But I find GPS invaluable when looking for
an
address in an unknown town or part of town.  It's pretty
easy to tell when
it's asking you to do something stupid,
and if you ignore its instructions,
all the ones I've seen
will quickly compute a new route based on your current
location.