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Old 03-05-2003, 04:03 PM   #11
akoshy
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Originally posted by addison1062
Have a look on Crutchfields website. They've got a couple of indash systems and LCD display systems for roughly what you'd pay for it from factory.
The nearest system that comes close to an Acura Factory Navigation system, would cost you $3500 from Alpine....and that does not even offer touch screen controls or voice activation, in addition to the $300 or so installation charges. The factory systems are a bargain for what it costs.

$400 offering that ? Ha ! Like saying driving a Mercedes S500 and driving a Toyota Echo are the same ! Yeah, right.

As I stated earlier, I drive Hertz rental cars equipped with the Hertz Neverlost Navigation system - similar to Garmin systems. For the price they may be okay, except that they grow really helpless when there is a lack of any signal like when passing through a tunnel or a thick group of buildings. High-end systems use dead-reckoning technology to operate even in the complete lack of any satellite signal. El-cheapo systems would only get you so much....you get what you pay for.
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Last edited by akoshy; 03-05-2003 at 04:10 PM.
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