Lexus: GPS NAV System - How do you use yours?

I use the Navigation system on my LS430 ALL the time! I never want
another car without one.

I have about 25 places marked and named. I use these the most to
guide me to places I go to from time to time.

When I'm on a trip and staying at a hotel, I always mark the hotel so
I can easily get back there each evening.

Whenever I have the street address of somewhere I haven't been before,
I enter the address and let the car help me get there. This is
especially usefull when I'm going 200-300 miles away. The system
keeps me informed about how many miles and how much time (the time
isn't always accurate) is remaining.

Sometimes I like to take smaller roads, so I instruct the Navigation
system to avoid freeways.

When I'm on the road and want to stop at a restaraunt., the "Local
POI" feature guides me to the type of restaraunt I want. I only wish
I didn't have to stop the car to use this....

Read your manual. The Navigation system is one of my two most used
"Gadgets" on the car, the other being the laser cruise control....

HBH

On 29 Jun 2004 12:45:40 -0700, com (Jay Swinger) wrote:
 

"Jay Swinger" <com> wrote in message
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The toyota based GPS is the best out there. The new one from Magellan is
about as good too, the one with the 20 gig hard drive. Anyway, I use mine
all the time. Especially when meeting clients, and going to towns I am not
familiar with. I wish entering detours would be easier, but that is my only
complaint.

I use mine all the time, even when traveling to places I know how to
get to. I like knowing exactly how much time I have left and what my
arrival time will be.

On 29 Jun 2004 12:45:40 -0700, com (Jay Swinger) wrote:
 

Thank you, thank you. This is the exact kind of response I was hoping
for. I hope others will also write how they set their systems also.

I recently had better results on a long trip by setting shorter
destinations one-at-a-time, but have not mastered that switch to avoid
freeways. I will find that step in the manual again and attempt to set
it that way.

I failed at one particular thing yesterday; I thought I could make it
avoid some freeway miles by setting a series of "Add preferred road"
but it only took ONE. I needed a series. I will try this over and see
if it allows me to follow the blue highways in one step by "avoid
freeways."

I really appreciate your answer.


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Thanks Dan J.S.,
How does your Toyota (Camry is it?) allow setting a complex route?
Does it allow setting a series of towns? or a series of roads? The
problem on the Lexus (to me so far) is that it does not allow setting
more than five stops or destinations. A long journey sometimes
requires more than that.

Could you explore on your system to see how you can make it do that?

Is yours a 2003, 2004, or what year?

Thanks again. I appreciate your answer.

Jay Swinger wrote: 

I have a 2003 4Runner and a 2004 Lexus ES330. The 330 has a little better
GPS. Basically very similar, but more points of interests, etc. You can set
8 destinations I think. I dont do that. I usually do just one, dont really
put more than that. I guess my point is that I am using maybe 30% of what it
can do.

You can do town, but then it puts you in a middle of it. Which is ok i
guess. I will check more for ya.