Another Reminder!!!

If you have a builtin, you've paid two ways. Update costs & you can't use it on another auto.

Fred

Definitely still a market for standalone GPS's.

Especially when they wanted $1600 for a built-in when I bought my Equinox.

I have been browsing for a new car for a few months. Two of the most useless accessories I have encountered on almost all new vehicles are a moon roof and a built-in GPS. It seems like you have to special order a car if you don't want those things

I'd rather not have a built in unit, it wouldn't help much when I fly out on vacation and need a GPS. I am currently flying to Portland (flight to Seattle was cancelled), rental GPSs are very expensive. Doesn't make sense to have both a portable and built in from a cost perspective.

I love my moonroof on my MDX. I never do without one, but then again, that's me. My 50LM at $100 was a great deal when I got that last year on special.

I don't even know if the moonroof works on my car... never used it. In Florida, I have the a/c running most of the time.

wont let you add RL/S cams poi's

Bought a 2011 Taurus Limited last year.

I told the dealer I had no use at all for the built-in GPS and told him I wanted to order a car without it. Dealer's HATE ordering cars. People aren't locked into actually buying the thing. I told him I'd take the car on the lot if he knocked $1k off of the price and he did so.

I vastly prefer my old nüvi 760's directions to the ones given by the built-in GPS. I've used the thing to see how it does and I liked the way it gave me gas prices. I just like the nüvi better and like playing the audio books from audible.com on it as well. I have 3 vehicles and I can use the nüvi in all of them. I also put geocaching info into the nüvi when traveling with my wife. It's a great addition to my GPSMAP 78S that I use as my main geocaching tool.

The nüvi is just so much more flexible than the in-car unit.

PS: The moon roof is fine with me.

I special order every time I buy, and I agree on the built-ins. On my Equinox the moon roof was a $900 add on and the GPS would have been $1600. We didn't order my my wife's Vibe and it had a moon roof and the only time we use it is to tip the back up to let the hot air out when we first turn the air on.

I agree, the moon roof on our Jetta Sportswagon TDI sounded like a good idea until we found out just how much heat can build up in a vehicle through that glass roof.

The hot air starts long after the car is in motion...