Solar Ray Glass
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 8:20pm
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 16 years
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Man, I was playing around in my company car tonight (first time since I got the nuvi, been getting rentals lately) and I realized that I got only 19ft accuracy (where I usually get 10-15). I then started to look at the windsheild and saw that it was SolarRay. Now I know why my radar detector doesn't work as well in it then in my own car.
What a bummer!
Oh, No!
Does that mean that you are going to have to go the speed limit? lol. I feel for ya. Something to keep in mind when getting a new vehicle.
Can kill an I-Pass, too
We were early purchasers of a Chevy Venture in perhaps 1997 or so. That was the first year that they started using that glass. Our I-Pass transponder (for the toll road) would not work at all from inside the Venture. I had it exchanged several times before the Tollway Authority became aware of this type of glass. They eventually came out with a transponder that bolted on to the top of the license plate bracket instead. I wonder if some of the older non-SiRF chipset GPS's have more serious troubles if you have that type of glass?
For the speed limit comment,
For the speed limit comment, yes I don't go too fast anymore anyways cause wife would kill me if I got another ticket, the RD still provides me enough warning though, just not as good as my own car.
As for the non-SiRF GPSr units, yeah, I am sure that it would hender them a bit, but I am sure that they still would be able to use it just fine. I had full signal with the nuvi, but just as good of accuracy as in my own car.
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
if the wife kills u. who get
if the wife kills u. who get ur gps
new investment
Time to invest in an external antenna, Charley...
“There is always a solution; the only challenge is to find the best one”
Well, I got a 1 mile range
Well, I got a 1 mile range on my RD last night on K band, so I guess that isn't too bad.
I also got down to about 13 ft accuracy on myGPSr so I guess I am alright there too
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -