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Aftermarket Car Navigation... resources? reviews?

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Ok, here is the situation. Im about to pull the trigger on the new Alpine Blackbird standalone navi. But a few things concern me.

First off, traffic updating and rerouting are extremely important to me. I drive between 100-300 miles in the DC metro area daily. I have no idea how these features work (I know most of them are XM subscription based). But how do they update? and notify?

Second, is there a better nav product out there than Alpine's software? Garmin, Magellan, ect?....

Since Ive never had nav, and I drive OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS, Im sure Ill be pretty damn happy with whatever I have. But I want to make sure Ive done all my research before just buying something.

Anyone seen any sites/blogs dedicated to reviewing features? Im pretty sure understanding how the features work, then evaluating which ones I need is my first step.
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ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION OR I WILL SEND MY AIRFORCE BUDDIEZ TO KICK ASSES!!!! :x :x
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I don't drive much so don't have one. Sorry!
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Ransure wrote:ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION OR I WILL SEND MY AIRFORCE BUDDIEZ TO KICK ASSES!!!! :x :x
you fucking loser we've lived in DC for like our entire lives, learn the damn roads. btw sell me a tv.
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Psyloche wrote:
Ransure wrote:ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION OR I WILL SEND MY AIRFORCE BUDDIEZ TO KICK ASSES!!!! :x :x
you fucking loser we've lived in DC for like our entire lives, learn the damn roads. btw sell me a tv.
You are one of said air force buddies! call me when you know what you want... there is a new 1080p sharp 37" hitting the market in a few months. Or if your looking now the sony 40XBR LCD or the 50XBR SXRD 1080p.

Heh, as for the NAV, I wish I knew every single backroad bewtween Lorton and Frederick MD... and Annapolis and Middleburg VA.
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Ransure wrote:First off, traffic updating and rerouting are extremely important to me. I drive between 100-300 miles in the DC metro area daily. I have no idea how these features work (I know most of them are XM subscription based). But how do they update? and notify?
Rerouting should be automatically done when you stray off the current NAV route. Also when starting out, you should have an option of choosing routes/routes to avoid. Thats how it is in the Acura factory NAV. IT reads off a DVD so there is no real time info
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