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Hello all,<P>Well, I’ve done some research into the navigation system option and now I have to decide whether or not to get it. If I decide in favor of it, I’ll have to order the car because it seems to cost about twice as much to install after market than to have it installed at the factory.<P>But the question is: is it worth it? Although it seems cool at first glance, I’ve been trying hard to think of practical uses for it without much luck. I’m afraid that 99.9% of the time it would be in the retracted position, nothing more than a bump in the dashboard, throwing off those nice smooth lines.<P>The fact is, 90% of the time that I'm in my car, I'm commuting back and forth to work--a route I know all too well. The other 9.9% of the time, I'm in the local area that I also know quite well, having lived here for the last 15 years. So about the only time it might come in handy, it seems, is during out of town trips to unfamiliar cities. But these I take rarely and when I do, I always have at least one passenger, who could navigate for me with a paper map.<P>The extra information in the DVD database (especially restaurants) seems mildly useful, but I think I could get the same effect with a Zagat’s guide. This has indexes of restaurants by neighborhood, as well as reviews, something the database lacks.<P>In short, the navigation system seems like it would be useful for someone who needed to find a lot of unfamiliar destinations (such as a real estate agent) or who took a lot of trips out of town. But I just don’t see how it would be very useful to me.<P>So can anyone out there think of any possible uses for the system that would help justify its nearly $2000 price tag?<P>Thanks!<BR>Matt<BR><p>[This message has been edited by QuarterSwede (edited 04-01-2002).]