Got 6.0 recently and figured for a laugh I would be the Guinea Pig and actually try following the Navigation systems "I think this will be faster" suggestions.
Needless to say, at least in its current form those suggestions are laughably bad, and ADDED 20 min to my normal SFV to West LA commute. The system had the right idea, duck down residential streets away from major arteries to get to one of the 3 or 4 available routes thru the Sepulveda Pass, but seemed totally uninformed about the impact of cross traffic on potential routes. Following its directions led to several instances where the suggested route may have been relatively clear, but crossing or merging with the major arteries which were gridlocked was effectivly impossible, or required 5 min of waiting in a crawling cue of cars trying to merge.
Turns out the ole "in cranium" computer still out paces the advance of technology.
Anyone else toy with this "improvement" and have more positive results.
-Erik
Needless to say, at least in its current form those suggestions are laughably bad, and ADDED 20 min to my normal SFV to West LA commute. The system had the right idea, duck down residential streets away from major arteries to get to one of the 3 or 4 available routes thru the Sepulveda Pass, but seemed totally uninformed about the impact of cross traffic on potential routes. Following its directions led to several instances where the suggested route may have been relatively clear, but crossing or merging with the major arteries which were gridlocked was effectivly impossible, or required 5 min of waiting in a crawling cue of cars trying to merge.
Turns out the ole "in cranium" computer still out paces the advance of technology.
Anyone else toy with this "improvement" and have more positive results.
-Erik