Does your GPS voice have a name?

cjbrown

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Does your GPS have a name?

from upnover's Name our RV post...
[QUOTE upnover] Now, every rig of character needs a name, so let's hear it![/QUOTE]

Mine is currently "Wanda". Her original begins with a "B" and that is capitalized.
- Our first trip with her, my wife gave me the wrong street address in DC. My wife was not happy with her at all.
- I loaned her out and she didn't want to go the same way to Michigan as my friends take. After numerous recalculations, they also had said bitch too many times in front of their young kids, and started calling her Wanda after the wife's boss.

Wanda is now a Mute when my wife is in the car. She is often a source of amusement when she doesn't know the new roads and we go off-roading (wendell/264 exits and Greensboro by-pass) or when she starts requiring u-turns and re-routes that looks like a crazy straw.
 
Shiela, Aussie voice, and very mis-directed.

Anyone who lives in Wendell area knows the quickest way into North Raleigh is NOT down Hwy 64 thru Knightdale.

I got this thing for my wife, as she is somewhat directionally challenged, especially once she gets on the beltline (she doesn't get into Raleigh much).

The hope was the GPS would help her find the shortest way, but this seems to not be the case. Curcuitious at best, but she gets where she is going.

And yes, it is quite amusing when you travel I-540 between 64 bypass and US-1 in North Raleigh, the GPS is VERY confused.
 
We use "Jack", the British bloke on the Garmin. I love the way he pronouces names like "Silas Creek" ("see-lass").
Makes me feel very proper, like I have my own cheauffer
 
"re-calculating"
 
Don't have a name for him, but we use a funny british guy, who when you pass the intersection and he can't figure out an alternate, he exclaims "Turn around, you're going the wrong way! Go back where you came from."
 
The cunt that bitches at me is known as Jill.. Atleast thats what garmin named her.. shes been turned off and thown in the backseat many of times...
 
I just call her the bitch in the box. She's always trying to tell me to turn around. DO NOT ever let the bitch in the box tell you how to go from Charlotte to Harlan. For some reason, she thinkd it's a good idea to take 421N out of Bristol with a 34' RV and a 16' trailer. Stupid ass bitch in the box.
 
360 Spyder said:
Am I one of the last people on earth who knows how to read a map? GPS is a waste of time because I'd bet I can get there faster my way anyway. :D :fuck-you:
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Pretty much

GPS is for the terminally lost or directionally challenged.

When I got the wife one a few months ago, I took it with me to work for a day, holy crap was it annoying and VERY directionally challenged.

it's a machine, it knows what it was programed to do, but it doesn't know the finer points.

Shortest route and fastest route, hmm, kinda wonder how they figure that out, cuz it ain't even close in most cases.

I see her GPS being useful in an unfamiliar area or possibly a long road trip ( to me anyway)

For her, it's very helpful when she's IN Raleigh, as she doesn't drive in town much at all. Helps her find addresses in JoCo when there are play date's as well.
 
360 Spyder said:
Am I one of the last people on earth who knows how to read a map?
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Negative. GPS just gives me that "you are here" certainty. I usually plan the route via map and just use the GPS without a destination set so I can see how much further to a turn.
 
willness33 said:
I just call her the bitch in the box. She's always trying to tell me to turn around. DO NOT ever let the bitch in the box tell you how to go from Charlotte to Harlan. For some reason, she thinkd it's a good idea to take 421N out of Bristol with a 34' RV and a 16' trailer. Stupid ass bitch in the box.
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Dude - do you really expect the Bitch to KNOW you are drivin ga 34' RV?
Maybe she think's you're on a motorcycle - that would change your attitude about that route!

We use ours mostly for finding things in unfamiliar places. Maps are nice but do not have street numbers. Besides, my vision is not so good, I'm doing well enough just to be able to read the street names, much less and numbers on teh signs.

I find the "Off-road" function to be pretty humorous - it assumes no need for roads. The path from Winston-salem NC to Spokane, WA is a straight line, lol.
 
Blkvoodoo said:
Pretty much
GPS is for the terminally lost or directionally challenged.
When I got the wife one a few months ago, I took it with me to work for a day, holy crap was it annoying and VERY directionally challenged.
it's a machine, it knows what it was programed to do, but it doesn't know the finer points.
Shortest route and fastest route, hmm, kinda wonder how they figure that out, cuz it ain't even close in most cases.
I see her GPS being useful in an unfamiliar area or possibly a long road trip ( to me anyway)
For her, it's very helpful when she's IN Raleigh, as she doesn't drive in town much at all. Helps her find addresses in JoCo when there are play date's as well.
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Ive found they vary greatly by brand...
Our company recently gave every person with a company vehicle a certificate to get a GPS, as they found it saved on gas and kept people out of unfavorable areas....some 6siga project....who knows.

So I bought a Garmin Nuvi and it was a piece....luckily it died after like 3 weeks (just wouldnt come on) I returned it and got a TomTom and its the tits....It has literally showed me shortcuts through neighborhoods that I would have never tried.

also I DL for free updates and it has tons of street names that aint on any map....

Also cant beat being in Atlanta, hearing on the radio a wreck is ahead and hitting alternate route....next thing I know Im cruising through some small suburb, through a neighborhood out the other side and rolling along on the interstate....

I keep maps of all my territories in the car, but to hell with stopping opening a map finding where I am and then navigating...especially if you forget a road or turn (I always right out my directions to prevent, but then you find yourself going, have I missed my road how much farther etc.) Hell I can type an address in at 70mph hit calculate and roll on...
 
RatLabGuy said:
Dude - do you really expect the Bitch to KNOW you are drivin ga 34' RV?
Maybe she think's you're on a motorcycle - that would change your attitude about that route!
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This particular road sucks no matter what you're driving/riding. Add to the fact that it's certainly not the fastest or shortest route to take between the start and stop points. I've made this trip several times, each time giving the POS garmon a chance to get it right. You know what? Each time I put in the destination, it plots a different route. Garmon NUVI sucks. That's why I only use it now to see where I'm at and not where I need to go.:rolleyes:
 
i've renamed my maggellan sara b/c all sara's are know-it-all bitches that are always wrong
 
"Wanda" is great at funky highway intersections. Tells me what lane to get in and what lane to be in afterward. Much better than my previous paper map navigator (has a matching wedding band and no Mute option! Definitely not a Mute option during high stress intersections.)

Brand makes a big difference. Also be sure to register online and download the newest maps. Navigon and TomTom allow corrections to maps. TomTom owns Navteq (sp?), one of the two map companies. Google will start sending corrections to TomTom soon. Garmin and Magellan make a huge selection of great GPS devices, but they are about to get crushed by the changing market. Cheaper, better, and lower cost. Convergence with cellphones (iPhone, BlackBerries, etc...)
 
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