As a scientist, I suppose I should be embracing all of this new technology, but I'm old and set in my ways, and clung to (for a long time) a resistance to getting a aftermarket nav system for when my wife and I travel.......my remark to our kids is "I'm not too damn old to read a map".
We travel quite a bit since we retired, and our kids live all over the country, so a couple of years ago my youngest son gave me a nav unit for my birthday, and I quickly discovered that it overcame a lot of my vision deficiencies while driving at night. I love it......so when we traded cars a couple of weeks ago, we got one with the system built-in, and since it's integrated into the radio it has a much larger screen, and is easier to read in bright sunlight.
I suppose that the backup camera will be advantageous as well, when I get used to it, or find it more and more difficult to look back over my shoulder while backing out of the garage. I can see the advantage in parking lots, as more than once, I've had people appear out of nowhere behind me while I'm getting ready to depart a parking space, particularly if there are large vehicles parked on both sides of me blocking the view.
I'm getting there.......
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