New RAV4
 

I traded my 2016 CR-V for a 2017 RAV4. The RAV has numerous safety features plus XM radio that I didn't have. I'm hunting for where and how to change my signature so hopefully by the time I fill up it will be reflected and not the Honda.

Wow you only just bought the Honda? I hear a CRV Hybrid is coming soon. Did you go for the RAV hybrid or just regular gas/diesel? (assuming the diesel isn't available)

I got the regular gasoline. It has many features the Honda didn't, BSM/cross traffic, LKA, FCW, XM, power remote liftgate, navigation and probably a few more I'm not thinking of. It seems to have a quieter ride also.

It's surprising how many large expensive cars still don't have sat nav integrated. An integrated system is a must for me, as it stops the music/radio to tell you the directions which you might otherwise miss. Also, I get a mini display in between the instrument clusters so I don't have to look across towards the centre console.

Car companies tend to overcharge for the navigation system, and many still require a visit to the dealer for map updates.

Lived here so long I like getting lost, need to go about 100 miles just to try. Heck I know almost every pothole for 25 in each direction, except after a cold nasty winter, when there is a new crop.

Just get a new $1k IPhone, mine cost $12.84.

You can't usually spec navigation as a peice of equipment, it's usually part of a mid to high trim level rather than an option. Mine came with 2 years live traffic updates, a pop up comes on the screen telling me there's traffic ahead and asks if I want to divert. Clever stuff. It will be updated during the next service I hope.

Options on cars are generally marked up 100%. My wife has a hand me down Iphone 6 that does fine when we are outside our local area (daughters family plan $25 @ month). MY Echo in good shape would bring just about the same money as a 2001 Mercedes that cost 5 times as much new. Better to have a hand held device that you can carry with you when you leave your car parked and walk or ride a bike 12 miles a day like I do at sunrise every day, in my neighborhood with some nice hills.

My $350 dash unit came with lifetime traffic and map updates.

TomTom are currently selling their standalone sat nav units with lifetime updates. But if you read the small print it is only for the life of the unit AS SUPPORTED BY TOMTOM. Once they decide the system has been superseded they will no longer support it. That's what happened with my TomTom One. A bit like Microsoft and Windows Vista!
The unit works great, ideal for my needs, but the maps are no longer updated.

And my first GPS unit came with no updates at all, with being about $50 for the North America set.

Ok, I can't find the place to copy the codes for my signature. Is that because I haven't recorded a fill yet and they'll magically appear when I do? Or something else?

Where it says No VEHICLE is where the mpg figures would appear, so until you have recorded a fill and got figures to display, I would think it has nothing to show.

Yes, except those are for the CR-V I deleted. I left them in the signature for now so I had something to compare to when I change them.

Click your cars profile, then scroll to the bottom under the graph, you'll see "badges" and you'll find the code to copy and paste there.

I considered a RAV4 hybrid but there is a $ 4500. price premium and poor selection around here so ...

I think I'll have to wait until I record a fill for that to show up.

Congrats LDB. Nice vehicle. And it's a Toyota. Honda's ain't no slouch. Did your CRV become a victim of the floods?
You're in Friendswood. I grew up in Clear Lake City. I wonder how they did in the hurricane/floods.

The water came up the driveway to about 4 feet from the garage doors. We park on the driveway. I back in and she pulls in so her back tires and my fronts were in water. It got into the charcoal canister of her car and got the back floor carpet wet but not the front. It didn't do anything to mine, a combination of higher ground clearance on the CR-V and being backed in.

We are about 8 blocks from the creek. At block 5 it almost looks like a magic wall was in the street, one side every yard full of mountains of debris from the houses flooding and the other side not. CLC has areas that were wrecked just like our neighborhood. The luck of the draw or lack thereof.

I finished the day with 102 miles showing, about 90 of them mine. I suspect the mpg is going to be down about 10% from what I was used to. For all the pluses the car brings it's worth it, especially since I only drive about 6,xxx miles per year.

I just walked away from buying a new Toyota Highlander with Nav because the salesman told me that it had to be updated every 3 years at a cost of about 300.00. I can buy a brand new GPS for less then that, and better yet, Waze is free on my phone.