Garmin Nuvi's new "lane assist" feature

**lordhawhaw** · 11-30-2008, 01:24 AM

How well does it work in the real world?

**thestaton** · 11-30-2008, 08:32 AM

I think it's more of a marketing gimmick at the moment. I was reading impressions over at gpsreview.net and most people say it only works 5% of the time.

The idea behind it is, when you are driving along the interstate and it's time to get off on your exit, it will show a still screen of the exit and what lanes your supposed to be in, and what it should look like.

When I had my TomTom 930 it had this feature and not once in a month did it ever display the exit.

**partsfreak** · 11-30-2008, 11:28 AM

I havent heard of this. Is it something that comes in the update downloads or only on new units?

I have a Nuvi 760 that I keep updated pretty well but I never know what the updates are until after Ive downloaded them. So far nothing inpressive has come out.

**lordhawhaw** · 11-30-2008, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by partsfreak

I havent heard of this. Is it something that comes in the update downloads or only on new units?

I have a Nuvi 760 that I keep updated pretty well but I never know what the updates are until after Ive downloaded them. So far nothing inpressive has come out.

It comes only with the latest units like 765T.

**partsfreak** · 11-30-2008, 12:51 PM

That figures. I always seem to be 1 step behind the newest gizmos'

Thanks for the info.

**lordhawhaw** · 11-30-2008, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by thestaton

I think it's more of a marketing gimmick at the moment. I was reading impressions over at gpsreview.net and most people say it only works 5% of the time.

Imagine the amount of work Navteq has to do to get the picture of every highway exit in the US on the screen. I suppose only 5% of the exits are currently available. So that's why it only works 5% of the time.