Updated maps February 2013

[joele]

Did you get that in writing? If so, I'd treat it like my first born.

No but I took dated notes of the verbal contract and have her name and direct phone number at vw, trust me if no update by say late March I will be following it up..

[BottomScratcher]

Who cares.
If VW were silly enough to try to charge a quick word with A Current Affair or one of the other gutter programs would see "Global car giant rips of Aussie motorists in road safety bungle" splashed across TV screens all over the country.
Combine that with an appropriate Facebook page with thousands of supporters all bitching and VW would back pedal faster than a federal politician after an election.

I'd care. Having it in writing immediately dispels any issues over one person's word against another, and so save the time and effort to go through all the ACA carry on. I'd rather wait until someone uploads any new maps to a link here before having anything to do with ACA, or bitching against VW on Facebook. But that's just me.

It can't be a safety issue. The speed limit signs on the roadside are the only ones that matter when it comes down to it. They show the authorised posted limit. Legally, whatever a GPS says is of no signifigance to a speed camera. zei20t has the solution, turn the speed limit function off. In car GPS units are the same as radar in a boat. They are an aid to navigate only, and shouldn't be relied upon as the sole method by which to navigate. Ultimately, the driver or skipper is responsible for the safe operation of a vehicle or vessel in accordance with the applicable regulations, whether they have GPS/radar, or not.

Anyhow, joele didn't get it in writing, so it's now "Wait and see".

[K1W1]

The point I was making that given the inevitable response if they charge VW won't even try to. Even if one person has something in writing now it is unlikely that an email from a lowly support person would firstly constitute any sort of legal obligation on VW and secondly even concern them if one person got upset later on.

[joele]

I'd rather wait until someone uploads any new maps to a link here before having anything to do with ACA, or bitching against VW on Facebook. But that's just me.

Each to their own, I am not interested in ACA but I will express my disappointment to VW so they know to fix it and legally provide me with an update rather than wait and steal their software when someone else 'uploads' it...

It can't be a safety issue. The speed limit signs on the roadside are the only ones that matter when it comes down to it. They show the authorised posted limit. Legally, whatever a GPS says is of no signifigance to a speed camera. zei20t has the solution, turn the speed limit function off. In car GPS units are the same as radar in a boat. They are an aid to navigate only, and shouldn't be relied upon as the sole method by which to navigate. Ultimately, the driver or skipper is responsible for the safe operation of a vehicle or vessel in accordance with the applicable regulations, whether they have GPS/radar, or not.

Maybe not and one or two streets here and there being wrong is perfectly fine and expected, however every single fwy and hwy in the whole country being obviously wrong is 'not working as designed' and good luck to them if they would try and charge their customers to fix that. With recent strengthening of consumer protection laws I don't see them trying to pull that here, though they could choose to just give free updates to those that complain, the rest can pay for it or pirate it I guess...

[BottomScratcher]

Each to their own, I am not interested in ACA but I will express my disappointment to VW so they know to fix it and legally provide me with an update rather than wait and steal their software when someone else 'uploads' it...

Maybe not and one or two streets here and there being wrong is perfectly fine and expected, however every single fwy and hwy in the whole country being obviously wrong is 'not working as designed' and good luck to them if they would try and charge their customers to fix that. With recent strengthening of consumer protection laws I don't see them trying to pull that here, though they could choose to just give free updates to those that complain, the rest can pay for it or pirate it I guess...

I see your point about stealing software. I don't download bootleg movies, computer software, or music. I don't say the following as any sort of justification for bootlegging updated maps in the past, but the fact remains that the VW prices for them are nothing short of extortionate. The maps aren't VW property. They belong to Whereis, a division of Sensis, which is a Telstra owned subsidiary. Their updates alone are nearly $200 each, and are now up to V.18

EDIT: I meant to add that new release VW maps are no cheaper than the previous versions, but Sensis doesn't do each version from scratch. The "new" versions are merely updated versions.

[joele]

Understood.