Map Upgrades for RNS-510

[arcadelt]

besides...I never get lost. Everyone tells me where to go.

*Cute*

[The_Hawk]

Your maps haven't stopped working. The system still does exactly what it did on the day you got it. I think you would be hard pressed to win a case if you attempted to bring a case against VW (or any other car company/GPS makers) because they weren't giving you frequent enough (or ever) updates.

If I had to guess I would say the sub set of people with Nav who have bothered to pay for the updates makes the market even smaller again! As enthusiasts we are far better informed than the masses



Yes it damages their credibility if they stop proving updates to the NAV systems so soon after selling models with them included (and a smart after market provider should/could jump in and capitalise on that) but is it going to stop people buying new cars??

For the low end cars without Nav as standard it might encourage people to buy aftermarket kit instead, but then *good* after market kits that's likely to be supported for a long period is usually expensive and probably isn't going to be purchased by people with base models anyway.

More and more models have Nav included as standard... and who's going to rip it out *just* to ensure map updates? Maybe when it's too old to use. Even then... CarPlay is built into newer models anyway which gives you another option.


Sure I'd like updated maps that include the latest (ish) mapping information, but in comparison to Google Maps or Apple Maps, the RNS system sucks. I find myself using the phone more and more often and would happily trade the RNS for a unit with DAB+ and CarPlay.

On a side note, I have a Pioneer AVIC FB20T system in our van. The latest tech of 2010 which came with the *just* updated maps of the day! Two years later there was an update (2012), since then there has been nothing. The point being that in this space it seems that ongoing updates are more of a bonus than a given.
It's always annoyed me that $100 portable unit would come with 3 years worth of free updates (and likely be supported for much longer) yet expensive head units get SFA.

[arcadelt]

if you took VW to court over failure to provide 'proper' service/support for a 3rd party accessory, they're just as likely to hand you the latest Garmin GPS, with Lifetime Maps and wish you well into the future.

I think you would be hard pressed to win a case if you attempted to bring a case against VW (or any other car company/GPS makers) because they weren't giving you frequent enough (or ever) updates.

Gezz guys, slow down already. No one said anything about pursuing litigation or anything even remotely like that.

Your maps haven't stopped working. The system still does exactly what it did on the day you got it.

That said, if you think about it, the purpose of navigation is to navigate, and unlike some aspects of the car, the accuracy of the function degrades if the maps aren't kept up to date. Its not too much of a leap to consider that someone, someday might litigate if they drove off the end of a road that didn't exist anymore...but it certainly won't be me!

Even then... CarPlay is built into newer models anyway which gives you another option.

Sure I'd like updated maps that include the latest (ish) mapping information, but in comparison to Google Maps or Apple Maps, the RNS system sucks.

100% agree. This seems to be the future of the market, and because tech is widely available and used, the maps under Apple and Google will be incidentally updated because it brings their systems other benefits. I only installed my RNS-510 in 2015 and a CarPlay unit was a contender. I love the way the RNS-510 integrates into the MFD, but if it turns out that they will stop map updates soon, I will have really wished I had gone the other way.

It's always annoyed me that $100 portable unit would come with 3 years worth of free updates (and likely be supported for much longer) yet expensive head units get SFA.

I think it's lifetime updates these days - certainly is for the TomTom app I have on my iPhone.

[Idle]

I think it's lifetime updates these days - certainly is for the TomTom app I have on my iPhone.

Like most other things with lifetime updates/warranties, the question is: Whose lifetime? Yours, the app's, the iPhone's or TomTom's.

[Guest001]

Like most other things with lifetime updates/warranties, the question is: Whose lifetime? Yours, the app's, the iPhone's or TomTom's.

If you read the very small print in the T &C's its for the life of the unit, which is roughly till they stop making them and change to a new model.

About 5 years would cut that out. In saying that maps are still available for my Tomtom Go 730 which I bought in April 2009. Costs me abot $90 a year for 4.