Not in my experience. Google Maps is proactive in diverting if finds a quicker route due to traffic etc. It will suggest it and give you about 60 seconds to reject it before automatically diverting.
Best alert the aviation and maritime sectors of that then...
No roads to worry about there..Best alert the aviation and maritime sectors of that then...
True enough. But then us drivers are unlikely to run aground or fall out of the skyNo roads to worry about there..
OK, maybe I should have said all things Garmin ,that MB have had their hands on, are gash.True enough. But then us drivers are unlikely to run aground or fall out of the sky
On a broader note, most inbuilt car sat-nav systems use either Garmin or TomTom's underlying technology for routing, traffic avoidance, etc. and for the most part there's not much to choose between their core technology offerings. What muddies the waters is that many car manufacturers restrict access to some of the more bespoke route management options that either manufacturer is capable of in order to simplify the end-user's choices. Whether those "simplifications" are helpful or not is another matter.
Where Google Maps and Waze score is the currency of their cartography, which is something that neither Garmin nor TomTom can compete with as they use a periodic update model. The downside of Google Maps and Waze is that they always have to download their cartography on the fly which is fine until you don't have a data connection - yes, I know you can download a local copy of sections of their cartography, but most people don't do that, and it undermines the "currency" advantage as well as limiting routing functionality.
FWIW, I've been using various Garmin navigators on motorcycles for a good 15 years and while they can have their glitches, they are supremely flexible in their routing and work very well, so I disagree that all things Garmin are bad, even where we do have roads
The OP’s S205 is P+, which will have Burmester Audio and COMAND Online with Tom-Tom based Sat-Nav rather than the Garmin based systems in the Audio 20 systems.
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It is amazing that something standard on a Honda Civic 1.6d EX is an extra on a high end Mercedes. But I suppose that illuminated exterior door handles are far more useful.The OP’s S205 is P+, which will have Burmester Audio and COMAND Online with Tom-Tom based Sat-Nav rather than the Garmin based systems in the Audio 20 systems.
As to the route selection logic, ours will not take the quickest route to our daughter’s house. We think it’s because there is a low bridge warning, a narrow bridge and a tricky junction on the route. That said, one of the routes it offers is along miles of single track country lanes.
When we first got it, a selected route between two places in Cornwall, included a few miles of off-road track rather than using the A-roads…
It’s a quirky system alright.
As far as I know, there is no quick fix to have Car Play and make use of Waze or Google maps. Comandonline do offer an upgrade package though:
Apple Car Play and Android Auto upgrade for NTG5
If your car has NTG5 COMAND Online but no Apple CarPlay or no Android Auto it can be added with these Genuine Mercedes Parts You can opt for us to fit this (your car needs a software update and parts changed) to Mercedes standards at our workshop in Surrey, or if you don't opt for that we will...
Having a smartphone mounted somewhere is always an option I guess.
I agree, it wouldn’t be so bad if all of the illuminated exterior door handles actually illuminated…
Hi , sorted thanks to Comand Online
He is the first owner. He may have paid extra for it, I’ll have to ask him. It was a car that was ’in stock’, so I don’t know what options were included.
The car has the digital dashboard, maybe it was part of that package?
One of mine still does so I struggle to find the other 3 in the dark.
Not saying he's wrong, but it would be interested to hear how he explains the difference between touching your phone in its cradle and swiping through 6 screens on the 'glued on iPad' that your car manufacturer has thoughtfully provided to adjust the climate control.
