I'm receiving emails from Jaguar that my 2013 XJL is now available to receive the latest map upgrade at a reduced price of $179. I'm curious if other owners go with these or just use Google maps on your mobile.

Thanks in advance.
Thomas

 

kernt, i know when Jaguar offered the update last year (?), a lot of members got the upgrade. If I know that it is on sale again, I may get it. I know my car gets a little confused periodically when I drive down a road and it thinks I am in the middle of some field.

As for what others do, I think you are going to find that it is split all over the place. I like having the NAV in the car so I don't have to try and link my phone to the car or anything like that. The only thing that really irritates me about the stock NAV system is that when it recalculates the route, it changes your settings and puts up the setting telling you every exit, every gas station/restaurant, etc. I like my nav to be simple. Tell me where i need to turn and I am good. Don't tell me that there are 23 exits in the next 5 miles and you are going to pass 5 Burger Kings.

 

I never use the Jaguar navigation system, be it on the XK or the XJ: it’s in my view absolutely not user-friendly nor accurate, even compared to mid-range cars I sometimes rent; it’s incredible how Jaguar could do such a bad choice while they must have spent hundreds of hours in choosing the supplier.

Plus it’s now totally outdated not only for the data but also for the features.

I only use Waze: maps are always built with the last available data and it avoided me hours of traffic jams and quite some speed tickets…

 

Yeah, this is pretty much how I feel about it. Waze is fine for my needs. As a new owner, I wanted to see if I would be missing anything, other than the $179 of course. I think I'll pass.

Thanks all.

 

I bit on the $179, since the nav in my car is dated 2011. The process was straightforward, but takes 2-3 hrs., and the instructions say the car must be running the entire time. I question why a trickle charger with the ignition on wouldn't suffice, but didn't bother attempting this route. You can start and stop the engine during the upgrade, as long as the USB stick isn't removed. The only hiccup I encountered was on a restart, when I got this message:




Is the "Cancel" button to stop the update? Will the system revert to the previous version? I thought I wasn't supposed to remove the USB stick (disc WTF?).
Turns out, the second line of this message should be deleted, and the button should be labeled "Continue". Stupid POS Denso system.
Oh well, at least it's not subject to 3G woes.
The system does seem to work a little quicker, but maybe that's my imagination.

 

I like having nav in my car for longer distance trips, however around the 5 year mark I will start to consider upgrading if i notice addresses are missing, but typically i dont have an issue. once in a while a highway is misrepresented because of a construction change, but ive never been in a situation where ive been sent to an incorrect place.

I like using my phone for shorter trips, when i am going to a specific place that i dont know the address (i.e., restaurant name), or when I need to quickly navigate to a destination. the in-car systems are so slow and take a while to input, whereas in the phone i can do it in seconds.

although at this point, i would prefer android/iphone auto integration over an in-car system.