becoming dependent on technology...

[dianec42]

I've come to depend on my car's satellite navigation thingy a lot more than I had thought. I learned this today when I had to take the car to the dealer for its regular maintenance and got a loaner... without sat nav. This led to some interesting discoveries.

(1) I *do* remember how to get to the freeway from that bit of Santa Monica.
(2) The freeway is, amazingly, not horrible right there at 8:30 in the morning.
(3) NONE of the internet mapping thingies I tried (Yahoo, Google, Mapquest) has an option for getting directions that AVOID FREEWAYS. I *KNOW* Yahoo and Mapquest used to have this. What am I, crazy enough to take the 405 to the 10 in rush hour?!

Luckily, I came up with an ingenious way to cheat. This morning, on the way to the dealership, I got the sat nav to show me a useful route along surface streets... so this afternoon, when it came time to go back to the dealer, I just got off the 405 as if I were going home, and then took the same route to the dealership as I did this morning. (-:

Oh, and (re)discovery (4): It's always SO NICE to get your own car back after a day of driving around something strange.

Bonus discovery (5): 93.1 "Jack FM" plays the greatest hits of my misspent youth. Wow. (Thomas Dolby, Wang Chung, slightly too much Doobie Brothers, Falco... wow, just wow.)

I also hate getting up at 6:30 in the morning, but I already knew that.

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[r-ness.livejournal.com]

NONE of the internet mapping thingies I tried (Yahoo, Google, Mapquest) has an option for getting directions that AVOID FREEWAYS. I *KNOW* Yahoo and Mapquest used to have this.

Yah, I can't imagine why they stopped. Then again, the mapping programs are remarkably lame in many ways.

What am I, crazy enough to take the 405 to the 10 in rush hour?!

Evidently not. :)