Civic Nav System Routing Options

I have an 07 Civic with the built-in nav system that has an annoying
"feature". When I go on long trips for vacations, I like to take back
roads, state highways and such, and I used to do this with just a
pocket atlas at hand. I'm planning a trip and if I put in a
destination anywhere over 60 or so miles away, I don't get the option
to minimize freeways. Is there any way around this? I'd like to put
in my final destination, about 900 miles away and minimize freeways,
but the thing just won't let me do it. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

Yeah.

You spent $2000 for that system, which is built in and which you cannot
take from car to car. You also cannot choose what features you want.

You could spend $500 for a nice portable system that does all you want
and much more, and which goes from car to car.

Spend the $500, and get a Garmin system that does what you want.

 

Thanks for the smart-ass remark that nobody needed.

 

Thanks for the smart-ass remark that nobody needed. What do you do?
Troll usenet forums looking for someone to berate?

Schmuck

 

you may not like the tone, but the content is absolutely correct!

 

Are you saying that you can turn off the maximize freeways for routes
up to about 60 miles, but over that the option is not there? My nav
is in an Accord so may be a little different, but I have had the
freeways turned off for routes up to 300 miles. Haven't tried it
further than that.

 

That's exactly it. Say I put in a route to go from Chicago to St.
Louis, but I don't want to take I-55, so I try to change the routing
options, but the only ones available are Direct, East and Maximize
Freeways. But if I were to put in Chicao go Kankakee, I have those
three routing options, plus Minimize Freeways and one other (I don't
remember what the 5th option was). It's quite annoying.

On a related note, has anyone tried to go to the hondanavi.com site?
There's a link from the main Honda site that there is an updated DVD
available, but taking that link results in Mozilla saying, "Waiting
for hondanavi.com" which just eventually yields a blank page.

 

I just tried it and went right to the order page. Of course it was
for the Accord and not the Civic. Didn't try that one. Try this one
and maybe you can use it to get to the Civic DVD.
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/interior_accessories.asp?ModelName=Accord+Sedan#

Sometimes these sites are very hard to access if you have pop-ups
blocked, cookies screwed down, etc. Might check that with your
browser.

Dick

 

really? what part of "You also cannot choose what features you want."
was unclear?

my, you have a thin skin for someone that's happy to go from zero to
schmuck in less than 2 seconds. get over it.