So, I was trying to route a trip up to my old High School for a 30 year
reunion and having a beast of a time with the stock Nav system. Every time I tried to route through from my home in Metro Atlanta to the school
(located in the SW tip of Virginia), the computer kept spitting out routes
up the I-75 or I-85 routes.
So, I decided to just program in several way points as I moved north. I
plotted my first course up to Robbinsville, Nc, and from there up to Boone,
then Crumpler and finally to Mouth of Wilson, Va., each in turn as I arrived
at the previous set destination. And, this worked rather well. However,
the return trip was a little differnt.
I used the same strategy, but in reverse order. Having previously saved a destination address for my home, when I got to Robbinsville, I selected that and told the Nav to start. Followed the first direction to turn, and it seemed right, so when I got the next turn instruction I blindly followed, and found it had turned me onto route 129 North, up the dragon headed for
I-75 in Tennessee. I started to curse the Nav system, as this would add at least 2 hours to my trip. But before I had hit the first intersecting street, I had decided to go along with the Nav. The dragon had me.
I was having a blast heading up towards the Tennessee line, and then got into the real twisties towards the north end of the Dragon. Just as I was getting into this, I caught up with a BWM 328i. Shoot, when I say "caught up" I should say nearly crashed into his slow poke, granny driving butt. I
could see him looking back in his side view mirror and saying all kinds of mean things about the car crowding him from behind.
He picked up the speed a little, and the driving was fun, but I could have gone a bit faster and pushed him until he bailed at the parking area at the
end. I was headed home, so I kept on going. Funny though, I picked up
a Tennesse State trooper there who followed me for several miles before turning off. I kept to the speed limit, and gave him no cause.
And, just so I don't come off as a total a**hole for pushing the Bimmer
through the twisties, the speed limit is 30 mph, and he never got to it. I
had fun, though, dropping back a little then pushing through the corners
to catch up to him. I hope I didn't ruin his pleasant drive through the
Dragon
But, the point of the story is... I think the car was missing the Dragon, and
took the opportunity to take a run by conscripting the Nav unit to give me a bogus instruction. I sure love my car...
Coyote
