Navteq probably couldn't see the economics in compiling updates on CD for a nav unit with such low volume as this Becker unit. Meh, it works OK for most destinations. For less than the price of the Navteq update DVD for our Pacifica ($199), you can buy a new Garmin portable. I'm sure if they did offer an update for our cars it would be priced in the same range. I'll just keep my Garmin handy as a backup.

BTW, Garmin has offered voice commands for a few years now and it works pretty well with a steering wheel mounted button to prompt for commands. That's a nice step up from our "unique" OEM solution with no map and no voice commands. My Garmin also records the location where it was last powered down as a "find my car" feature. And it can call up 911 services (police, fire, hospital) at the touch of a button. I'm not gonna worry too much about the fading maps in our OEM unit.