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Article: NAVIGATION SYSTEMS CAN COME IN HANDY, BUT PRICE TAG IS HEFTY
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2003
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You're hopelessly lost. You pulled off the highway for gas, but
you never found the gas station. It's dark, and the idea of asking
someone on the street for directions is too frightening. The needle's
hovering just below empty. How will you get back to the highway?
Such a scenario is precisely why navigation systems have become so
popular over the last five years. It's also why consumers are willing
to spend thousands of dollars to have them in their cars as they
travel from city to city. But the prices of these systems are on the
rise as manufacturers capitalize on the fears of the American driver.
And the original price tag isn't where the cost ends.
An automotive navigational aid requires ...