Help, please tell
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Racer
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From: Love the Smokey Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway, Milton GA and Jupiter FL
Help, please tell
I found a a leftover Z06 I would like to buy.
It does not have navigation, I am assuming that it has the antenna for on star stuff. Is there a module that I can simply add to just give me navigation interface I don't care about the PDR I just want Nav.
If not it's a huge bummer because I won't buy the car.
Thanks gentlemen,
Kevin
It does not have navigation, I am assuming that it has the antenna for on star stuff. Is there a module that I can simply add to just give me navigation interface I don't care about the PDR I just want Nav.
If not it's a huge bummer because I won't buy the car.
Thanks gentlemen,
Kevin
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From: Redmond WA
To my knowledge, no, it's not a simple process to add the navigation. You could always add an aftermarket system, but if you want nav (and if you get nav, please get the PDR!) I would definitely look for a car that already has it.
Shouldn't be a huge bummer, as there are a lot of cars out there. Maybe not in your town, but if you search online or ask forum dealers I bet you can find exactly what you're looking for.
I really try to discourage people from buying a car they know is wrong for them right out of the gate. Sometimes you have to compromise. When you're spending $80K on a useless toy (let's be honest with ourselves) it might as well be the toy you wanted in the first place!
The deals should also be widespread on leftover cars. Not like there's just that one, honest!
Shouldn't be a huge bummer, as there are a lot of cars out there. Maybe not in your town, but if you search online or ask forum dealers I bet you can find exactly what you're looking for.
I really try to discourage people from buying a car they know is wrong for them right out of the gate. Sometimes you have to compromise. When you're spending $80K on a useless toy (let's be honest with ourselves) it might as well be the toy you wanted in the first place!
The deals should also be widespread on leftover cars. Not like there's just that one, honest!
Last edited by davepl; Mar 8, 2017 at 01:00 PM.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 378
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From: Love the Smokey Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway, Milton GA and Jupiter FL
To my knowledge, no, it's not a simple process to add the navigation. You could always add an aftermarket system, but if you want nav (and if you get nav, please get the PDR!) I would definitely look for a car that already has it.
Shouldn't be a huge bummer, as there are a lot of cars out there. Maybe not in your town, but if you search online or ask forum dealers I bet you can find exactly what you're looking for.
I really try to discourage people from buying a car they know is wrong for them right out of the gate. Sometimes you have to compromise. When you're spending $80K on a useless toy (let's be honest with ourselves) it might as well be the toy you wanted in the first place!
The deals should also be widespread on leftover cars. Not like there's just that one, honest!
Shouldn't be a huge bummer, as there are a lot of cars out there. Maybe not in your town, but if you search online or ask forum dealers I bet you can find exactly what you're looking for.
I really try to discourage people from buying a car they know is wrong for them right out of the gate. Sometimes you have to compromise. When you're spending $80K on a useless toy (let's be honest with ourselves) it might as well be the toy you wanted in the first place!
The deals should also be widespread on leftover cars. Not like there's just that one, honest!
I'm not finding many cars out there, certainly not leftover Z06s in automatic, convertibles in Laguna blue.
I did locate a company that has the factory nav. unit that's a module I can change under the dash that will give me Nav,.
One of the other really cool forum members sent me the link otherwise I wouldn't of had a clue.
You make excellent points and I will consider that as I continue to look at this point I have a new car for about 20% off the window sticker which is about what the used ones are going for.
Thank you sir,
Kevin
Last edited by Kevin Marshall; Mar 8, 2017 at 01:30 PM. Reason: Typo
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Love the Smokey Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway, Milton GA and Jupiter FL
Gentlemen,
Has anyone physically installed this module to make a non-Nav. car work as if it had factory Nav. Is it working without any problem?
Thank you guys in advance,
Kevin
Has anyone physically installed this module to make a non-Nav. car work as if it had factory Nav. Is it working without any problem?
Thank you guys in advance,
Kevin
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From: Down south in Dixie
Kevin, you can buy the module alone, and it's just plug and play. You will need to buy the antenna also. I just saw some on FleaBay. There is a video on YouTube showing the installation process. Seems easy enough.
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From: Ridgeland MS
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11
OEM auto parts sells a replacement radio module with a GPS antenna that has nav. You pul your radio module out of a rack in the drivers kick panel and replace it with the OEM module with nav. You fish a wire and place the gps antenna under the driver dash speaker grill. I have not done it because I use apple CarPlay but I researched the option. Hope this helps.
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From: FL
I found a a leftover Z06 I would like to buy.
It does not have navigation, I am assuming that it has the antenna for on star stuff. Is there a module that I can simply add to just give me navigation interface I don't care about the PDR I just want Nav.
If not it's a huge bummer because I won't buy the car.
Thanks gentlemen,
Kevin
It does not have navigation, I am assuming that it has the antenna for on star stuff. Is there a module that I can simply add to just give me navigation interface I don't care about the PDR I just want Nav.
If not it's a huge bummer because I won't buy the car.
Thanks gentlemen,
Kevin
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