I drive reeeeeeeeeeaaaallly slow on the freeway...

[dolo amber]

According to Mapquest.

Total Est. Time: 13 minutes Total Est. Distance: 7.84 miles

Keep in mind that all but 1.5 of those miles are freeway... :wtf:

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Another lovely Mapquest story:

My pal and I were driving from Cincinnati to Pontiac, Michigan to go see Underworld (the group, not the movie). The directions we got were full of detours due to some seemingly un-navigable parts of I-75. So off we go...get into Detroit and start with the detours. We sat on Telegraph Parking Lot Road for seriously 2+ hrs in stop and go traffic. Got to the show JUST as Underworld were going on.

So, we go to leave, and notice that right there ---------> was I-75. We obviously didn't have a pc handly so we figure "what the hell, maybe it's ok in this direction" and jump on the freeway.

There was no construction.
There was no traffic.
There was no discernable reason WHATSOEVER why we went 2 hours out of our way.
There was no reason we couldn't have gotten OFF the freeway right there ---------> within spitting distance of the club.

Stupid Mapquest. :grr:

[Redstone]

1. I have NEVER seen ONE mapquest map that was correct.

Something wrong in every one. How did they get to be so popular?

Google and Yahoo maps are much better (though I still use paper ones 90% of the time).

Redstone

[dolo amber]

2. Google is definitely better

Never used Yahoo, which is why I still use Mapquest...old habits n' all... :(

[bigwillq]

8. Yahoo Maps

I find to be reliable

[Redstone]

13. Well, if you type an address into Google, it gives you a choice of

Google map or a Yahoo map.

Pretty handy.

So why do so many people still use mapquest? I've heard dozens of people bitch about its inaccuracy. Especially inexplicable is the fact that realtor.com (the MLS website) uses them.

Redstone

[Zuni]

3. I refuse to use Mapquest

they give you the longest, most meandering routes imaginable

[dolo amber]

4. It's probably owned by Republicans

It's a plot to drive up the price of oil! :o

[Zuni]

7. damn you, Mapquest!

I damn thee! :grr:

[DS1]

5. I just drive in the general direction I need to go

and when I'm a half hour away, I call my friend and have him or her light the house/building next door on fire. Then I look for smoke.

Works like a charm, AND I get to drive really fast right behind the ambulance and cut through traffic the REST OF THE WAY!

[dolo amber]

6. ...

:headbang:

[Bassic]

9. Two words

Google maps....

They are much better

[Greyskye]

10. One acronym

GPS.

The family took a month long camping trip through the pacific northwest this summer. While in Canada, we went one night to see the fireworks display at Buschart Gardens.

For the trip, we had bought one of those small handheld GPS units (which we named Geordi, after the Star Trek character). So we're on the little 2 lane road out to Buschart Gardens, following the lines of cars heading to the same place. Suddenly, Geordi tells us to take a left on a tiny little lane. Literally 5 seconds earlier we had passed a sign directing us emphatically forward.

We'd had good luck following Geordi's directions, so it was a no-brainer to make that left. It took us on a wonderful shortcut that probably saved us about 10 minutes of travel time. And when we left that evening, the shortcut actually put us ahead of the crowd following the marked road.

Screw you, internet directions!

[Baclava]

11. Maps? Maps? We don't need no stinking maps...

I am a man. I drive by internal compass and the wisdom of the ages.
I am never lost.

[WCGreen]

12. Yea..... But there are twenty three lights in the 1.5 mile stretch...

[sundog]

14. how was underworld?

the real story here

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I could never figure out how to fold

Mapquest, Yahoo or Google. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

16. I hate mapquest

I needed directions to a ballfield (my son was playing baseball in a tournament) so I went on mapquest.

The map it gave me pointed to someone's damn farm 6 miles north west of where the actual ballfields were.

[texas1928]

21. Was it Kevin Costner's place?

Did you see Shoeless Joe Jackson?

[KitchenWitch]

22. No, unfortunately!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Huh...that is weird.....

I have used Mapquest out here in California, without any problems!

Go figure.......:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

18. that is because almost all of SoCal is paved and on a grid!

:silly:

Just kidding...

I think it would work for SoCal, does not work so well here in Minnesota, where there are still a lot of wide open spaces.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Ah, you're probably right!

It is probably 90% paved over! :rofl:

BTW, did you get my PM? I didn't hear anything back from you...

This was yesterday.......

[KitchenWitch]

20. Sorry, I got it

but forgot to reply....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. No problem!

I love replies, but it isn't mandatory! I'm signing off to shower and get some lunch.....

See ya later!

:loveya: :pals: