Saving gas, time, and money with Sync Navigation

Although the main idea of this blog is maximizing mileage in the FFH, I've been so intrigued with the (free) Sync update
with turn-by-turn nav that I'm entering another report. Here's how Sync helped me out a couple of days ago.

Tuesday evening I was in Boston in the height of rush hour right before Thanksgiving. In the drizzling rain. I had detailed directions to an address by me on the passenger seat, but I missed a turn and suddenly found myself in unknown territory. It was one of those situations in which the problem was not an easy one to undo. I would have to get back on a parkway going in the opposite direction and then figure out how to get off and then head back the opposite way. Doable but a pain. And I was tight for time for my meeting.

I decided to get Sync to help me out. I pulled over and looked up the exact street address, then, with voice commands quickly went through the nav menu. Sync very quickly figured out a route and guided me through a part of town I have never been in, connecting me with a direct, but highly intelligent route to my destination. I was parked in front of the office within 10 minutes. I was quite impressed.

And guess what? I had saved gas in the process. Didn't have to head back up the parkway and then back again to pick up where I had left off. Didn't have to try to figure out some new route on my own. That's the thing, this Sync system will, in most cases I'm finding, provide a route that is the shortage to your destination. That means driving less and saving gas. All good stuff.