Google Maps 4+

We recently were on vacation and left our car at DFW Airport. When we returned we noticed the Carnet was not working. I made a trip Hendrick VW dealer in Frisco to tell them what was going on. An appointment was made and on the day of the appointment, I arrived at the dealer before they opened as I needed to have the car repaired in one day.

Once inside the garage service area of the dealer, I was immediately met by Kyle Waggoner who in turn became my Service Advisor. I explained to Kyle why I was there and he thoroughly understood the need for my visit. Kyle took charge and had the Porter drive me home. Around 3:00pm, Kyle called me and told me my car would be ready around 4:30pm. The Porter promptly picked me and took me to the dealer where Kyle greeted me and went over everything which was replaced. Kyle went into detail on everything that transpired to repair my new car. I was greatly impressed with Kyle and his patience, professionalism, courtesy, helpfulness and smile! I could tell he loves his job and it shows! Thanks Hendrick Volkswagen and Kyle Waggoner for your wonderful service! I saw it in my visit!

The changes that Google has made to their maps seems to be in favor of traffic CONTROL rather than the best routes for the individual user, less options for personal control and a stronger push towards getting you to go through state toll roads when no toll roads (that are a faster option to boot) are available. I'm a longtime user of Google maps and Keen to their tactics of late. I've been wanting to get a couple of old Rand McNally road maps for a while,we're going to need them! An app should be a tool of assistance and yes,convenience,but when an app is trying to control you,it's time to boot it. This may sound crazy to some of you,but pay attention,especially to the so called "better route available" options that pop up,watch your estimated times,this option is being used to herd you like cattle for reasons other than your travel benefits and more for clearing roadways and such. And even crazier,it sure seems like a social experiment to see what kind of "order follower" you are. I've seen this with my own eyes and ears, so call me crazy,but for those of you who are intuitive and catch on to patterns quickly,see for yourself,this is the world we live in now? With all the A.I. And apps on your phone,what was a tool is using you as a tool,or so it sure seems. I think the cost of convenience has become a bit too high for me.

Every time I click on directions from Google, it asks me, do I want smarter and better and faster maps? Of course I do. So I can click a button and go straight to Google maps, an app I already have. Every time I click this tho, it does not bring me to Google maps. I click open maps, and I am brought to the App Store maps. Even tho I have the app. Then I open maps from the App Store and it has erased the directions I need so I have to go back to Google and then just type it in to Google maps myself. I might as well just use the maps app that comes with the phone bc instead of a short cut it takes me here every time. So every time I click for directions Google brings me to the App Store instead of pulling up the directions in the Google maps app. And then when opening the maps app from here it does not have any addresses saved from the google search I started with. Just not as convenient as the maps app already in my phone honestly. It’s actually wildly inconvenient when I’m running late and forget that the short cut will actually slow me down! Maybe this is more an issue with the directions button on Google not working (since it doesn’t take me to the actual Google maps app), but it brought me here so I’m leaving my review here. Every time it brings me here I leave one star.