I’ve been looking into Navigation units for a while and I want a factory looking navigation in the cubby above. I could make a car pc, but I don’t want to use it for anything except Navigation so it seems like overkill… also I don’t want to change the factory head unit for the voice guidance, hence the factory look.

So I kinda gave up on the thought of the navigation in the factory location so I’m going to go with a double din navigation unit. I don’t want to spend too much so I narrowed it down between the Pioneer AVIC-D2, Kenwood P-NAV6019, and the Eclipse AVN5435. I can’t really decide between the three, a buddy of mine has an older Eclipse and it’s kinda slow but overall I love the unit, I really don’t have experience with the other two but have heard good things about them. Which should I go for?

Here are the prices I found online:

Pioneer AVIC-D2: $849.00
Kenwood P-NAV6019: $1239.00
Eclipse AVN5435: $1199.99

 

If you guys could state you reason why you would pick one over the other, that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Avic-Z1

 

Its a little out of my price range, and its twice and much as the D2 is it really worth the extra dough?

 

no its not worth the extra money, unless you just buy for bling factor. i have the D2 and love it, gets the job done, plus you can get it for 650 not 800. pretty sweet deal if you ask me. i purchased it to get me from point a to point b which it does well.

 

Nuvi 360, portable, bluetooth, voice/streetname, car adaptable, accurate, less money

 

FTW

 

I bought the Z-1 because I didnt want to install something else and think "I should have held out for the Z-1".

The built in 30GB hard drive and bluetooth (with adapter) makes it worth it to me.

 

I plan to get myself the AVIC-D2... sometime after I actually get the car. Crossing my fingers and hoping on mid-December.

http://www.etronics.com/planding.asp...cd2&svbname=30 ~ AVIC-D2 $709

http://www.powersellernyc.com/viewit...g=pricegrabber ~ Kenwood $1220

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UhKui6B...p?i=099AVN5435 ~ Eclipse $1200

The $500 you save going that route allows you to (insert any reason here).
a) buy speakers
b) eat 2500 Wendy's nuggets
c) get your kid a Elmo T.M.X. for Christmas
d) do 2 chicks at the same time

 

D ftw, that was my reasoning.

 

My sis got AVIC-D2...awesome. The Kenwood is probably good, I have the DDX-7017 DVD but not sure on the Nav

 

ebay is your friend. got my AVN5500 brand new for $925 shipped.

 

I bought the kenwood. Pixels are by far better on the Kenwood unit and no disk for your nav piece its a little black box unlike the other two that are CD base so as they are scratched and become ruined, more pain in the arsch. Just my 2cents worth.

 

I know the Eclipse is an all in one unit which doesn't require a Brain to go under the passanger seat, I like this feature. I know the kenwood requires the brain but does the Pinoneer?

 

alpine

 

im thinking about the Z1 myself, ive heard that the built in 30GB HD makes navigation really quick and the memory stick feature is also really slick! BTW whats FTW?

 

ftw=for the win.
Z1 hands down. worth the extra dough.

 

memory stick feature? do tell

 

The D2 seems to be winning this poll, but the more I look into it the more I want the Z1....