Any Waze users on here?

jbarber0020 · 07-27-2015, 02:12 PM

I use Waze any time i'm in the M3. I don't drive fast otherwise

It's saved me quite a few times here in Central Va.

///F80M3 · 07-27-2015, 02:23 PM

I use waze and my redline on road trips.

takrdown · 07-27-2015, 03:05 PM

I'm a bit of a Waze whore. I wear my crown with pride! An Escort detector and Waze can't be beat for a winning combo IMO

Canuckles · 07-27-2015, 03:13 PM

Yep, cant live without it in the major cities whatsoever.

tvo9 · 07-27-2015, 06:16 PM

I use Waze every day. It's funny my car has navigation, and my iPhone is docked next to the 8.4" screen.

People I know think I am crazy for using "double navigation". Ha ha ha...

rr006rbc · 07-27-2015, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tvo9

I use Waze every day. It's funny my car has navigation, and my iPhone is docked next to the 8.4" screen.

People I know think I am crazy for using "double navigation". Ha ha ha...

LOL. I do this as well. One for navi and one for insurance lol.

Goat Rodeo · 07-27-2015, 06:53 PM

Couldn't live without it.. always on when I am in the car.

Ramos · 07-27-2015, 11:13 PM

How much data does it burn through? I'm having to up my data plan from 4Gb to 6Gb. Can it really use that much?

TrevorM3 · 07-28-2015, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramos

How much data does it burn through? I'm having to up my data plan from 4Gb to 6Gb. Can it really use that much?

ditto

SaMaster14 · 07-29-2015, 03:21 AM

I just got it as well. I try and contribute when I see cop cars waiting by major streets.

Really cool app!

Efthreeoh · 07-31-2015, 08:58 PM

A friend of mine has a son ("Andrew") who is a Fairfax, VA County cop. He and his training officer were out on speed patrol a few months ago. His training officers pulls out his smart phone shows Andrew the WAZE app. Says, "See here we are!", then he un-reported their location and just laughed...

3002 tii · 07-31-2015, 09:31 PM

Been a user for few years, can't tell you # of times and HOURS it has saved me. My commute has been 65 miles round trip through 2-3 states and it's saved me a lot of aggravation. Don't think there's a better traffic app out there.

ethanjoon · 07-31-2015, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitrousbird

I use Waze on every drive. I used my Airplay device to mirror the screen onto my iDrive, so I have Waze right there where I want it.

My one complaint, and this goes with most GPS software, is even though it knows traffic patterns and current conditions, it still likes to pick routes that are slower. Every day it tells me a slower way to work. Every day, after skipping 5 of its route changes, it finally routes me the way I wake...and my ETA always goes down by 4 minutes.

Google Maps FTW!!! I don't trust any other GPS.

Ramos · 07-31-2015, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

A friend of mine has a son ("Andrew") who is a Fairfax, VA County cop. He and his training officer were out on speed patrol a few months ago. His training officers pulls out his smart phone shows Andrew the WAZE app. Says, "See here we are!", then he un-reported their location and just laughed...

The algorithm is smarter than that, it takes more than one user reporting "not there" for the "hazard" to go away.

Also what that cop is doing is unethical and illegal not to mention not doing their job and therefore wasting public funds.

Efthreeoh · 08-01-2015, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramos

The algorithm is smarter than that, it takes more than one user reporting "not there" for the "hazard" to go away.

Also what that cop is doing is unethical and illegal not to mention not doing their job and therefore wasting public funds.

LOL. I'm not sticking up for the police and speed traps, but the people you elected to run your county/state make it the job of the police to enforce the speed limits (like dude, it's not ALL they do by the way). And subverting a phone app is not illegal. LOL.

Trust me, I've got my share of speeding tickets and failure to obey traffic devices, blah, blah, blah. Oh, and the time I got a ticket for driving too slow because I was following a guy who ran me off the road when he was on his cell phone (he actually gave me the finger AFTER running ME off the road) -pacing the little pussy by being in front of him - he was driving too slow. Anyway, Last I checked SPEEDING was illegal. If you don't like cops running speed enforcement then don't participate. What unethical is using an app to break posted speed limits.

I drive 160 miles round trip every day to work so driving above the speed limit is in my best interest to make my commute short as possible. But if I get caught, then that's on me.

Kontra · 08-06-2015, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Z K

The only advantage I see in Waze over Google maps is the cops, red light cameras and other things people tag.

I occasionally use Waze but I find Google maps to be just as good for routing around traffic.

And Waze has yet to update its interface for the higher resolution screens on the Iphone 6 and 6+. It looks very dated compared to the slick high resolution of google maps.

Function vs Form ?!

Haven't used Waze in a while, I seem to be invisible to the bacon the past year+. Definitely saved me on a handful of occasions when I first found the app though.

Rickygst · 08-06-2015, 11:18 PM

I use it all the time, love it

GrantE83 · 08-07-2015, 05:31 AM

I downloaded it earlier this week.

I haven't really been anywhere I don't know my way too, but I've had it on to do my share of reporting and hoping to get any police notifications as I drive through London quite a bit.

Need to get a little phone holder in the car as it sits in my cup holder at the moment..

Great little app, I'm sure there is a Waze Forum so any suggestions you have you can contribute would always be a bonus!

Just a bit of a battery killer..

I have 20gb data a month so I'm not fussed on that behalf.

takrdown · 08-07-2015, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Arktis_Conviction

Google Maps FTW!!! I don't trust any other GPS.

You have a point. My rule is if I'm making a trip that I know (to work, etc) or a long trip like CT to DC I use Waze for all of the alerts, but if it's a place I'm going to for the first time I use Google Maps. Google Maps seems to be much better at direction and location, but Waze is way better at traffic and avoiding the 5-0

GrantE83 · 08-10-2015, 07:42 AM

The only thing I don't really like now I have used it a bit more, is it alerts you of a speed camera, but if theres one more half a mile down the road it doesn't warn again, until a couple miles later in a different area.

Here in the UK our motorways are becoming packed with cameras, waze has them located on screen but there is not always a voice notification for them.

slayer72 · 08-10-2015, 10:04 AM

Love WAZE and alway contribute to help the other wayzers.

07-27-2015, 02:12 PM	#23
jbarber0020 Private First Class 14 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Virginia iTrader: (3)	I use Waze any time i'm in the M3. I don't drive fast otherwise It's saved me quite a few times here in Central Va. __________________ 2011.75 E90 M3 ZCP Jet Black, LUX Angel Eyes, Borla ATAK Exhaust, Powdercoated ZCP wheels
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07-27-2015, 02:23 PM	#24
///F80M3 Major 663 Rep 1,095 Posts Drives: 16 AW M3 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	I use waze and my redline on road trips.
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07-27-2015, 03:05 PM	#25
takrdown Other car was a submarine 98 Rep 702 Posts Drives: i4M50 (waiting), 2013 R56 JCW Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central CT iTrader: (7)	I'm a bit of a Waze whore. I wear my crown with pride! An Escort detector and Waze can't be beat for a winning combo IMO
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07-27-2015, 03:13 PM	#26
Canuckles First Lieutenant 117 Rep 331 Posts Drives: MW 2016 F82 M4 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: British Columbia iTrader: (0)	Yep, cant live without it in the major cities whatsoever.
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07-27-2015, 06:16 PM	#27
tvo9 Private 48 Rep 86 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW 128i Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: US iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 Toyota RAV4 [0.00] 2015 Dodge Challenger [0.00] 2012 BMW 128i [0.00]	I use Waze every day. It's funny my car has navigation, and my iPhone is docked next to the 8.4" screen. People I know think I am crazy for using "double navigation". Ha ha ha...
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07-27-2015, 06:53 PM	#29
Goat Rodeo Second Lieutenant 15 Rep 253 Posts Drives: '13 M3, '06 M3, '02 M3 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: DC iTrader: (0)	Couldn't live without it.. always on when I am in the car. __________________ ^ --> FS: 2011.75 M3 Alpine White, Speed Cloth, 6MT, CF Roof
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07-27-2015, 11:13 PM	#30
Ramos Colonel 896 Rep 2,917 Posts Drives: G20 2020 M340 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: So-Cal iTrader: (7)	How much data does it burn through? I'm having to up my data plan from 4Gb to 6Gb. Can it really use that much?
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07-29-2015, 03:21 AM	#32
SaMaster14 Brigadier General 5340 Rep 3,975 Posts Drives: '23 G80 M3C xDrive; '13 e92 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southern California iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW M3 [8.72] 2023 BMW M3 Competi ... [9.63]	I just got it as well. I try and contribute when I see cop cars waiting by major streets. Really cool app! __________________ 2023 G80 M3 Competition xDrive Isle of Man Green on Kyalami Orange full leather - 826M black wheels - Carbon Fiber Trim - Carbon Bucket Seats - Executive/Driving Assist/Parking Packages - Laserlight - M Shadowline Lights - M Drive Pro - CS Trans/Diff/Steering Coding 2013 E92 M3 Mineral White on Bamboo Beige noviello leather (Base w/ Nav, Comfort Access, Lighting Pack) - DINAN Stage 1 and Free Flow Axle-Back Exhaust
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07-31-2015, 08:58 PM	#33
Efthreeoh General 19779 Rep 19,199 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Verginny iTrader: (0)	A friend of mine has a son ("Andrew") who is a Fairfax, VA County cop. He and his training officer were out on speed patrol a few months ago. His training officers pulls out his smart phone shows Andrew the WAZE app. Says, "See here we are!", then he un-reported their location and just laughed... __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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07-31-2015, 09:31 PM	#34
3002 tii Lieutenant General 2562 Rep 12,738 Posts Drives: Z4 M, X5, GX460 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CT iTrader: (102) Garage List E86 Z4 M [10.00] F15 X5 35i [9.17] F10 550i (Retired) [9.17] F25 X3 35i (Retired) [9.43] E85 Z4 M (Retired) [9.44] E82 135is (Retired) [9.53] E90 328xi (Retired) [9.25] E86 Z4 3.0si (Retired) [8.95]	Been a user for few years, can't tell you # of times and HOURS it has saved me. My commute has been 65 miles round trip through 2-3 states and it's saved me a lot of aggravation. Don't think there's a better traffic app out there. __________________ Follow for latest mods
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08-06-2015, 11:18 PM	#39
Rickygst Second Lieutenant 22 Rep 261 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (5)	I use it all the time, love it
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08-07-2015, 05:31 AM	#40
GrantE83 Second Lieutenant 35 Rep 221 Posts Drives: BMW X3 E83 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	I downloaded it earlier this week. I haven't really been anywhere I don't know my way too, but I've had it on to do my share of reporting and hoping to get any police notifications as I drive through London quite a bit. Need to get a little phone holder in the car as it sits in my cup holder at the moment.. Great little app, I'm sure there is a Waze Forum so any suggestions you have you can contribute would always be a bonus! Just a bit of a battery killer.. I have 20gb data a month so I'm not fussed on that behalf.
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08-10-2015, 07:42 AM	#42
GrantE83 Second Lieutenant 35 Rep 221 Posts Drives: BMW X3 E83 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	The only thing I don't really like now I have used it a bit more, is it alerts you of a speed camera, but if theres one more half a mile down the road it doesn't warn again, until a couple miles later in a different area. Here in the UK our motorways are becoming packed with cameras, waze has them located on screen but there is not always a voice notification for them.
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08-10-2015, 10:04 AM	#43
slayer72 Enlisted Member 14 Rep 37 Posts Drives: 2015 M235i X Drive Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: NOVA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 BMW M235i [0.00]	Love WAZE and alway contribute to help the other wayzers.
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