I choose my car stereo (Pioneer Avic f90bt) because it has MSN Direct to go with the nav! I had no idea that the service was going to end. Sad day. So I'll get a few bucks back, and no longer have access to traffic updates. Nice. MS, you made me sad today. :(

This is really too bad. MSN Direct offers a functionality no other service offers. Much better (more information) than the dramatically more expensive XM Nav service as well as the RDS services that are a joke. What the service needed was for a Car company to pick it up as part of its factory navigation system. This would have provided a much better service than any Factory navigation system I am aware of and provided the inertia to help the system evolve. Too bad the coperate types couldn't figure this out.