Google maps - not!

Well I guess I can never trust Google maps again!!! I had to rent a car on this trip to DC because I will be visiting a school in Laurel MD tomorrow. So I decided to stay in Silver Springs which is on the red line for after I turn in the car and therefore an easy metro trip into DC for the rest of the trip as well as only about 20 minutes away from the school. So I trustfully Google how to get from DCA to the hotel in Silver Springs. I with great trust follow the directions out the airport and through downtown until I realize they are taking me to the White House and the wrong direction!!! Ok, so driving in downtown DC is worse then driving in downtown SF - no hills that you can't see over, but more circles than you can shake a stick at. Also I am sure the scheme of streets made sense to someone, but obviously not enough sense to the person that made up the rental car map to include most of them. So it is pouring rain, I am in a strange land in a strange car and pretty lost. So I call the hotel and get a wonderfully patient man who ends up having to talk to me several times before I finally end up on the right street and can drive to the hotel about 30 miles away from where Google wanted me to go. I don't think I can trust them again. :-)