I still have my map as going in the direction I'm going. Being from Europe wind directions don't matter. The roads don't care.

Then the 3d view came out, and that got my preference, and I'm always hoping one day the clouds will represent actual weather.

Anyway, the first car I got when moving to the USA got one of those direction things in the mirror, and I actually started to force myself to think in those terms. It removes a lot of ambiguity when explaining things, for example: you then turn left is more ambiguous than you then turn West.