Vehicle GPS Recommendations

aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
1. They will ALL occasionally give you stupid directions.

Look for one that comes with free lifetime updates.
What features do you actually want?
I picked up a Garmin Nuvi 1390 last year for about $100 and it woks OK for the most part. It doesn't find all addresses and I can't plan a rout online and then down load it to the GPS.
Thinking about upgrading to a Garmin Zumo 650 and using it for both the bike and car
 
DEEKAYPEE8569

DEEKAYPEE8569

Well-Known Member
aps45819 said:
1. They will ALL occasionally give you stupid directions.

Look for one that comes with free lifetime updates.
What features do you actually want?
I picked up a Garmin Nuvi 1390 last year for about $100 and it woks OK for the most part. It doesn't find all addresses and I can't plan a rout online and then down load it to the GPS.
Thinking about upgrading to a Garmin Zumo 650 and using it for both the bike and car
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I am looking for something that I can type just about any address into; wether it's around the corner or across the country and it will at least get me within city limits before recalculating. The lifetime free updates are a selling point also. I seldom leave the area, BUT when I do, is when I would need the GPS.
 
TimTheToolMan

TimTheToolMan

Member
I have a Garmin nuvi 2595LMT that I purchased last year and love it. It has lifetime map updates (4 updates a year), it is voice activated (I can say "find address, 120th street, ocean city, maryland" and it will give directions), traffic (if there is an accident along my route, it will reroute me) and it will also bluetooth into my phone so I can use it as a hands free device. I think it was around $130 or so.
 
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FED_UP

Well-Known Member
RoseRed said:
How did people ever get by without GPS? I still have never used it. :shrug:
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I use to print out google directions, just more convenient to have the GPS. Especially when you run into a major back up on a highway, you can search alternate route, unless there is only one bridge then you are screwed anyway. The thing beeps when approaching a speed cam.
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
FED_UP said:
I use to print out google directions, just more convenient to have the GPS. Especially when you run into a major back up on a highway, you can search alternate route, unless there is only one bridge then you are screwed anyway. The thing beeps when approaching a speed cam.
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I used to use this thing called a map.
it was a big sheet of printed paper that had roads and stuff on it.
from there I went to a road atlas so I would have all the states in one book.

they always worked ok as long as you could lay it across the steering wheel to study it while driving.
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
bcp said:
I used to use this thing called a map.
it was a big sheet of printed paper that had roads and stuff on it.
from there I went to a road atlas so I would have all the states in one book.
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You old people crack me up.
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
bcp said:
I used to use this thing called a map.
it was a big sheet of printed paper that had roads and stuff on it.
from there I went to a road atlas so I would have all the states in one book.

they always worked ok as long as you could lay it across the steering wheel to study it while driving.
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I called that a cellulose navigation system.

Since I started working in Anacostia I appreciate traffic updates and re routes around choke points.
A couple of weeks ago a truck dumped a load of dirt on Rt. 5 and it directed me right around it.

The printed map wouldn't do that
 
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bresamil

wandering aimlessly
I've always been a map person. I'm pretty sure by the third time the gps said "recalculating" I'd throw it out a window.
 
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