Don't think I can wait for XMASS. I'm going to wait till she takes her afternoon nap and get the GPS out of the package and play with it. If i'm carefull she'll never know. Stay tuned.
George

 

Who has experience with these, I've been convinced now by my dad that I need one. I do tend to get lost on trips so it doesn't take very much to convince me that I do need one.

 

ORNG1 They are user friendly. My advice is to go to a Circuit City,Best Buy,Cosco etc. and play with the ones on display. Once you decide on which on (the higher the price the more options it has) you can buy it there or order it online which generally is cheaper.If you need more info let me know.
George

 

I loaded the Topo Maps for All of Calif.,some of Nev. and AZ. I used the 4GB card.
I'm not sure I want to keep this unit as I put in a Trip to Salton City to see how it would work. It got me to the destination but would have me going North on the 15 and then 78 to Romona instead of 67 to Ramona and then on from there adding about 20+ miles to the trip. I guess that is how the memory is programmed. I'm going to call Garmin Tech again tomorrow and asked how I work aroung this and if I have to live with it Circuit City is getting it back.
I like the address thing but if it is going to take you there using the major HWYS instead the most direct route I'll live with my fishfinder/map unit and keep transferring it between vehicles.
BigGeo

 

Found a way to show the shortest route. It was there all the time. That learning curve again.

 

I suspected there should be something like that. Or a way to adjust preferences for interstates.

My playing will have to wait until after Santa heads back up north.

 

I know with my garmin, if you go off track or take a different road, it'll re-calculate on the fly your route/destination based on where you're at.

 

If you don't know where your going then you wont get off the map route.

 

Are you not the one who seems to get lost on trips.
The GPS I just purchased that is suppose to be for XMASS and am fooling with not only gets you there but helps you find the necessities. Gas,food,Motels ETC. I know it is something I can live without but hell why not.

 

LOL yeah I get lost because some of the spots I get to deliver to don't have a visible address.

I went to best buy today and their displays were horible. As soon as I'd get a map the thing would start the video display and the guy couldn't really answer any real questions for me. Is there a better spot that I can mess with them? I think the Garman is out from what I saw though. I liked the display of the TOMTOM better.

 

If you have a Wal-Mart or Circuit City near you they should have a good display. At least the ones near my house do.
Tom-Toms are okay. Put in an address you had to go to at one time that you had a hard time finding and see what it does for you. What I like about the Garmin Nuvi units is that you can add a SD card with topo maps and some even have FM traffic alerts. There are some good buys on the Internet once you figure out which one you want.

 

Yeah the hard part is finding the one that may work best for me.

I saw one that I liked by Insignia I think, which is a best buy brand. I really liked the map design over the others. It had street names from before your route which the others didn't display.

 

I stand corrected. Some of the TomTom units do take an SD Card. Here is a review of them.
TomTom ONE GPS Review

 

This is scary, my wifes nick name at work (school) is swmbo and she also drives an Escape (hybrid) and is also techno challenged. On another note be careful with a suction cup mount on the windshield as it is tecnically illegal in Kali.

 

Really, illegal? That's gay.