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Replying to: kiawah (Dec 21, 2008 7:56 pm) |
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Replying to: DudeWTF (Dec 21, 2008 5:48 pm) The Garmin has a feature where you can avoid local roads, highways, toll roads, etc. If you have it set to avoid local roads, it probably won't take you on Rt 6 as it did. I had that problem when I first used my older Garmin, and I have to agree that it made me frustrated until I learned otherwise. Regarding the missing turns, one thing I try to do at the beginning of the ride: review the turn-by-turn directions. Also, do you have WAAS turned on or off? On is supposed to be more accurate, however it takes longer to get the satellite hook-up. If you really want to improve the satellite accuracy, Garmin does sell an auxiliary antennae that you can add on. I had one for my old Street Pilot2610, but don't use it on my Nuvi370. Mark |
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I agree with all you are saying. I love my Garmin Nuvi 760. And it has worked excellent while I am driving in unfamiliar territory. But, I have experienced the same short comings when I am in my neck of the woods, especially: 1. When it will tell me to get off and then get right back onto the highway. This will happen when I have it programed to "shortest distance" if it finds out the exit/on ramp is lest distance, or when I have it programmed to fastest time, it will have me do this in heavy traffic. 2. The City is not always correct. On a few occasions it has the wrong city for the correct address. Most often a "search all" rather than enter city will get around this problem. But other than those two nuances, the nuvi works great, has really come in handy and is very portable, so if i were to use a valet parking, it easily can fit into a coat pocket. And FWIW, it was about 60% less than what any factory installed GPS would have cost. |
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For $189 at BB.. that was $300 back in June.. Has TTS and wide-screen..
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Replying to: kyfdx (Dec 22, 2008 2:35 pm) Best Buy Streets Trips |
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Bought a Tom Tom One for my parents for Xmas. Took it home... misleading advertising I thought. i.e spoken directions at each turn... but not text to speech. Price was $129 wihich included a $40 gift card. Took it back, got a Garmin 260 (3.5 screen) which was $159... text to speech. Really like my Garmin Streetpilot thus far. I've been seeing more of the off brands that have text to speech for around $89 with a 3.5 inch screen... a 4.3 inch screen for about $20 more. Curious if the off brand do as well performance and reliability wise as the big brands like Garmin and Tom Tom.
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Replying to: jipster (Dec 23, 2008 5:59 pm)  It was about $90 or so on sale. I've found it better than expected at finding addresses; there's only been a couple of times I was on a road that wasn't on the map. The text to speech function is a must. The small screen lets it fit in front of my tach or temp gauge on the instrument panel, so it's visible but unobtrusive. And I've been using the MP3 function around the house a bit. Pretty happy with the deal. I haven't used any of the competing brands to really compare though. |
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Replying to: jipster (Dec 23, 2008 5:59 pm) That's what I got first, so for me it's also easier to copy all my locations from an old device to a new one. I've sampled a Dash and it was so inferior it wasn't even funny. I was in the beta program and they said I could keep the device for FREE ($300 retail) if I paid for a one year subscription to their traffic data service, and I still turned it down. That's how much better the Garmin is. $189 for the 260W is a deal, and I think I saw the 205W also at BB for $159. I mean, map updates alone cost $75! That's like getting the device, charger, and stand for $84, plus it's a 4.4" widescreen. I think the prices have come down to no-brainer levels, and we will soon see one of these in nearly every car on the road. I may get a Miata PRHT and if I do I will soon purchase my 4th Garmin (sold the first to a co-worker).
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Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 24, 2008 9:28 am) For the off brands, there's a Navigon 2100 for $69.99 at Office Depot, a Sony NVU94T for $189 at Best Buy, a Sony Nav-U at Sears for $79.99, a TomTom One at 125 at Radio Shack for $99.99 and a Pharos PRD200 at Amazon for $99. Usual disclaimers - that's just from skimming the recent deals at fatwallet.com and there are various restrictions with some of these deals, and some may have already expired. But yeah, getting down to no-brainer levels, at least until the industry decides to consolidate. And why update the maps when you can buy a new unit for not much more money? The update prices need to crash to earth, especially on the factory OEM units.
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 24, 2008 11:48 am) That is for sure. If I spent $500 to upgrade the NAV in my Sequoia and it was no better than it is now, I would not be happy. I have gotten used to the poor routing. I would never pay the price for an OEM NAV in another vehicle.
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