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Replying to: ateixeira (May 21, 2009 10:48 am)
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Replying to: robr2 (May 21, 2009 12:50 pm) Or you can pay $119 IIRC and get lifetime map updates for one GPS device. Worth it if you pick a high-end model you're likely to keep for a while. |
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Replying to: robr2 (May 21, 2009 12:50 pm) I should note - that $40 is an annual cost for the 4 updates so it runs half the price of a single annual upgrade. Further, that's the update cost for my particular model - others will vary. The $40 a year isn't bad IMHO.
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Replying to: robr2 (May 22, 2009 6:03 am) Subaru charges $230 for the 2 updated DVDs for the Tribeca. Ouch. Funny thing is there is a West Coast DVD and an East Coast DVD, so often people here buy them and split them, $115 each. |
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I haven't read the article yet, but the photo alone is worth it.  Tech Tuesdays: Connected Portable Nav Test -- Internet Search Hits the Highway (Edmunds Daily)
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Replying to: steve_ (May 27, 2009 6:04 am) I'm also a little disappointed that they didn't include a Garmin with MSN Direct in place of that Alpine. When I hear Alpine I think of audio stuff, not GPS. Any how, I wonder if enough people will pay for all these subscription-based services. Like XM and Sirius, the business model won't sustain several competing services - they will have to merge and form one good one shared by the GPS industry. I bet half of these will be obsolete within 3 years. Another thing - they rate the MSN Direct as the best traffic service, yet other feedback I've heard puts that well behind XM Traffic. I will say that I do see room for improvement in my Garmin's search function, for instance picking the right category alone can be difficult. I was looking for the county recycling center and it fell under "Community", which is not exactly intuitive. So a Google-style search would really help.
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Replying to: ateixeira (May 27, 2009 7:20 am) I have a Garmin Nuvi 250 and the wife and I are going to drive from Southern NJ to Williamsburg, Va. I want to go via Rt.13 in Delaware and on down thru Maryland and NOT to use Rt. 95 and GO the "Scenic Route:....but I don't know how to get to "the scenic route" if there is such a way...It always puts me on Rt.95 most of the way. Everytime I type in the address of the Williamsburg Lodge it puts me on the Rt. 95 highway. Can you advise???? my Email is nortsr  comcast.net nortsr |
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Replying to: nortsr1 (May 27, 2009 7:35 am) The bad news first. Your Garmin is a very basic model, so it doesn't allow you to set multiple waypoints or a preset path prior to leaving on your trip. Other models do, but not your Nuvi 250. The good news is you can still make it work, it's just going to take a bit of effort. Well, a lot of effort, but still, worth it. What you'll have to do is set multiple destinations and maybe some way points inbetween. I just drove on Rt. 13 on Monday, coming home from the beach, so maybe I can help a little. Let's see. I would probably set the Destination as the towns you drive through, and change that as you go. From North to South, you could set Desinations as: Stop 1: Cape May, NJ - then take the Cape-May Lewis Ferry, which should be gorgeous this time of year. Stop 2 Option A: from there, go to Dewey Beach, then Ocean City, then Berlin, all MD. It will take longer but those are all the beach towns. Stop 2 Option B: skip the coast, and go take Rt 13 instead. Set your destinations to Georgetown, then Laurel, then Salisbury. You will mostly see corn fields and chicken farms (Purdue is all over the eastern shore). So option A if you like the beach, option B if you like farm land. Be ready for the stench of chicken manure if you pick B! Stop 3 would be Pocomoke City, then keep going south on Rt. 13 all the way to Kiptopeke. Then take the Chesapeake Bridge/Tunnel, which is breath-takingly beautiful but be ready for the take-your-breath-away Toll as well. It was $22 last time I went. At that point you're close, Williamsburg is a little north but again you're in a scenic area so it would be a nice drive. Do it, at least once. It was take several hours longer (hence why the Garmin routes you elsewhere), no doubt, but you will really enjoy the journey. That's a full day at least, maybe even stop for a day at one of the beaches on the way down, you'll love it.
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Replying to: ateixeira (May 27, 2009 8:10 am)
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Replying to: nortsr1 (May 27, 2009 8:20 am) Garmin's POI database in that area is not particularly great, they still don't have the McDonald's in Bridgeville, and it's been there since the 1980s at least. Still, you should see plenty of gas stations and food stops along the way. Watch out for speed traps in all the small towns, especially where the speed limit drops. And also watch for red light cams on Rt. 13, don't run yellows! |
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