I'm not a Garmen fan.
 

On Dec 21, 11:49*am, "mgg" wrote:
"Loogypicker" wrote in message

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On Dec 21, 11:59 am, Tim wrote:





On Dec 21, 10:15 am, "Steve B" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

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OK, I dont' know what the model is but the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

Included in the directions are ways to set it so that it takes you the
fastest way, the way with the most freeways, etc. Yeah, that little
white
book that came with the unit.

Read those. Lots of good stuff in it.

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I wouldn't be without mine anymore. My new one even tells you what
lane to be in on freeways.

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I'm with you. I use the Garmin app on my Blackberry. It's every bit as good
as the stand alone units (but smaller screen), and it's always with me.

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LOL! My old cell phone doesn't even have a camera in it. And if I
leave it at home, I don't feel naked wihout it. I don't know how to
send a text and if I really want to send a messege, I'll call and
leave a message.

Same way with the computer I'm on. Windows 98 with dial up.

I suppose I'm way behind the times. But then again. I'm
comfortable .Or maybe "comfortably numb"

I'm not a Garmen fan.
 

On Dec 21, 12:38*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:





OK, I dont' know what the model is but *the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. *Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

I have a handheld Garmin that has both river and road navigation. *I
don't recall the model number. *I'll have to take a look when I get
home. *It's not a high-end model. *But, the river navigation was a
plus. *We used it going down the Mississippi, and we could determine
how many hours we had to travel to meet our ETA. * It has a variety of
additional functions, and we used it to mark locations that we thought
we might want to return to sometime, such as isolated fishing spots or
attractive sandbars. *The road navigation isn't too bad, either. *As
far as road navigation, I'm still a bit old fashioned, too, though. *I
still use a laptop and Microsoft Streets and Trips. *Works well.

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concerning road trips, I'll hit up mapquest and print off the
directions. But that's rare, because I don't get out often.

?;^ )

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"Tim" wrote in message
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OK, I dont' know what the model is but the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

Included in the directions are ways to set it so that it takes you the
fastest way, the way with the most freeways, etc. Yeah, that little white
book that came with the unit.

Read those. Lots of good stuff in it.

Steve


Yabut, sometimes those things are just a pain to set. Going through the
city the only way to avoid the back roads is to manually dismiss
waypoints through a very tedious process in some cases. I look at the
maps to find the highway route and exit I want, then let it take me from
there. I use it as a guide to find banks, gas, food, whatever,
especially wnen I am in a place far away camping for the weekend.. They
are pretty good around town.

I'm not a Garmen fan.
 

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@m3g2000yqf.googlegroups.com, says...

On Dec 21, 11:19*am, Loogypicker wrote:
On Dec 21, 11:59*am, Tim wrote:





On Dec 21, 10:15*am, "Steve B" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message

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OK, I dont' know what the model is but *the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. *Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

Included in the directions are ways to set it so that it takes you the
fastest way, the way with the most freeways, etc. *Yeah, that little white
book that came with the unit.

Read those. *Lots of good stuff in it.

Steve- Hide quoted text -

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I wouldn't be without mine anymore. My new one even tells you what
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Loog, can they really become that addictive? I can see where they can
be a huge advantage navigating in the large metro areas, but hhere in
rural BF Egypt. I found out that it was more of a hinderance then an
advantage. or at least it was for me.

Um, Guilty. I run it all the time. I have missed exits while turning it
on and waiting for the sats to catch up, even when I knew damn well
where I was going. I like knowing how far and long I have gone/to go...

I'm not a Garmen fan.
 

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:59:32 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 21, 12:38*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:





OK, I dont' know what the model is but *the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. *Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

I have a handheld Garmin that has both river and road navigation. *I
don't recall the model number. *I'll have to take a look when I get
home. *It's not a high-end model. *But, the river navigation was a
plus. *We used it going down the Mississippi, and we could determine
how many hours we had to travel to meet our ETA. * It has a variety of
additional functions, and we used it to mark locations that we thought
we might want to return to sometime, such as isolated fishing spots or
attractive sandbars. *The road navigation isn't too bad, either. *As
far as road navigation, I'm still a bit old fashioned, too, though. *I
still use a laptop and Microsoft Streets and Trips. *Works well.

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concerning road trips, I'll hit up mapquest and print off the
directions. But that's rare, because I don't get out often.

?;^ )

I wouldn't have thunk that you don't get out often, Tim. You have too
many hobbies, it seems to me. :)

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In article a38e8558-29ab-4ff6-bac3-
, says...

On Dec 21, 12:38*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:





OK, I dont' know what the model is but *the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. *Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

I have a handheld Garmin that has both river and road navigation. *I
don't recall the model number. *I'll have to take a look when I get
home. *It's not a high-end model. *But, the river navigation was a
plus. *We used it going down the Mississippi, and we could determine
how many hours we had to travel to meet our ETA. * It has a variety of
additional functions, and we used it to mark locations that we thought
we might want to return to sometime, such as isolated fishing spots or
attractive sandbars. *The road navigation isn't too bad, either. *As
far as road navigation, I'm still a bit old fashioned, too, though. *I
still use a laptop and Microsoft Streets and Trips. *Works well.

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concerning road trips, I'll hit up mapquest and print off the
directions. But that's rare, because I don't get out often.

?;^ )

I always do that too, as a backup...

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On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:44:48 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

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, says...

On Dec 21, 12:38*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:





OK, I dont' know what the model is but *the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. *Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

I have a handheld Garmin that has both river and road navigation. *I
don't recall the model number. *I'll have to take a look when I get
home. *It's not a high-end model. *But, the river navigation was a
plus. *We used it going down the Mississippi, and we could determine
how many hours we had to travel to meet our ETA. * It has a variety of
additional functions, and we used it to mark locations that we thought
we might want to return to sometime, such as isolated fishing spots or
attractive sandbars. *The road navigation isn't too bad, either. *As
far as road navigation, I'm still a bit old fashioned, too, though. *I
still use a laptop and Microsoft Streets and Trips. *Works well.

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concerning road trips, I'll hit up mapquest and print off the
directions. But that's rare, because I don't get out often.

?;^ )

I always do that too, as a backup...

I don't know about Mapquest; but, Google Maps has street level pics of
each location and transition points (for lack of a better way of
putting it) along the route. It's a nice feature.

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On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:52 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

OK, I dont' know what the model is but the wife bought a Garmen. The
cheaper one that was on sale for $89.00, and it might be OK, but I'm
not really sure if I like it or not. We thought we'd test it out and
use it to find a good route to take us from our house to our daughters
college with is about 130 mi. away. I have the trusted and true route
that I always take and it's served me well for several years, but we
thought we'd let the Garmen plan it out this time. It took us down
about every county road that I didn't even know existed, with a lot of
stop and turn stuff. Granted, the 'robot lady' gave us ample signals
on which road to take and early enough warning so we wouldn't miss a
turn, but it took us "over the river and through the woods" including
gravel and potholed blacktops. The trip may have been shorter but I
can't say it saved us any time, nor wear and tear on the car. Coming
back we ignored the Garmen and took the proven route and it was a lot
smoother.

I can see how people can run off into lakes, canyons and other unknown
hazards that the Garmen doesn't recognize. She bought it to navigate
around in cities and find seemingly uncharted address's, and that's
fine. But I don't think I'll be using it to navigate trips for myself.
I suppose what I'm saying is that at this moment in time, I can't see
much of a reason for a Garmen in my future. Maybe I'm too much of a
Luddite.

They're good if you don't know the area.
When you know how to get somewhere the best way, they really look
stupid.
Take it with you if stray away from home.
You'll like it then.
On mine (Nuvi 200) changing the fastest/shortest setting never made a
difference when I tried it.

--Vic

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"Tim" wrote

Speaking of Hawai'i, When we fly into Kaui'i, I can go right from the
air port to our destination with no trouble. but then again, after
being there several times, it's kinds of hard to get lost on Kauai'i

If you've been there more than two days, it is hard to get lost. The roads
form a big C, and you will reach the end of one or the other soon. Anyone
who can follow the sun, and is any good at orienteering can find their way
around after the first day.

Steve

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"Tim" wrote

Loog, can they really become that addictive? I can see where they can
be a huge advantage navigating in the large metro areas, but hhere in
rural BF Egypt. I found out that it was more of a hinderance then an
advantage. or at least it was for me.

Don't discount the value of that. IF and whenever you DO go to the big
city, it is most helpful to be in the proper lane with all that traffic
bearing down on you.

Steve