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I'm not a Garmen fan.
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. |
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
"Tim" wrote in message ... 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 |
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#3
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
On Dec 21, 10:15*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it. |
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#4
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Dec 21, 10:15 am, "Steve B" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it. We were given that basic Tom Tom. I programmed it on a flight to Kauai. We landed on a moonless night, plugged it in, popped it on the windshield, and it took us right to our condo through a maze of roads. Turn right, turn left, stay in the left lane. It was easy to use. We have used it lots and lots since. We have found that it will try to take you on nonexistent roads, but many times it will take us ways we would have never thought, and we end up getting there faster and avoiding traffic. Now, there are alerts beamed to the units that tell of traffic blockages so they navigate you around them. They do have limitations, but they are handy. Particularly if you learn how to use them. We regularly use it to find the closest gas station, restaurant, etc. That helps out when you are in unfamiliar cities. Steve |
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
On Dec 21, 11:09*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Dec 21, 10:15 am, "Steve B" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message .... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it. We were given that basic Tom Tom. *I programmed it on a flight to Kauai.. *We landed on a moonless night, plugged it in, popped it on the windshield, and it took us right to our condo through a maze of roads. *Turn right, turn left, stay in the left lane. *It was easy to use. We have used it lots and lots since. *We have found that it will try to take you on nonexistent roads, but many times it will take us ways we would have never thought, and we end up getting there faster and avoiding traffic. Now, there are alerts beamed to the units that tell of traffic blockages so they navigate you around them. They do have limitations, but they are handy. *Particularly if you learn how to use them. *We regularly use it to find the closest gas station, restaurant, etc. *That helps out when you are in unfamiliar cities. Steve- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I will say this, it did tell that the speedometer in the car is one mile off. When doing 65 we're actually doing 64. I know there is custom programming, but at this venture I can't see any need for it for me. 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 |
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
On Dec 21, 11:59*am, Tim wrote:
On Dec 21, 10:15*am, "Steve B" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message .... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I wouldn't be without mine anymore. My new one even tells you what lane to be in on freeways. |
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#7
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
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 .... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I wouldn't be without mine anymore. My new one even tells you what lane to be in on freeways.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. |
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
"Loogypicker" wrote in message ... On Dec 21, 11:59 am, Tim wrote: On Dec 21, 10:15 am, "Steve B" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... 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 - - Show quoted text - Sure thing. it's hers so I'll let her read it.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I wouldn't be without mine anymore. My new one even tells you what lane to be in on freeways. -=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. --Mike |
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I'm not a Garmen fan.
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. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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