Tim
"I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one? "



Bought a new Garmin nuvi 2597LMT on sale at COSTCO last November. The old model didn't have the map updates and I didn't feel like paying the high fee each time. This model has lifetime map upgrades plus the traffic info...which probably doesn't apply way out here.

Tim
"I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one? "



Bought a new Garmin nuvi 2597LMT on sale at COSTCO last November. The old model didn't have the map updates and I didn't feel like paying the high fee each time. This model has lifetime map upgrades plus the traffic info...which probably doesn't apply way out here.

BTW...the online reports were mostly positive for the nuvi 2597LMT at that time. Haven't checked lately.

On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 8:29:49 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 7/1/2015 1:02 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:36:39 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one?

===

Do you already have an Android or Apple smart phone? If so you may
find that mapping app to be as good as a Garmin. My Android phone
even has pretty good speech recognition for destination searching. I
think the key is to use a phone with a large, brightly lit screen.
Mine came from Amazon at a very reasonable price and with a very nice
screen:

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-5-5S-Quad-Unlocked-White/dp/B00IWCCYY8


I find it strange that everyone seems to think talking on a cell phone
is a huge danger but screwing with a GPS or any of that other dash
mounted computer hardware is just fine.




Thing is, you can set your destination on a dash mounted GPS before you
start driving and after that it's pretty much hands free. Cell phones
are a whole different story.


What different story. If you are talking to a frustrating Nav
computer, it is easily as distracting as carrying on a phone
conversation. You will also be tempted to look at the display and not
blindly turn when it says you should.

Personally I hate nav systems. I would rather look a hard copy map for
a few minutes and just drive there. It is actually pretty seldom that
I even need a map and I drove all over for work (50k miles a year in
DC).

Talking to a nav system? It talks to me. I glance at it, just like I do my mirrors, gauges, etc. No issue here.

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:29:34 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 7/1/2015 1:02 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:36:39 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one?

===

Do you already have an Android or Apple smart phone? If so you may
find that mapping app to be as good as a Garmin. My Android phone
even has pretty good speech recognition for destination searching. I
think the key is to use a phone with a large, brightly lit screen.
Mine came from Amazon at a very reasonable price and with a very nice
screen:

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-5-5S-Quad-Unlocked-White/dp/B00IWCCYY8


I find it strange that everyone seems to think talking on a cell phone
is a huge danger but screwing with a GPS or any of that other dash
mounted computer hardware is just fine.




Thing is, you can set your destination on a dash mounted GPS before you
start driving and after that it's pretty much hands free. Cell phones
are a whole different story.


What different story. If you are talking to a frustrating Nav
computer, it is easily as distracting as carrying on a phone
conversation. You will also be tempted to look at the display and not
blindly turn when it says you should.

Personally I hate nav systems. I would rather look a hard copy map for
a few minutes and just drive there. It is actually pretty seldom that
I even need a map and I drove all over for work (50k miles a year in
DC).

My Garmin saved me some bucks by keeping me off toll roads on the trip to
Shipsewanna. Probably paid for itself. And, we got to see some nice countryside.
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

I got a new Garmin and it didn't cost me a dime, lol.

All of a sudden I thought now wait a second. My wife bought a new 2015 Honda CRV with the gps built in it, so I asked here if she still had her "old" one and yes she did and told me where it was. It's about 9 months old. So now I'm set.

Woo Hoooo!

"Tim
I got a new Garmin and it didn't cost me a dime, lol.

All of a sudden I thought now wait a second. My wife bought a new 2015 Honda CRV with the gps built in it, so I asked here if she still had her "old" one and yes she did and told me where it was. It's about 9 months old. So now I'm set.

Woo Hoooo!"




That is good news. Have fun with it.

On 7/2/2015 10:04 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:29:34 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 7/1/2015 1:02 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:36:39 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one?

===

Do you already have an Android or Apple smart phone? If so you may
find that mapping app to be as good as a Garmin. My Android phone
even has pretty good speech recognition for destination searching. I
think the key is to use a phone with a large, brightly lit screen.
Mine came from Amazon at a very reasonable price and with a very nice
screen:

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-5-5S-Quad-Unlocked-White/dp/B00IWCCYY8


I find it strange that everyone seems to think talking on a cell phone
is a huge danger but screwing with a GPS or any of that other dash
mounted computer hardware is just fine.




Thing is, you can set your destination on a dash mounted GPS before you
start driving and after that it's pretty much hands free. Cell phones
are a whole different story.


What different story. If you are talking to a frustrating Nav
computer, it is easily as distracting as carrying on a phone
conversation. You will also be tempted to look at the display and not
blindly turn when it says you should.

Personally I hate nav systems. I would rather look a hard copy map for
a few minutes and just drive there. It is actually pretty seldom that
I even need a map and I drove all over for work (50k miles a year in
DC).

My Garmin saved me some bucks by keeping me off toll roads on the trip to
Shipsewanna. Probably paid for itself. And, we got to see some nice countryside.


Cost me $10 to cross the Hudson and $2.50 on the MA pike last week. Not
too shabby. No tolls crossing the Hudson westbound.

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Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

I'm planning on it Don. It'll come in handy

On 7/2/2015 10:19 AM, Tim wrote:
I got a new Garmin and it didn't cost me a dime, lol.

All of a sudden I thought now wait a second. My wife bought a new
2015 Honda CRV with the gps built in it, so I asked here if she still
had her "old" one and yes she did and told me where it was. It's
about 9 months old. So now I'm set.

Woo Hoooo!

We have a CRV With a GPS. Not too intuitive to operate. She'll probably
be asking for the Garmin back.

--

Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."


How would your low brain output skew the results of that test