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I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although I still
drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect, Mapquest has
not let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call
solves the problem

For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use AAA
TripTik services.

So......what made you finally decide to buy one?

They are far from perfect. They almost never take you the way you'd like to
go, especially on a long trip. They are not mind readers and cannot
anticipate little "short cuts" that the driver is familiar with.

For example, I know the back roads route to Orlando from our home. When I
program it into the GPS for someone out of town, the resultant route is far
from optimum. Your can go in an customize the route, but that turns into a
real PIA,

Where I find them quite useful is in a strange city and your looking for a
particular "point of interest" (POI). such as a Sears store or restaurant.

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