[AT] OT: Garmin Car GPS

[charliehill]

GPS works and is a big help particularly in Metro areas but it's not always 
reliable. It doesn't always send you the best way.  Lynn's parents were 
using their Tom Tom on a trip to Greenville NC a couple of years ago.  Tom 
Tom took them off of I-95 at Rocky Mount, east on US 64 then south on a 2 
lane rural road for about 30 miles.  That is probably the closest way but 
they could have stayed on I-95 for another 45 minutes, gone east on US 264 
with a 70 mph speed limit and a freeway ramp that would have taken them 
directly to the stop light in front of the motel.

I see it as a good back up and a good way to find your way around problems 
but it's still best to have your route planned out in advance.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Garmin Car GPS


>
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking seriously about getting a GPS for my truck.... to move
>> into the 21st century..... ;)
>
> I'm kind of a luddite on this sort of thing.  But a year or more ago
> when we started looking for a place to move to, my wife quietly bought
> a Garmin to use on our trips.  She said, at least, that she got it on
> sale.  No question about it, the thing took us from place to place
> much better than I could have with any number of maps.  WIth a kid
> yammering in the back seat, and my wife freaking out cause we are late
> to meet a real estate agent, it was at least somewhat comforting to
> know we were taking the most direct route.
>
> Our Garmin has a selection of voices. We  like the Australian man.  We
> call it Nigel.  He mis pronounces some road names but we got used to
> that.
>
> Now the thing is telling us the database is out of date and we should
> upgrade it.  I think that might cost $75, so it's gonna wait!
>
> Roy
>
>
> Roy Morgan
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