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GPS preference questions
Hi there, traveler ...
have you got the blues?
You say that roads you used ten years ago now go someplace else?
You say that roads you never heard of go where you want to go?
You say that roads that used to be friendly local scenic byways
with speed limits on the slow side of 40 now sport dazzling multi-span three-high bridge interconnections
with 8 lane roads that didn't exist in 1997, all moving at 78 miles an hour wall-to-wall?
is that what's troubling you, Bubby?
In other words, while we were never lost, we were discommoded several times by the rapid change in roads; we came across places where the road we needed to be on was now... continued on the other side of a superhighway, with no bridge to be found... and where the cross street now feeds a barrier littered road with one way signs and a mile-long Robin Hood's barn round-trip to go 40 feet.
So, talk to me of GPS, and of features. I note we have no bluetooth phone, so we prolly don't need that, eh? And who expects the map to sing? Not the most urgent feature for us, that ...
Thanks!
have you got the blues?
You say that roads you used ten years ago now go someplace else?
You say that roads you never heard of go where you want to go?
You say that roads that used to be friendly local scenic byways
with speed limits on the slow side of 40 now sport dazzling multi-span three-high bridge interconnections
with 8 lane roads that didn't exist in 1997, all moving at 78 miles an hour wall-to-wall?
is that what's troubling you, Bubby?
In other words, while we were never lost, we were discommoded several times by the rapid change in roads; we came across places where the road we needed to be on was now... continued on the other side of a superhighway, with no bridge to be found... and where the cross street now feeds a barrier littered road with one way signs and a mile-long Robin Hood's barn round-trip to go 40 feet.
So, talk to me of GPS, and of features. I note we have no bluetooth phone, so we prolly don't need that, eh? And who expects the map to sing? Not the most urgent feature for us, that ...
Thanks!
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2) Definitely do not buy one which you can't update the maps on. Doesn't matter how much you update them the capability to have updated maps is key because that also means that if, by some chance, you go to England (say) you can get the UK maps and still use the same GPS.
3) Related to 1. See how well it works IN YOUR CAR on a drive where you go under bridges and trees and things. I have found some GPS's seem to have better antennae than others and recover from unexpected tunnels quicker and so on.
On the whole cheap is not good when it comes to GPS as the products are still develpoing but the low end model of a reputable brand (e.g. Nuvi, Garmin, Tomtom) is probably all you need.