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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 5:25 am
I would like to get a portable GPS unit and am trying to figure out what to buy. Does anyone have any recommendations or have you bought one and have thoughts of "if I knew then what I know now..." for me to consider? A friend of mine has a Garmin and likes it, but I don't know enough to know what I am looking for!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 5:55 am
We have Garmin and just love it - There is so much information on it as well that I never knew would be there...i.e. points of interest, stores and type of stores etc., It is about the size of a cigarette package so it is great to take with you out of your vehicle as well.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 7:09 am
i LOVE my TomTom (actually his name is Trevor) and you can pop it from car to car. i've even loaned it to friends.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 9:05 am
I have a Jensen and its just like the Garmin, only cheaper. Love it! ETA: I just heard a report on TV last night that thieves are eyeing cars for GPS systems to steal. They look for the stick-on arm that you mount them onto the dashboard or even the faint sign of a ring left on the windshield after the mount has been taken down.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 9:19 am
My sister has a TomTom, and we used it traveling from NY to Michigan. It was almost scarey how it even knew that there was construction, and offered an alternate route through Detroit. Very simple to operate, and she bought it new through some dealer on E-Bay. Saved a ton of money and it was brand new.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 12:59 pm
Gee, thanks everyone! Good stuff! What is the difference in the different price points and features? I am not a huge techie type....though also am usually trainable. I am on the road a lot by myself and want to have something to help me not have to run a Mapquest when I am trying to find something! I want to spend as little as possible, of course, but then again I don't want to find out that for $100 extra, I could gain much more functionality. And is there anything to consider about geography?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 1:04 pm
I've heard that the mapping generally in all systems is not kept up to date very well.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 2:01 pm
no longer true anymore color. i know with my TomTom, i can have it automatically update the maps when i link it with the cable to my computer.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, March 28, 2008 - 3:21 pm
We have a Magellan and love it. I can use it, without having read any instructions. I think there are more things it can do, and I will read about it one day.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 1:12 pm
We've got a TomTom Go 720 and love it. Like the 4.3" screen so much better than hubby's boss' 3.5" TomTom One. Updates for maps are free, and there is even pay by use traffic service [tells you if there are reported road closings, accidents, weather, etc.] if you don't live in Hicksville, Iowa like we do. *L* Oh and you can submit map errors or updates to the TomTom website and they will check them out and add them to their updates if valid. Lots of cool "guides". Ozzy Osbourne is the only one who gets mad at you [so far] if you don't listen to and go the way he says he'll finally say "Well just go f****** straight then if you want to!" Ozzy is not one of the "guides" that comes with the system.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 1:15 pm
ETA: I just heard a report on TV last night that thieves are eyeing cars for GPS systems to steal. They look for the stick-on arm that you mount them onto the dashboard or even the faint sign of a ring left on the windshield after the mount has been taken down. Just a plus for living in Hicksville, IA as this doesn't happen much here. But when we travel we make sure the inside windshield is clean before we leave, and wipe off any signs of the arm. Hubby's boss has his perm mounted but so far hasn't had any problems.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 2:38 pm
Serate, where are you in Iowa? Both my parent were from small farming communities in NE Iowa so still have relatives there.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 11:12 pm
watch out Serate! she just wants to know so she can come steal your TomTom! hehehhee!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 6:41 am
Here's a coincidence . . . . When I was working at one of my first long-term jobs in my late teens, had to work with an older, very hard-looking woman. I was afraid of her. One day she told me she was going to visit relatives in Iowa. I asked here where in Iowa. "You've never heard of it." "Where?" "You've never heard of it." "WHERE." "Monona." "Oh, that little town next to Luana." (Luana was my father's hometown.) Her jaw dropped. Monona and Luana are very small neighboring communities. Turns out our family members knew each other there and I think a there had been a marriage. That older woman and I were almost related!!! My Mom's hometown is Tripoli. (Natives pronouce it Tripola.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 7:16 am
By the way, the older woman and I were working in downtown Chicago. She and I became very good buddies after that. In fact, when my parents and I made trips to Iowa to visit relatives after that, we took the woman with us. She was older. She and my parents were very close in age.
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