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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 10:29 PM
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I am looking at the Loweance iway 500c.

Does anyone own one and what do you think about it.

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Are there any other systems I should be looking at.
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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I went with the AVIC N1
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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Holly,

I have a Garmin 2610 (old model now) that I am very pleased with. It's portable (car to car) and seems very accurate. You might want to check them out.

Regards.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 02:36 AM
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seems pretty cool. i like the mp3 storage capability as well. for $700 it seems like a good deal
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 06:35 AM
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Looks pretty cool actually. I own the Garmin Street Pilot, but this one seems worth the money considering the additional MP3 capability.

Paul
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 08:00 PM
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I have been using a Magellan Color for quite a while. It has a small screen, but very handy and accurate. It will show arrival to my driveway within 6 feet. I have velcrod it to my motorcycle (water resistant capable), used it in an airplane to 525 mph, hiked to 5000 ft altitude in the Smokys (accurate to precisely noted geodesic survey on the chart), used in in another vehicle for a 3000 mile road trip. You can record waypoints and tracks and then download them to your computer for later on...AA batteries or aux plug...all for about 4 bills. Next aquisition for the Vette will probably be a Panasonic AVIC N2.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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I just use the GPS on my Nextel. $10 a month. Can't beat it.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by PetalBombC5
I just use the GPS on my Nextel. $10 a month. Can't beat it.
mine is $0 a month... and soon it'll have gps tracking ability that'll update the position of the car to an online database
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I use an Ipac with Pocketmap software. Portable and easy to use
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I have been using a Magellan color. Very accurate and easy to use.
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AVIC-N1 here.
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I have a Garmin 60c, which is a portable GPS. It has a color screen and has very precise mapping capabilities. It has the ability to look up addresses. I couldn't have spent the money any better.
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Garmin, very happy with it. The picture is after I bought it. Today I routed the cable through the vent behind the unit.

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