Gotta 340. Used it all over Texas, Ohio and Michigan. Good value! Easy to use.
GPS Recommendations - please
Melting Slicks
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GPS Plant Manager
I was the Rockwell-Collins Plant manager for 10 years that produced the GPS systems for all branches of the US military. My recommendation is the Garman 650. This unit is totally touch screen, has a backlite 4.3" screen that reads well in the sunlight. It normally sells for $600 at Bestbuy and is on sale for $500 at this time. We have one and it is a great machine, and it's portable so you can move it from car to car. Good luck! Ron
PS- check out the alternate mounting base that allows you to place it on your dash inlieu of sticking it to your windshield- it'll place the unit a lot closer to you. This little "beanbag" type base costs $40, but it's well worth it.
PS- check out the alternate mounting base that allows you to place it on your dash inlieu of sticking it to your windshield- it'll place the unit a lot closer to you. This little "beanbag" type base costs $40, but it's well worth it.
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Le Mans Master
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I have a Magellan Meridian Color, which is a handheld unit, but it also came with car mounting equipment. My uncle has a Garmin.
My thoughts: Magellan pulls a signal better. Take the Garmin off the dash and lose the signal. Magellan works inside the car under the roof. I don't know if the software is different for the units dedicated specifically for cars, but my Magellan software SUCKS as far as directions, etc. Very user unfriendly.
And as a whole, Magellan tech support DOUBLE SUCKS!! It's in India, and they don't know what the hell they are doing. Every time you call you get a different answer. Terrible.
So if I was buying one now, my tendency would be to stay away from Magellan for that reason, but be aware of the signal issue, and see if they have a good return policy.
My thoughts: Magellan pulls a signal better. Take the Garmin off the dash and lose the signal. Magellan works inside the car under the roof. I don't know if the software is different for the units dedicated specifically for cars, but my Magellan software SUCKS as far as directions, etc. Very user unfriendly.
And as a whole, Magellan tech support DOUBLE SUCKS!! It's in India, and they don't know what the hell they are doing. Every time you call you get a different answer. Terrible.
So if I was buying one now, my tendency would be to stay away from Magellan for that reason, but be aware of the signal issue, and see if they have a good return policy.
Its probably the area you are at, the Magellan I had lost signal a lot and had to be in the window. My Gramin works in the garage with door down, used while riding in the back of SUV without houlding it near the glass and it was fine. In our Trailblazer I use down low on the console with no issues.
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Drifting
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I have a garmin 360 because it has bluetooth. Pretty nice unit, always does the job. Probably much cheaper now than I paid when it came out. I need a new suction cup thingy though because mine was stuck a little "too well" to the previous car I had's windshield so now you need water on it to make it stick, which really isn't good. It left a rubber ring of residue because I couldn't get it off.
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. (Don't know how well it would work on a dash drenched in Armour-All. 
) What's really great about this gizmo is that when you're done, you can remove the Garmin unit and easily stash everything somewhere out of sight.It's also very simple to move from car to car.
Burning Brakes
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That looks really cool. Is that made by a third party? If it is do you know if they make them for TomTom's too? I like the TomTom's way better than Garmin - especially since I started using the 720 and it'd be awesome if I could find one of those for it.
Racer
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Gps Recomendations
Hi:
I use and love the Garmin Street Pilot. I am a salesman and am on the road 5 days a week. The Garmin's software is really easy to learn and use. The maps can be updated over the internet. Please make sure you get one that is ready to use out of the box.
This is one of the things that you'll wonder how did live without one.
I use and love the Garmin Street Pilot. I am a salesman and am on the road 5 days a week. The Garmin's software is really easy to learn and use. The maps can be updated over the internet. Please make sure you get one that is ready to use out of the box.
This is one of the things that you'll wonder how did live without one.
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Burning Brakes
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Haha, sounds like my family too. I recommended the TomTom ONE to my parents for the same reason (although they may be worse). My dad's not terrible but my mom has problems with the car radio. But the ONE is easy enough for even her to read.
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Garmin and Tom Tom both make some very good and reliable GPS's. You can't go wrong with any of those, and most are Blue Tooth capable.
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Thanks everybody for all the good info
I'm leaning towards the Garmin NUVI 350 or 360 - just got to get the best price
and I'll definitely get one of the bean bag mounts
Bob
I'm leaning towards the Garmin NUVI 350 or 360 - just got to get the best price
and I'll definitely get one of the bean bag mounts
Bob
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My wife wants one of these GPS units.
Do any of these units keep a memory of WERE YOU drove, so she can download it when she gets home?
My wife and her 85 year old mother, like to go out and cruze back roads in her vette for an hour or two. But when she gets home she wants to know where she went and keep a map log of some kind.
TIA
Do any of these units keep a memory of WERE YOU drove, so she can download it when she gets home?
My wife and her 85 year old mother, like to go out and cruze back roads in her vette for an hour or two. But when she gets home she wants to know where she went and keep a map log of some kind.
TIA
Burning Brakes
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All the TomToms I've used including the ONE do keep a record of recent destinations that I've typed in which is very convenient, but I don't think they record the routes I've taken. I could be mistaken since I don't use that type of feature.