On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > buy a disposable(cheap) one. get a larger than the smallest screen. > > look at the refurbs at ecost and buy.com > > 90-100 bucks. they work. we have a tom tom 1. works just fine. my > syster has a $1500 unit that came in the car. it works. her's does > traffic. > > i would worry about paying for traffic info in dc, as XM radio does phony > traffic reports, and my guess is that gps traffic is the same garbage. dc > area has too many camera blanks to get good info without call in. 103.5 > does good call in.
The Dash reports anonymously users travel times and locations real time back to the mother ship and give real time reports to users. The problem is there need to be other Dash users on your route. (http://dash.net/) > > > At 08:42 AM 10/12/2008, you wrote: > >I got mildly lost a couple of weeks ago, a phone call to my > >sister (lives in the area) provided no real help (rush hour > >and construction). I use the term mildly lost in, I knew > >where I was approximately but not precisely how to get where > >I wanted to go. I was also looking to get a car but was > >reluctant to spend $1,000-1,500 for an integrated GPS in the > >car since a top of the line portable GPS is ~$1,000. > > > >Last weekend I went shopping for a GPS and tried one out in > >Circuit City. I was in southern Maryland (Waldorf) and > >picked out an address in Annapolis. It generated a route > >that took US 301 to US 3 to MD 450 to the final destination. > >This is at least 6 miles longer than taking US 301 to US 50, > >which is a little longer than US 301 to MD 214 (MD 450 is > >a two lane road, US 50 is 4 lanes and goes across the Bay > >Bridge). The other GPS receivers didn't seem to get a > >signal, there didn't seem to be a lot of sales help there, > >so I left. Yesterday I went to a Best Buy, repeated the > >experiment and the units there couldn't find the satellites. > >Of course not, they're in a big steel building! > > > >So is there any advice out there about what to get and what > >to avoid? I go on trips typically once or twice a year where > >this would be useful, so I don't see this as being big on > >features, but it shouldn't be stupid either. > > > >-- > >Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't > >Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly > >I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. > > > > > >************************************************************************* > >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >************************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
