My dad, a retired physicist with an obsessive streak when it comes to researching equipment, has a Garmin Nuvi. Loves it, but he's a gadgeteer who loves to program stuff.
I looked into them, and concluded that the time it takes to program them to tell you where to go and the distraction factor of having something else on the dash wasn't worth it to me. I mapquest my trips and print out the directions, which works well for me, takes almost no time, and costs nothing. Of course, if you hit construction detours, you're screwed either way, but I always have an atlas for backup. Now, for backcountry hiking or real wilderness travel, you'd be foolish not to have GPS, but for making your way in Rand McNally land, I can do without it. ANother great source of old fashioned nav aids are DeLorme state atlases. Pretty unneccessary for a place like Iowa, where you can just give someone a compass direction followed by a distance in miles, then a nother compass direction and mile figure, etc., but for places like Maine, where i grew up and still visit, they're damn near essential if you want to find anything off the beaten path. Those logging roads seldom have road signs.... Dan On Sep 27, 2007, at 7:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> My next door neighbor is looking at getting a GPS receiver. He >> found that >> Consumer Reports doesn't rate them, so he wants me to ask all of you. >> >> He's looking at the Garmin C340 and Garmin NUVI350. >> >> Does anyone know anything about them, or about what makes a good GPS >> receiver? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Craig >> >> P.S. It would be nice to have one when we drive to the IowaQ, but >> I guess >> I'm too cheap to shell out for one. >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
