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I'm googling trying to figure out what GPS to get. I'm getting interested in a Garmin that comes with a built in FM TMC traffic/construction detecting system. The website shows there is coverage for the triangle. If you have it (or know someone who does) is it useful? Is there another system that would be better recommended? Also does anyone know the monthly fee? Thanks
I have a Garmin GPS. I paid about $500 for it, on sale. Without it, I'd STAY lost! I don't pay a monthly fee. Most of my clients that see how "she" works, run right out and buy one! Garmin should be paying me a referral fee!!! Vicki
If it does all that...I have no idea! Hubby sets it so all I have to do is put in the address and she gets me there! He even has it set so after I'm done showing clients around, I just hit "Go Home" and its gets me there too! I'm somewhat directionally challenged!!! One of my clients did tell me that he bought his at Costco or Sam's. I had no idea they had them.
You will find that the POI's are a bit out of whack. In other words you might search for an Applebee's in the area and "find" one but when you get there you no it's not right because you are in the middle of a residential neighborhood. You will also find yourself on roads that the GPS does not recognize and the GPS will try to take you down roads that do not exsist. This is all due to the fact that the Triangle is growing at a pace that the mapping folks can not keep up with.
The traffic receiver and FM transmitter works pretty well. There is coverage for the Triangle area, just keep in mind, that the GPS will only tell you about traffic and construction that it knows about and it only knows what the local transmitters tell it.
The FM transmitter works as well as your stereo's FM receiver will allow it to. Once you find a good station to transmit to it will work real nice until you get close to that frequency's radio transmitter, then it is time to move the dial. My GPS will use the traffic receiver to find a weak station for you so you can tune your radio to pick up your GPS FM transmission. This is great because you can transmit the GPS audio output over the air to your stereo and listen to the turn by turns which will simply pause the internal mp3 player and then start it up again after the instruction.
If you plan on using this in more than one car please do yourself a favor and buy a suction cup holder for each car as they tend to get beat up when you try to switch them in and out. I just trashed my original and bought two new ones after less than a year for this reason.
The traffic subscription is like $60 a year or something like that, the first three months are free though.
That should about cover it let me know if you want to know anything else about the Nuvi 660, which I saw at BJs for under $700 by the way.
Thanks for all the info! I have a dell coupon I need to spend soon so was thinking of using it for a gps I love navigating and looking at maps in general, but I drive around a LOT and it's tricksy trying to reroute while driving and hoping the red light will last long enough for you to examine the map
.............that she does do, like last week I put in a Cary Pkwy SE addy and she changed it to NW and told me the Dr. office was a forest. I put it in again just to make sure I wasn't suffering from insanity and again she changed it. She does not know many of the newer roads like the one we are considering as a home address. What we do is put in an older road name or address that is nearby. Bypass 264 does not exist for her either. A newer card is over $100. so with all the changes going on here we are going to wait a little longer.
Overall she has enabled us to get around much more easily than we have in past moves. I highly recommend getting one. Another big PLUS is fewer "disagreements" with spouse while trying to find our way!
.............that she does do, like last week I put in a Cary Pkwy SE addy and she changed it to NW and told me the Dr. office was a forest. I put it in again just to make sure I wasn't suffering from insanity and again she changed it. She does not know many of the newer roads like the one we are considering as a home address. What we do is put in an older road name or address that is nearby. Bypass 264 does not exist for her either. A newer card is over $100. so with all the changes going on here we are going to wait a little longer.
Overall she has enabled us to get around much more easily than we have in past moves. I highly recommend getting one. Another big PLUS is fewer "disagreements" with spouse while trying to find our way!
But have you actually had arguements OUT LOUD with your GPS?!!
Vicki
Do any of these gps come with some other way to attach them to one's car then that suction cup thing? I can't get that to stick on my windshield, in a place I can actually see the bugger. I was even thinking of some way to perm attach it to the dashboard, or something. Anyone have any suggestions?
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