best portable gps for car?
11-22-2007, 10:39 AM
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best portable gps for car? im looking to buy a portable gps for a christmas gift whats a good one to get, if anyone has one let me no the model and if you like it.
11-22-2007, 11:20 AM
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you (or they) wont be disappointed with one!
11-22-2007, 11:28 AM
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The Garmin girls voice is sooo nice, too.
On long drives I often think about her.. how she always knows where she is.. so exact.
I imagine her in hip-huggers with a belly-button ring.
On long drives I often think about her.. how she always knows where she is.. so exact.
I imagine her in hip-huggers with a belly-button ring.
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11-22-2007, 06:20 PM
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i have the regular screen. my buddy just got the wide screen. its definitely cool but not something i would pay money for. it just takes up more space on the windsheild. he only got the widescreen cause it was cheaper at the time cause it was on sale.
11-22-2007, 08:54 PM
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car gps just ordered the garmin nuvi 650 on costcos website for $299 seems like an awesome deal compared to every other place that wanted $599 if anyone is looking for a car gps go on costcos website do it quick before they sell out!
11-22-2007, 10:08 PM
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I've had 3 different Garmin units and they all worked flawlessly. Now I use a GPS 20 Mobile on my Treo...works fantastic. Any Garmin unit uses the same UI and, usually differ in the mapping software. City Navigator is a more complete POI and secondary road setup to the City Select. The cheapie units use City Select and are better suited to address point-to-point than finding the closest Hooters to Atco. Not to say it is not able to, but, you may have less luck getting to happy hour.
My best advice is go with Garmin. They are easy as he** to update the firmware, and, to update the mapping software is cheaper than it's competitors last time I checked (at 75.00 on v8). Get the LEAST expensive unit you can get that has text-to-speech and bluetooth for your phone. Once you have bluetooth you'll never go back.
My best advice is go with Garmin. They are easy as he** to update the firmware, and, to update the mapping software is cheaper than it's competitors last time I checked (at 75.00 on v8). Get the LEAST expensive unit you can get that has text-to-speech and bluetooth for your phone. Once you have bluetooth you'll never go back.
11-23-2007, 01:30 AM
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Garmin HANDS DOWN.... i had the nuvi 350 and i loved it... the nuvi 360 is the same thing but with mp3 player and bluetooth.... i just got an Pioneer AVIC-Z1 installed the other day so im still playing around with the nav on that but i loved my garmin.... check out www.newegg.com for the cheapest prices for anything electronic... thats where i got mine and they are in NJ so it shows up next day for me..
