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Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« on: June 10, 2007, 09:45:40 PM » |
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Anyone have one? Any strong recommendations or warnings against?
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2007, 10:28:04 PM » |
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Can you be more specific about what kind of unit you're talking about?
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2007, 10:33:34 PM » |
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Um. I don't really know. I just want something to put in the car to tell me when to turn right and stuff like that. I'm inclined to go with a Garmin something or other (since I use a Garmin eTrex Venture for backpacking and I like it) but have no intimate knowledge of the products offered and by whom. Suggestions/advice appreciated.
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2007, 10:41:04 PM » |
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I have a Garmin Zumo 550, which is one of their motorcycle-specific units. You could use it in a car (I have), but it's probably not ideal compared to other units out there. Garmin is widely regarded as the user-friendliest GPS on the market. Make sure you think about whether you need an internal battery, as some are not so equipped.
And I think there was just recently a thread on this very subject in the FGI Clubhouse.
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2007, 06:34:11 AM » |
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Um. I don't really know. I just want something to put in the car to tell me when to turn right and stuff like that.
You're married, right? |
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2007, 07:41:58 AM » |
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Um. I don't really know. I just want something to put in the car to tell me when to turn right and stuff like that.
You're married, right?  It's prolly just me, but I don't get those things. I can't think of any time I would go somewhere, that I don't know how to get there. (save that one time going to meet Fuzz, but for me, it just doesn't happen that often.  ) |
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2007, 08:29:33 AM » |
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Um. I don't really know. I just want something to put in the car to tell me when to turn right and stuff like that.
You're married, right? It's prolly just me, but I don't get those things. I can't think of any time I would go somewhere, that I don't know how to get there. (save that one time going to meet Fuzz, but for me, it just doesn't happen that often. ) You knew how to get there.....you just took the way less traveled.  |
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Re: Aftermarket GPS navigation system?
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2007, 01:32:12 PM » |
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Um. I don't really know. I just want something to put in the car to tell me when to turn right and stuff like that.
You're married, right? It's prolly just me, but I don't get those things. I can't think of any time I would go somewhere, that I don't know how to get there. (save that one time going to meet Fuzz, but for me, it just doesn't happen that often. ) You knew how to get there.....you just took the way less traveled. Isn't there a song about this!!!! |
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