I'll second that except that I prefer the portable units because we can use
it when we rent a car while on vacation. To rent a GPS from Avis, etc is
prohibitive. One of the things that we have done for years, especially since
we have lived all over the country is to take a drive North, East, South,
West (as we call it) ending up god only knows where. But we really see the
small byways, towns, etc that you are not aware of by driving freeways. When
we get hungry, we just punch in Burger King (or other fast food) and we are
directed there. When we are tired we punch in Home and we magically find
ourselves back at the "base camp". Absolutely indispensable and, man, do
they prevent arguments about being lost or being a typical man who refuses
to use a map.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
http://www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Dan Stromquist
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:06 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies
One of the finest gifts you can give your wife (and yourself) is navigation.
It instantly eliminates 100s of arguments concerning route, map reading, etc
and makes travel much safer. I personally will never own another vehicle
without factory navigation. Nothing works like the factory units but the
portable ones, such as the Garmin I use in my other cars, do just fine and
all are very simple to use. Now the real trick is to get your wife to learn
how to use it.
Dan
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