Do like I did and get some progressive bifocals with the transition lenses.
That way you have one pair of glasses that you can wear in all conditions.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
terryrs@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:24 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] GPS Navigator
Embarrassingly revealing question here:
Can you read the screen while you're driving ...ahem... without putting you
your reading glasses?
Terry Smith
New Hampshire
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
> For Father's Day, my wife got me the Garmin Nuvi 350 which sells for $199
at
> Amazon with free shipping. She read every portable GPS review she could
find
> including good old Consumer Reports. Whether you love or hate Consumer
> Reports, they're doing GPS units on a regular basis now and they do a good
> job of explaining features so you can decide what you need. For her it
came
> down to Garmin or TomTom and Garmin won based on the Amazon delivered
price.
>
> We have built-in navigation in both of our "other" cars so I was
interested
> to see how the portable unit would compare. It's scary good. Maps on the
> 3.5" widescreen are clear and easily readable, satellite acquisition is
very
> fast, voice directions are loud enough and the re-routing function is very
> fast. One feature I love is the screen that shows you: current speed,
> overall avg speed, moving avg speed, maximum speed, total trip time,
moving
> time, stopped time, trip distance covered and trip distance remaining. So
> you can go between that screen and the actual map screen while your
> traveling.
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
> Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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