GPS recommendation?

[kallend 2,106]

My wife is navigationally challenged so I thought I'd get her a GPS for her car.

She is also electronic-device challenged and won't use any advanced features that involve remembering any sequence of more than two or three button pushes.

Any recommendations for an easy to use GPS?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[NWFlyer 2]

Conveniently this topic just came up yesterday.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3425428

I just bought a Garmin Nuvi 760 (or 770, I can't remember which one I went with). I really like it. The UI is pretty intuitive and it's really helped me navigate around in my new home town.

And it amuses me to no end to hear the GPS dude try to pronounce certain street names ("Jack" is the voice I use - American English, male, though you have choices of male and female voices in many different languages and regional variations of languages - sometimes I mix it up and go with Aussie or British English... until the first time it tells me to get on "I-Five Hundred and Eighty" then I go back to the Americans who say I-Five-Eighty like I would!).

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[Thanatos340 1]

I bought the Nuvi 260 and have been very happy with it.

Also somewhere on here I created a File that has most all of the DZ in the US on it that you can add to Garmin GPS as Points of interest.

[JohnRich 4]

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My wife is navigationally challenged so I thought I'd get her a GPS for her car.

She is also electronic-device challenged and won't use any advanced features that involve remembering any sequence of more than two or three button pushes.

I recommend a low-tech old-school device called a "map".

Although no one, not even men, have ever been able to fold one back up properly after usage.

[monkycndo 0]

If you live on the west coast, Thomas Guide maps are the bible of delivery drivers. And it is easy to fold since it is a book. Fits nicely resting on the steering wheel.

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[kallend 2,106]

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My wife is navigationally challenged so I thought I'd get her a GPS for her car.

She is also electronic-device challenged and won't use any advanced features that involve remembering any sequence of more than two or three button pushes.

I recommend a low-tech old-school device called a "map".

Although no one, not even men, have ever been able to fold one back up properly after usage.

She has maps. Maps 'R Not Us.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Quincy 0]

For all the buttons and whatnot features ... be sure it gives the street names in turn-by-turn directions. Best Buy has the Nuvi 260W on sale for $199 vs the usual $350 on Garmin's website. Just bought one for my son. Main thing ... Garmin ... Garmin ... Garmin.

Quincy...

[selbbub78 0]

Ya that is funny cause i just questioned this yesterday! I decided to go with Garmin, that seemed to be a huge conscensus yesterday!!!

I was gonna bring up my posting from yesterday, but thanks guys for all your help

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[SuFantasma 0]

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My wife is navigationally challenged so I thought I'd get her a GPS for her car.

She is also electronic-device challenged and won't use any advanced features that involve remembering any sequence of more than two or three button pushes.

Any recommendations for an easy to use GPS?

Garmin Nuvi ( I have the 660 )
Key Features:

1) Wide screen 4.3" touchscreen is a must
2) Quick sat acquisition and route calculation
3) Bluetooth integration to cell phone
4) Menus are no more than 3 selections away
5) Highly intuitive
6) Lightweight and easy to mount on the car's windshield or dash

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[twofast 0]

i just bought a garmin260 for $160 from circuitcity. easy to use and recalculates very fast.

[Channman 2]

Kallend,

I would sugjest the Garmin 696. It can help her navigate the highways, as well as provide her with realtime weather. Also when she is not using it, you can take it for your cross country flights in the Mooney (Which secretly is the real reason for the gift).

I've given my wife several hints for this item as a Christmas gift. Its may cost just over 3K but its a nice toy.

Other than the Garmin, I would think a Dumb Dumb should sufice, the trusty TomTom, simple to use and only about $150.00.

[hollypocket 0]

My Garmin took a crap on me after 2 years. My husband's went out on him in only one year.

I dunno... I think the government taps into the system... Be careful!

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[porpoishead 8]

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My Garmin took a crap on me after 2 years. My husband's went out on him in only one year.

I dunno... I think the government taps into the system... Be careful!

what do you mean went out??? did the maps lock?? the units wont turn on??

maps can be downloaded or unlocked in order for it to navigate again..

internal battery, charger, or both can be replaced for unit to come on..

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[riddler 0]

Garmin Nuvi 880 - I just bought two of them. It has speech recognition, so you can ask it for directions.

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[SuFantasma 0]

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Garmin Nuvi 880 - I just bought two of them. It has speech recognition, so you can ask it for directions.

Great... ask it for a blow job while you are at it ... Why do GPS units have a female voice as default?

Try the following voice commands:

1) Nearest Clean Bathroom
2) Find Best Margarita
3) Find Closest Dropzone
4) Cheapest Gas, exclude Taco Bell
5) Wife's Preferred _________ (let the GPS tell you the options)


I rest my case... i don't need to have a relationship with my GPS!

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
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[kallend 2,106]

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Kallend,

I would sugjest the Garmin 696. It can help her navigate the highways, as well as provide her with realtime weather. Also when she is not using it, you can take it for your cross country flights in the Mooney (Which secretly is the real reason for the gift).

I've given my wife several hints for this item as a Christmas gift. Its may cost just over 3K but its a nice toy.

Other than the Garmin, I would think a Dumb Dumb should sufice, the trusty TomTom, simple to use and only about $150.00.

Ha! at $3200 a G696 is not in the plans (I have a 396 in my plane already).

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[SARLDO 0]

Tom Tom One XL. Cheap and easy to use and see while driving. Great customer service also.

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