Do you have a Nav system

[ncfitzge 0]

Been looking into buy a Garmin Nuvi 660. Anyone else have a nav system?

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[Gene03 0]

Yup,
It's called magnatite.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

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[eeneR 1]

Yes, it is the blob of stuff between my ears and behind my nose and eyes

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[fonz 0]

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Anyone else have a nav system?

Not yet. But I might get one now that I've started paragliding.

Alphons

And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
-- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Icon134 0]

I have a Garmin eTrex Vista... I'm not sure it qualifies as a "navigation system" in the strict sense but I do have mapsource maps installed on it and it can do routing.

of course I also know how to use a compass and a map.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[MF42 0]

I usually head "thataway" for "awhile."

It's generally worked so far.

Matt

[quade 3]

I poo-pooed car GPS Nav systems for a LONG time.

Fuck, I can read a MAP and I certainly know where I am, WTF would I ever need one of THOSE things?

Ok, so here's the deal; I've made a reversal.

Oh I still can read a map and I still know exactly where I am, but the GPS knows all the alternate routes AND can also know what the traffic flows and conditions are too. With traffic re-routing technology, it can -easily- pay for itself in time saved over the course of about half a year. Maybe quite a bit less if you use it a lot in certain cities.

So, it's going to depend on what YOUR situation is, but if you live in one of the big cities where this can come into play, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Just be sure you do your research on which exact model and service you wanna get hooked up with.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[doug925 0]

The Nuvi rulz!

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Winston Churchill

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

In the words of Toucan Sam... Always follow your nose!

Goggles and Teeth

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[Shell666 0]

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Yes, it is the blob of stuff between my ears and behind my nose and eyes

And that we can ask for directions.

Oh, guess that's redundant. Sorry.

'Shell

[okalb 78]

I have TomTom installed on my Windows Mobile cell phone and use a bluetooth gps adapter that I just throw on the dashboard. It ROCKS!

Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Sure. It's called 'On-Star'.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[kingbunky 3]

for years i drove tractor trailers around the northeast and canada and always used my road atlas and some scribbled notes. never got lost. okay, so i was temporarily misdirected on a few occasions, but not lost. when i got my new car last year, i checked the built in gps option and like someone else said, it's great for re-routing due to traffic or accidents, but even more so if you want to find a hotel or restaurant. i ask for local info, pick hotel, and it will tell me every one for about 30 miles in any every direction. love it!

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[mr2mk1g 10]

My mobile phone/PDA has GPS built in and runs TomTom and Copilot.