[T3] GPS recommendations?

[Adriel Rowley]

That is why you put it in favorites with just adress as the name. ;)

Oh and TomTom does display speed limits, and if five over highlights both.


Thank you,
Adriel 

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-----Original message-----
From: Max Welton <max_welton_2k at yahoo.com>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 13:34:25 MST
Subject: Re: [T3] GPS recommendations?

Another Garmin user here. In fact both my kids and my wife each have one.

Along with the basic navigation function, mine also backs up the speedometer  
(which reads a constant 2-3 MPH high) and gives me such interesting  
information as average moving time, moving speed and maximum speed. It also  
gives total miles traveled, but my odometer has less than 1% error so I  
don't really use that.

As I get older, being able to know street names coming up before I can read  
the street signs themselves (esp in the rain or dark) is very nice.

If I miss a turn or exit or have to divert around road construction, the  
Garmin "recalculates" the route. Not that I would EVER miss a turn. ... ;-)

My son's Garmin is the oldest and displays the speed limit. The other three  
do not.

Sometimes map flaws can do interesting things. There are a few local roads  
that are missing from the map. So the Garmin can't display them or include  
them in its route planning. According to the Garmin, my old gym had no roads  
leading to it at all. :-D

The Garmin (as do others I presume) has a "home" button that can be set to  
simply get you home from where-ever you are. Which means if someone steals  
your car, the Garmin will take them directly to your unguarded house. 

Once you get used to having a dash-top navigator, it's tough to go back.

Max Welton
http://www.maxwelton2k.net/
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