I own a GPS and it is great. Sometimes the routes are strange, but
that adds to the adventure. I bought the European map set for mine and
took it with us last month. Great for walking and drivivg around.
Could have never made it anywhere in England without it.
I Erbs
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On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:52 AM, "John Sims" <ahbn6@verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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