[Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies

[Pieter and Linda]

On a recent holiday to Italy my factory GPS ( which gets traffic info  
via the radio)decided that the best way to go from the north of  
Florence to Sienna in the south was not via the ring road. Instead it  
took us through the centre of Florence during peak hour traffic!  My  
Tom Tom without traffic info would never have done that to me!
On 20/08/2009, at 7:08 PM, I Erbs wrote:

> 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
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:52 AM, "John Sims" <ahbn6 at 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 at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net 
>> ]
>> On Behalf Of Dan Stromquist
>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:06 PM
>> To: healeys at 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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