[Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies

[Tom Felts]

Drat----=you just HAD to go and tell everyone, didn;t you:):):)

Yep---if it wasn't for Skip and Marilyn and their GPS unit, I might still be lost in Europe:)  

Hows the engine damage repair going?

tom

---- Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at mindspring.com> wrote: 

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Tom,  Your current familiarity with GPS makes me smile..... I seem to recall
a lot of cars trying to follow me on our European trip in 2001 (since I was
the only one on the trip with GPS)...

-skip-
Gladys - 67 BJ8
Harriett 63 BJ7


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Tom Felts
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:21 PM
To: Len and/or Marge Hartnett; Healey Mail List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies

Well---what can I say?  I just used mine tonight.  It took me to the very
door of the place I wanted to go and there were no AAA charts or written
instructions to follow or fool with whikle trying to drive.  My guess is the
drivers you talked about didn't plug in the correct info.

To me, anyway, it is a real blessing to have.

tom 
---- Len and/or Marge Hartnett <thehartnetts at earthlink.net> wrote: 

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I have only had three experiences with GPS units.  One was in my son's car. 
It only concerned about a 10 mile drive up the Interstate and we already 
knew where the destination was and could have done it without the GPS.  It 
did, however, give the correctinstructions.  The other two involved GPS 
units in other peoples' cars (Healeys) during Healey events.  Being advised 
to "follow me.  I have GPS", their units could not get us to the desired 
destinations.

So far, a AAA map or Microsoft's Streets and Trips have served me well.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts at windstream.net>
To: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>; "'Healey List'" 
<Healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] GPS Info for Dummies


>I can't say for the Healey since it is positive ground, but I use one in my

>E-Type frequently.  I love driving deep into the country roads and getting 
>lost, then having the GPS "take me home".
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> ---- Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
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> G'day
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> I am considering buying a GPS Navigator gizmo to use not only in our
> everyday cars, but also the Austin-Healey.
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