what car gps to buy?

[opa]

looking for opinions on what gps to buy voice actavated?

 

[Tom A.]

Garmin!

 

[Wobble]

garmin Nuvi,

TomTom is buggy and a pia to operate

 

[MikeyFIN]

TOM TOM all the way with me. And I´m a Trucker... also got Garmin in the car but like the Tom Tom more.

 

[SinkinFastR]

I like my Tom Toms, but I've never used the Garmin.

 

[Knot 4 Me]

Garmin NuVi 255W.

 

[VetteLT193]

garmin works well, better than my factory installed unit in the Navigator.

I'd buy a refurb model because you'll probably wind up tossing it in a year or two anyway for one with updated maps. It's not cost effective for any of these GPS units to update them.

 

[Coolerman]

Garmin, make sure you get the model with a W(widescreen) at the end of it. Much easier and nicer to look at.

 

[Davidmnc]

Garmin all the way!

 

[Chris]

Garmin 640. Dual-purpose auto and marine GPS. Why have two?

 

[Perlmudder]

x 2 on the garmin.

 

[Audiofn]

My wifes Garmin was the horrible when we first got it. They finally came out with firmware that fixed it. I don't remember the model but it used to send us in the worst ways and would even take you to the wrong towns half if the time. Now it is working well and my wife loves it. I don't know if they have them with potentiometers in them but I love that in my built in unit. When the signal drops it still works. So if you go into a

 

[Padraig]

Garmin

 

[clayinaustin]

wrong forum

 

[Wobble]

Garmin has been offering a one time only map update within 60 days of the first time a new unit is turned on.

My nuvi 500 just happened to have a us topo map installed from the previous weekends off roading. Just go to mygarmin.com register your product and in my case they downloaded 1 gig's worth of 2010 US road maps and another gigs worth of us Topo updates. That's basically $140 worth of map updates for free.

 

[opa]

thanks for the comments

 

[mikes280]

i have a Garmin 760 and it is great

 

[opa]

well i ended up with the nuvi 265 wt i will post what i think of it soon costco $199.00

 

[Wobble]

well i ended up with the nuvi 265 wt i will post what i think of it soon costco $199.00

that is one of the ones I have. Make sure you download the map updates within 60 days

 

[07DominatorSS]

looking for opinions on what gps to buy voice actavated?

I've got a brand new, never been out of the box, Harman Kardon GPS 810 if you're interested. MSRP is $599 and I'll take any reasonable offer.