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ldj1938 04-01-2009 09:56 AM
Garmin GPS Updates
 
Just discovered, on the Garmin website, that you can have lifetime updates for your GPS for $120. That is a deal!

BogeyBoy 04-01-2009 09:58 AM
That is a deal. Anyone know of something similar for Magellan?

Don H 04-01-2009 10:14 AM
The Garmin deal is excellent. If my TomTom ever croaks the new one will be a Garmin. Hope the folks from TomTom are reading this...

Ooper 04-01-2009 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ldj1938 (Post 196896)
Just discovered, on the Garmin website, that you can have lifetime updates for your GPS for $120. That is a deal!
I have a Garmin but could not find anything on their site... do you have a link?

KayakerNC 04-01-2009 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ooper (Post 196940)
I have a Garmin but could not find anything on their site... do you have a link?
:click:

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/cac...F94FDAC3A3DD1F

RAB 04-03-2009 08:16 AM
Thank You for posting their Web page. Joined yesterday.

rsetterlund 04-03-2009 11:05 AM
But Garmin replaces units so fast, life time might not be that long. I was going to sign up but was concerned that Garmin might stop supporting my unit before I am ready to replace it.

KayakerNC 04-03-2009 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rsetterlund (Post 197249)
But Garmin replaces units so fast, life time might not be that long. I was going to sign up but was concerned that Garmin might stop supporting my unit before I am ready to replace it.
I have a Nuvi 200W, basic unit, no extra bells and whistles, but it meets my needs. The prices keep dropping on electronic gadgets, the replacement for mine is the 205w, $160 on eBay today, with free shipping.
In a year or two, I'll get a new unit and recycle the current probably by giving it to my daughter.
I'd hate to have a lifetime subscription and be locked into a unit when something better might come along.

Eve2278 07-10-2009 09:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ooper (Post 196940)
I have a Garmin but could not find anything on their site... do you have a link?
I used
http://www8.garmin.com/cgi-bin/mapge...&rz=0&k=1&sc=1

it took forever to download for the lifetime upgrade and then another long time to extract the files but it worked...This is the 2010 upgrade..

X Railroader 07-11-2009 08:22 PM
it took forever to download for the lifetime upgrade and then another long time to extract the files but it worked...This is the 2010 upgrade..[/QUOTE]

I paid Garmin $75 2 years ago to upgrade mine and it still

did not change the I75 exits from the past to the present mileposts

Joycer 01-11-2010 08:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by X Railroader (Post 214194)
it took forever to download for the lifetime upgrade and then another long time to extract the files but it worked...This is the 2010 upgrade..
I paid Garmin $75 2 years ago to upgrade mine and it still

did not change the I75 exits from the past to the present mileposts[/QUOTE]

Xavier 01-11-2010 08:54 AM
I got the lifetime update ( 4 times a year ) last spring for $99 on Amazon. I've downloaded twice and "The Villages" (used to have to use Lady Lake) is now in there and most (maybe all) of the streets below 466. Of course everything changes so fast in The Villages! It's time for me to update again soon. Oh, it's good for the lifetime of the GPS unit, not your lifetime. That translates to as long as Garmin supports your unit. It is good for that GPS only. You can't use it on another unit and it doesn't transfer. Yours gets stolen - sorry Charlie! Buy another unit and buy another lifetime update.

golfnut 01-11-2010 08:08 PM
For anyone who has done it, once you download new maps to your computer how to you transfer it to your GPS...gn

KayakerNC 01-11-2010 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by golfnut (Post 242855)
For anyone who has done it, once you download new maps to your computer how to you transfer it to your GPS...gn
USB cable. Mini B on the GPS to a normal USB on the computer.:pepper2:

golfnut 01-11-2010 09:01 PM
thanks kayaker, where can I buy this cable....gn


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