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TCNY61 03-24-2021 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by toeser (Post 1920406)
Both of our cars have large panel GPS screens. Both do not get used. We added a Garmin voice-controlled GPS to each car. Their data bases are much larger than our car units, both for roads and other stuff like restaurants, gas stations, hotels, parks, etc. Plus they have lifetime free updates four times per year unlike the ripoff charges for updating our car units.

Are the Garmins perfect? No, we have never found a GPS that is and we have owned all brands, but they are decent. Certainly better than the units that came on our cars.
Our Honda Pilot came with the factory GPS which is Garmin. Just found out after three years that they give free map updates for 5 years by downloading from a PC to a thumb drive you plug into the Car. I sill like to have Waze loaded on the phone since it will tell you about police and other issues even if you don't have a route planned.

bgnn54 03-24-2021 12:56 PM
tried a lot of them I find the free down WAZE to be the best. Maine to T.V.

stebooo 03-24-2021 01:36 PM
Phone is spot on. Never use vehicle

Hape2Bhr 03-24-2021 02:07 PM
Here's a video I shot with the camera in 2015, mine is the earlier version which was 720 video. I put the video on youtube, it's taken driving up Buena Vista from Bailey's Trail and it didn't take long to find cars not knowing how to drive a roundabout. Turn your speakers on, I put some good music to it.

The Villages, Florida Driving 2015 - YouTube[/QUOTE]

Watched the video John...were you traveling over 35mph? LOL. You were correct regarding the rotary traffic. :ohdear:

rphil11ort 03-24-2021 02:57 PM
i use the waze app

John_W 03-24-2021 03:07 PM
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MickeyStevens 03-24-2021 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Fredman (Post 1920110)
Garmin is the best
Another vote for Garmin.
If you are an AAA member they have a great route back to RI that gets you off of I-95 just south of Richmond it then takes you thru some scenic areas just a bit away from Shennadoah Nat'l Park. It's about 100 miles longer but beats going thru Baltimore/Washington, NJ turnpike and the ct turnpike.

Notsocrates 03-24-2021 04:15 PM
Gps
 
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Originally Posted by RI401 (Post 1920085)
Looking for your experience with stand alone GPS units.
Here is why I ask:
The system in my Tundra works off the Iphone. Its horribly inaccurate.
The google maps feature on the Iphone is not much better. Put us in Downtown Baltimore on the way south from Rhode Island. In DC, it took the scenic route. Once in Florida, we came thru the Ocala forest. Looking for a location off 441, it brought be along the side of Walmart to the dumpster and said arrived.

I dont need bluetooth, or any cameras. I want to stick to highways on the way back.
Thanks for reading.
Bud
I use an Android phone to get me to RI. It uses Google and has saved me time avoiding delays on I-95.
Had Garmin before. It was not consistently accurate but that was years ago.

MickeyStevens 03-24-2021 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Notsocrates (Post 1920665)
I use an Android phone to get me to RI. It uses Google and has saved me time avoiding delays on I-95.
Had Garmin before. It was not consistently accurate but that was years ago.
TO the OP you may want to avoid Apple Maps, I use Google maps on my iPhone and in my experience it's much better. That could be some of the problem i.e. Apple Maps

Spike380 03-24-2021 05:46 PM
Try waze--we're not good with directions that that gets us everywhere!!!

RI401 03-24-2021 11:10 PM
Nice
 
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Originally Posted by MickeyStevens (Post 1920656)
Another vote for Garmin.
If you are an AAA member they have a great route back to RI that gets you off of I-95 just south of Richmond it then takes you thru some scenic areas just a bit away from Shennadoah Nat'l Park. It's about 100 miles longer but beats going thru Baltimore/Washington, NJ turnpike and the ct turnpike.
That sounds great! Baltimore was a nightmare, the signs are horrible.
Bud

Garywt 03-25-2021 02:09 AM
Driving from Mass to The Villages we use the built in gps in our Nissan. It works great. This one gets us around DC better than any other we have used.

Two Bills 03-25-2021 05:02 AM
I still use my trusty Michelin and Readers Digest map books, ask the way when I hit the towns, and blame the wife if we get lost!:icon_wink:

Tmarkwald 03-25-2021 08:46 AM
I use google maps on my Galaxy. Yesterday afternoon, it reported a 2 hour slowdown southbound due to a crash on I95 in Florence SC. Gave me the option to re-route. Went around the crash and kept going. When I re-entered I95 south there was NO traffic headed south.

I am not sure that Iphone has a GPS chip in it. If you are using cell-tower location, you can be a quarter-mile off from where it says you are. With my Galaxy, it knows what lane of traffic I am in.....

sswitenki 03-25-2021 08:56 AM
I use both Garmin and Waze. Usually trust Waze over Garmin but keep an eye on Garmin in cities because it is exceptional letting me know what lane I need to be in for complicated exits

Mrprez 03-25-2021 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald (Post 1920828)
I use google maps on my Galaxy. Yesterday afternoon, it reported a 2 hour slowdown southbound due to a crash on I95 in Florence SC. Gave me the option to re-route. Went around the crash and kept going. When I re-entered I95 south there was NO traffic headed south.

I am not sure that Iphone has a GPS chip in it. If you are using cell-tower location, you can be a quarter-mile off from where it says you are. With my Galaxy, it knows what lane of traffic I am in.....
All modern day iPhones have GPS chips in them.

yanksansky 03-25-2021 09:35 AM
Garnin unreliable
 
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Originally Posted by Fredman (Post 1920110)
Garmin is the best
Unless you update your garmin from your computer or other devices it stinks. My friend traveling from Tampa wound up a half mile away from our home south of 44. When she called being lost she was up by Home Goods by 466& 301

Mrprez 03-25-2021 09:37 AM
The device cannot update itself, some measure of personal responsibility must exist.


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