RE: Portable GPS
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/6/2008 3:51:31 AM
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Bennersj
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Sorry guy's and best buddy I bought the Magellen 4000. It was on sale for $200 off at Circuit City, I figured it's my first one I'll try it and see how Ilike it. So far it works great. Maybe in the future I will upgrade to one of the Garmins that everbody is talking about but I wasn't sure if I would like using one or how much I would use it. Thanks for the input.
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/6/2008 5:17:01 AM
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Trey124
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Popular Mechanics just did a article on 5 different units and they liked the Magellen. The only knock on the Garmin was that it fell off their window once during testing, otherwise they would have given the nod to Garmin. It did go on to say that they are all about the same.
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/6/2008 3:21:13 PM
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Muddydawg75
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I wish they made one that told all the Pennsyltucky ****ers that the middle lane is for PASSING!!!!!
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/6/2008 5:57:58 PM
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THat would be nice, especially if it worked everywhere.
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/6/2008 7:03:24 PM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Muddydawg75
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/7/2008 5:26:08 PM
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Muddydawg75
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/8/2008 4:49:49 AM
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Trey124
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/8/2008 10:25:34 AM
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Gooch
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I just got one no more than 2 hours ago. I did plenty of research prior to my choice. The best rated and reviewed (based on my research) is the Gramin Nuvii 660. It has FM trnasmitter, bluetooth, MP3 player. You can find them on line for around $320.
You wont find any 660 in stores because they replaced the 660 with the 700 series. I just got the 750 which has a wide screen and all of the features of the 660 minus the bluetooth. But, it adds storage of up (I believe 10 locations) so you dont have to re-enter commonly traveled destinations.
Best Buy has a sale going on now until Saturday. The 750 retails for $499 but is on sale for $399. I also had a 10% off coupon so I got it for $379.
Note, that while reviewing the 750 I saw some reviews claiming that it takes a minute to recalculate positions if in the event that you miss your turn or something. The answer to this is to make sure you download the latest firm/software. This remedies this from what I've read. The 200 is a more base model with bare bone functionality and can be had for around $299. My research has found that the dropped signals and hard time finding satelites is very common with the 200 series.
Hope this helps.
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/8/2008 2:01:12 PM
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Muddydawg75
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I bought this one... as many people know... I still think this one is the best out there...
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=289
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RE: Portable GPS - 5/8/2008 2:15:52 PM
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Trey124
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I bought the Garmin 660 last year and I'm impressed with it, all of the features that come standard with it are a real time saver. In addtion to the Bluetooth and FM Transmitter it also has an Audio Book Player, Mp3 player, picture viewer.
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