I got a GPS System!

[Tink]

Greg is SO technically challenged... he hasn't even used his GPS yet. Joel however is picking up my new poodle boy for me today so grabbed it to try out. He's got to drive about 100 miles through 3 different states and find a farm in a very rural area, so it will be interesting to see what he thinks of it once he gets back.

[Janet]

ooooh, let us know how he does. I know someone that bought one of my puppies used their GPS and when I asked if they had any trouble finding our home they said "no", the GPS brought them right to my driveway. How cool. I do want one ya know!!!

[Gina]

Judy I mentioned to you that Costco online is selling the same model you have I believe for 299.00 starting the begining of February. Hurry up and use it so I can buy it..

[judy]

I'll do it this week! I have to sit down and read the book and then play with it.

[Tink]

Joel said the GPS worked great. He now wants one. LOL

He said it was extremely simple to set, use and follow.

[judy]

It really is easy! I charged it up, read up on a few things and took it with me to the city . On the way home, I stuck it up on the front window, set up my destination (home) and off I went. I made some kind of mistake at first because it was directing me uptown instead of downtown. It kept telling me it was recalculating or something.

Anyway, I reprogrammed it (at a red light) and it took me right home. It's a nice female voice and she tells me how many miles I have to go before turning on whatever street, left or right. Actually, she's kind of a nag - I expected to get yelled at for not turning because the light was red!!

I love it and can see how helpful this is when you're in unfamiliar territory. I have to finish seeing what else it does. I do wish I could have a choice of a sexy male voice, but ......

I''ll let you know what else it does. I definitely recommend it.

One thing - it tells you, for example, to make a left on 14th Avenue in 1 tenths of a mile. I don't think in miles, nor know how to judge them. But I figured out that a city mile is about 21 blocks, so 10% is about 2 blocks. That makes 1 tenth 2 blocks, and so on. I'll have to get used to it. Out of the city, I haven't got a clue.

[Tink]

Cool!

[DianaB]

I always thought that a mile was 10-12 blocks. Twenty-two blocks would be pretty skinny blocks. You might want to double check that.

[highlans]

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One thing - it tells you, for example, to make a left on 14th Avenue in 1 tenths of a mile. I don't think in miles, nor know how to judge them. But I figured out that a city mile is about 21 blocks, so 10% is about 2 blocks. That makes 1 tenth 2 blocks, and so on. I'll have to get used to it. Out of the city, I haven't got a clue.[/QUOTE]

I can only work in miles forget killomiters (see cannot even spell it)

[Marilyn]

We rented a car with GPS in Europe. It was great!!! Could not have found our hotels in the cities without it. It spoke in kilometers though. Prepare to turn right in 2 kilometers or turn right in 500 meters. It wasn't hard to judge though.

The only problem we had was needing to program for fastest route rather than shortest. Shortest in some old cities took you down some extremely narrow streets rather than the main ones.