Re: I finally bit the bullet...

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:32:17 -0400, "JimH" <ask me@xxxxxx> wrote:


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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:09:47 -0400, "JimH" <ask me@xxxxxx> wrote:


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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:37:53 -0400, "JimH" <ask me@xxxxxx> wrote:


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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:43:00 -0500, John H. <jherring1@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:18:07 -0400, "JimH" <ask me@xxxxxx> wrote:


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I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no
bells
and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on
stuff,
you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty
damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight
to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near
impossible.
I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a
mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and
presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20
seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS
and
it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my
marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme
with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white
road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of
detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along
some
of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate
and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts.
I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make
a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a
Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you
get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D
display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.


Not a bad price but I still am not convinced I need one, although
I
still
drive over 2,000 miles every month. Although not perfect,
Mapquest
has
not
let me down 99.9% of the time. In those cases a cell phone call
solves
the
problem

For our Baltimore-NYC-Boston-Maine trip next year we will also use
AAA
TripTik services.

So......what made you finally decide to buy one?


If you're male, you should be able to read a map. However, they are
handy
for finding a street address in a town which doesn't have an insert
on
your
average state map.

Ever notice that when you are in a strange town trying to find some
particular
place, (especially at night) most of the streets do not have street
signs,
and
buildings often don't have numbers?



Quite frankly, no.


Then you have never been anywhere!



I can safely bet that I have more miles, including air, behind me than
you
do. Perhaps I just know how to travel. ;-)


HIGHLY unlikely. Perhaps you just thought you went somewhere? Watching
TV
travel
shows DOES NOT count. We are talking about driving on streets, anyway.
I
agree
that you can probably find your way around a somewhat planned city such
as
NYC
without a map or a GPS. If you had really done any real traveling,
however, you
would know that those situations are the exception.

Here's a little navigation tip that may help you some day... When
driving
on a
moonless cloudy night in the mountains of Vermont and you make your 4th
turn
onto yet another unmarked dirt road deep in the woods, you can tell
which
general direction you are headed by looking at any house you pass. They
all have
TV dish antennas, and they are all aimed roughly SOUTH.

You're welcome

Not a problem.

BTW: I try not to travel on moonless nights on dirt roads deep in the
woods. What exactly are you looking for when doing so?

Why does the Dueling Banjo's song come to mind? ;-)


'Cause you're got a fear that perhaps there are some homosexual tendencies
that you're finding it hard to control? You alone, of all the folks here,
continuously intimate that others might be gay. You do this when there is
absolutely nothing to support your silly comments.

Strange.

neat=gay?

Who knew?



John is always trying to defend homosexuals. Make your own conclusions.


Jim, I'm not trying to 'defend' you, I'm trying to 'explain' you!
.

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