No Excuses For Getting Lost Now
I bought a Magellan GPS Navigation System this past summer to use while driving to see Patrick in Colorado. I’d been there several times, but always by air, not land. The night before the trip, my daughter and I “tested” it out. We put in my father’s address across town and deliberately turned the wrong ways to see what happened. After “re-calculating” our trip many times, we arrived at our “destination to the right”. But it was not my dad’s house! Turns out I put in the wrong address! We arrived at the wrong address correctly.
I don’t suggest using the “shortest” route as you’ll take a lot of country roads. The “fastest” route is the way to go. The only annoyance was every time we turned off the interstate for gas or a restroom break, we got off track and had to listen to “please make a legal U-turn at the next intersection” over and over. Nothing the “mute” button couldn’t cure.
We haven’t used the GPS much since our Colorado trip, since we don’t go into unfamiliar territory very often. But we’ve used it several times to look up phone numbers and addresses of various restaurants. A good investment if I must say so myself.
Consumer Reports Magazine (10/07 issue) rates the Magellan Roadmate 2000 a “CR Best Buy” stating it ”… costs only $250 yet includes a database of maps of the lower 48 states and an internal battery, reducing the need to use the power cord.” Well, it’s even a better deal now, cuz we found it on sale for only $199.95 from TigerGPS.com!
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Magellan RoadMate 6000T Portable GPS Navigator US $29.00 (7 Bids) Auction Ends: Friday Jul-03-2009 18:25:01 PDT Bid on this Item | Watch this Item |
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