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ase ([personal profile] ase) wrote2012-10-01 09:09 pm
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GPS Shopping

Since moving to the 'burbs last month, it's come to my attention that I need a GPS. A recent experience convinced me I really like semi-live traffic updates, so I'm looking at a Garmin Nuvi 2555LMT. Any considerations before I throw money at this? Keeping in mind that the traffic updates and rerouting are the killer app that might wean me off paper maps.

(Major drawback to the 2555? Not designed to be strapped to a bicycle. It's an imperfect world.)

As long as I'm throwing money at car accessories, which can't you live without? So far I've jacked my mp3 player into the auxiliary music drive, and made vague noises about emergency supplies in the trunk.
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-10-02 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
It has free lifetime map updates, which is key.
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[personal profile] ase 2012-10-03 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Why are those so important for you?
Edited 2012-10-03 04:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2012-10-03 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
My aunt's SUV's GPS does not appear to be updatable at all. This results in occasional amazing hilarity involving roads that don't exist, are somewhere else, or similar. Not updating is perhaps better than no GPS at all, but isn't actually good.

The cost to upgrade my GPS's maps is basically the purchase price again over two years.
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