[s-cars] OT - dash-mounted GPS recommendation wanted

[Wylie Bean]

My in-laws have a TomTom and love it.  
Wylie Bean
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-----Original Message-----
From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:39 
To: Peter Golledge<petergolledge at gmail.com>
Cc: Scarlist<s-car-list at audifans.com>; Ian Duff<iduff01 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] OT - dash-mounted GPS recommendation wanted

I'd second the Tom Tom. The user interface is so easy, even MY Mom can use
it. The mount on the later editions even works pretty well. And so far, even
out in my rural location, the maps are pretty accurate, and are constantly
up-datable.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'd suggest a Tom-Tom, very configurable (i.e you can switch the keyboard
> layout for entering an address) and very robust.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ian Duff
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:16 PM
> To: Peter Schulz
> Cc: Scarlist
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] OT - dash-mounted GPS recommendation wanted
>
> Look at the Garmins. Their UI is easy (except for the alphabetic
> keyboard), the maps are pretty accurate, and it does a good job
> routing. Kathryn loved hers until we got the new Jetta with nav, and
> Storey took the Garmin. I was pretty impressed with TomTom on my old
> Treo, and have been far less impressed with Magellan.
>
> Look at map coverage and screen size, then borrow my Scottish heritage
> and spend as little as you can, as even the lower priced ones are both
> quite nice, and easy to use.
>
> -Ian Duff, sent from my iPhone.
>
> On Oct 15, 2009, at 17:35, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Looking for a recommendation for a dash-mounted GPS for my dad to put
> > in his car.
> >
> > Evidently mom is getting tired of dad getting lost :-)
> >
> > Looking for something relatively simple but accurate...
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Peter Schulz
> > Chelmsford Ma, USA
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> >
> >
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