http://gpstracklog.com/2006/04/gps_for_your_ca.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gpstracklog.com/2006/04/gps_for_your_ca.html/comment-page-1#comment-24507 Paul in FL Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:58:14 +0000 http://96.30.5.180/~gpstrac/2006/04/gps-for-your-car-factory-installed-or-aftermarket-unit.html#comment-24507 I would go with the portable unit for a couple reasons not mentioned. The protable units can be taken along when walking around a big city when placed in "walk mode". You'll never get lost and you will have a list of all of the landmarks and restaurants at your fingertips. New features are being added to portable units all of the time. I like the new preferred lane feature where it shows the lane to be in for an upcoming exit. You'll like that one in heavy traffic versus waiting until the last minute and finding that you are in the wrong lane in five o'clock traffic. Finally, you could get at least four portable units for the cost of one OEM unit. Give the older units to your children. College kids love free stuff from Mom and Dad. Focus on the word "free". Lifetime map updates can be had for $50 or so versus a $200 for a single OEM map update CD. A GPS is not something you use every day so why not put the money in creature comforts like satellite radio, leather seats, model upgrade, etc. that you do use every day. I would go with the portable unit for a couple reasons not mentioned. The protable units can be taken along when walking around a big city when placed in “walk mode”. You’ll never get lost and you will have a list of all of the landmarks and restaurants at your fingertips. New features are being added to portable units all of the time. I like the new preferred lane feature where it shows the lane to be in for an upcoming exit. You’ll like that one in heavy traffic versus waiting until the last minute and finding that you are in the wrong lane in five o’clock traffic. Finally, you could get at least four portable units for the cost of one OEM unit. Give the older units to your children. College kids love free stuff from Mom and Dad. Focus on the word “free”. Lifetime map updates can be had for $50 or so versus a $200 for a single OEM map update CD. A GPS is not something you use every day so why not put the money in creature comforts like satellite radio, leather seats, model upgrade, etc. that you do use every day.

]]> http://gpstracklog.com/2006/04/gps_for_your_ca.html/comment-page-1#comment-637 Rich Owings Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:09:40 +0000 http://96.30.5.180/~gpstrac/2006/04/gps-for-your-car-factory-installed-or-aftermarket-unit.html#comment-637 Some PNDs do have this feature, but really...how often is it a issue? Some PNDs do have this feature, but really…how often is it a issue?

]]> http://gpstracklog.com/2006/04/gps_for_your_ca.html/comment-page-1#comment-638 Eli Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:21:34 +0000 http://96.30.5.180/~gpstrac/2006/04/gps-for-your-car-factory-installed-or-aftermarket-unit.html#comment-638 A big advantage to a factory installed one is they usually work without a GPS signal, using compass and vehicle speed. Inside a parking garage? Tall buildings? No problem. A portable nav system becomes a dead weight without a GPS signal. A big advantage to a factory installed one is they usually work without a GPS signal, using compass and vehicle speed. Inside a parking garage? Tall buildings? No problem. A portable nav system becomes a dead weight without a GPS signal.

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