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Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by celticracing
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Trying to make my livelihood full-time in real estate, I'm looking to
upgrade my tomtom1 GPS. I've been looking at the Garmin 850, which has been discontinued, and can be had for about $250. I really need hands free and voice interactive. In the northern Virginia area, traffic is a plus, if it is truly timely and accurate, which WTOP often is not. All opinions appreciated. Thanks! Tom Fitzpatrick Celtic Racing #806 _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Aki Damme-2
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We have a 7 series Garmin ( I think the 760). It has traffic/weather,
bluetooth for hands free phone, an micro SD slot for music (it transmits to a blank FM channel), and a host of other features. It's WAY better than our built in GPS's in our cars (a Lexus and a Camry). In fact, it's pretty much a standard item in our luggage whenever we go on trips and are renting a car. I also like the display better than the Tom Tom 130 I just received. It's stone cold reliable and pretty damn accurate. Lifetime map updates are $128. Traffic/weather subscription is separate (something like $20 a year). Quite frankly, I wouldn't subscribe to traffic/weather. The weather can be heard off WTOP and traffic changes so rapidly that the service can't keep up with it. The only things that traffic is good for is extended accidents or contruction...both of which you'll hear on the radio or already know. -aki On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick III < celticracing@...> wrote: > Trying to make my livelihood full-time in real estate, I'm looking to > upgrade my tomtom1 GPS. I've been looking at the Garmin 850, which has > been > discontinued, and can be had for about $250. > > > > I really need hands free and voice interactive. In the northern Virginia > area, traffic is a plus, if it is truly timely and accurate, which WTOP > often is not. > > > > All opinions appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Tom Fitzpatrick > > Celtic Racing #806 > > > > _______________________________________________ > dc-cycles mailing list > dc-cycles@... > http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles > dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Wayne Edelen-2
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Aki Damme<01dyna@...> wrote:
> I wouldn't subscribe to traffic/weather. The weather can be heard off WTOP > and traffic changes so rapidly that the > service can't keep up with it. The only things that traffic is good for is > extended accidents or contruction...both of > which you'll hear on the radio or already know. If you're listening to sat radio or your ipod, you wouldn't hear anything about local traffic incidents or construction. I don't know how the stand alone units work, but my wife's car has real time traffic and it works well. Coupled with the nav, it alerts you to incidents and provides suggested routes to avoid them. -- Wayne _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Aki Damme-2
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The stand alone units, at least for Garmin are fed off of MSN. Nuff
said on THAT. Tom Tom has their own service and I haven't tried it but I understand it's free if you buy their specialized charging plug. -aki On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Wayne Edelen<happyscrappyheropup@...> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Aki Damme<01dyna@...> wrote: > >> I wouldn't subscribe to traffic/weather. The weather can be heard off WTOP >> and traffic changes so rapidly that the >> service can't keep up with it. The only things that traffic is good for is >> extended accidents or contruction...both of >> which you'll hear on the radio or already know. > > > If you're listening to sat radio or your ipod, you wouldn't hear > anything about local traffic incidents or construction. I don't know > how the stand alone units work, but my wife's car has real time > traffic and it works well. Coupled with the nav, it alerts you to > incidents and provides suggested routes to avoid them. > > -- Wayne > _______________________________________________ > dc-cycles mailing list > dc-cycles@... > http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles > dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Silver, Arthur (NIH/NIGMS) [E]
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I have Garmin Nuvi. I use it in the car and on the bike (have a ram mount that's waterproof)have had no problems and it's not that expensive. I also have XM radio (well Sirius/XM) they used to have a really good traffic channel on it for the Wash DC/Metro area. That was updated really quickly. Saved me a lot of time then but now they've lumped Baltimore into it too and now it's not so good.
Doesn't the Tom Tom give updates on the traffic too. That would be a option. Check them out on Amazon.com they usually have really good customer reviews on stuff. BTW I on the ride home on the bike yesterday I saw so many wannabe Lance Armstrong's out and about. They would ride 3-4 wide through the park and ignore the rest of the traffic. I actually had a couple of bikes riding the double yellow into oncoming traffice. Share the road huh. My middle finger is tired. Had to vent. Art -----Original Message----- From: dc-cycles-bounces@... [mailto:dc-cycles-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Aki Damme Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:57 AM To: Wayne Edelen Cc: DC cycles Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate The stand alone units, at least for Garmin are fed off of MSN. Nuff said on THAT. Tom Tom has their own service and I haven't tried it but I understand it's free if you buy their specialized charging plug. -aki On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Wayne Edelen<happyscrappyheropup@...> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Aki Damme<01dyna@...> wrote: > >> I wouldn't subscribe to traffic/weather. The weather can be heard off WTOP >> and traffic changes so rapidly that the >> service can't keep up with it. The only things that traffic is good for is >> extended accidents or contruction...both of >> which you'll hear on the radio or already know. > > > If you're listening to sat radio or your ipod, you wouldn't hear > anything about local traffic incidents or construction. I don't know > how the stand alone units work, but my wife's car has real time > traffic and it works well. Coupled with the nav, it alerts you to > incidents and provides suggested routes to avoid them. > > -- Wayne > _______________________________________________ > dc-cycles mailing list > dc-cycles@... > http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles > dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Dave Yates
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... [Dave] Actually Iphone maps & crackberry have apps with nav. That show traffic on interstates.. Fairly accurately, but I'm not sure about "autorouting" around. I'm not real keen on Garmin's "detour" logic. In fact, on my zumo sometimes it plain doesn't work. I haven't found a way to "detour" in advance on a route you launch on the unit either. I'm otherwise happy with it. BTW I on the ride home on the bike yesterday I saw so many wannabe Lance Armstrong's out and about. They would ride 3-4 wide through the park and ignore the rest of the traffic. I actually had a couple of bikes riding the double yellow into oncoming traffice. Share the road huh. My middle finger is tired. Had to vent. [Dave] I give them 2 beeps, downshift & throttle. If they're too stupid to get out of the way, tough cookies. They want to ride multi-abreast, I'm splitting between them. We get them on the GW Pkway obstructing traffic quite a bit. They can be ticketed (obstructing) IF they're observed by a cop, but they're never around. I share your frustration, but just split between them leaving them in your asphalt ripping wake. _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by skip-10
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Dave Yates wrote: > AS: > ... > [Dave] I give them 2 beeps, downshift & throttle. I treat them like any other two wheeler... they get my full courtesy until they fail to return it, at which point they're an obstacle and dealt with as such. just think of them as quicker than normal harleys. :~) _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Aki Damme-2
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ack! They don't have NEARLY the chrome danglies!!!!
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM, skip<onefaller@...> wrote: > > > Dave Yates wrote: >> >> AS: ... > >> [Dave] I give them 2 beeps, downshift & throttle. > > > I treat them like any other two wheeler... they get my full courtesy until > they fail to return it, at which point they're an obstacle and dealt with as > such. > > just think of them as quicker than normal harleys. > > > :~) > > > _______________________________________________ > dc-cycles mailing list > dc-cycles@... > http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles > dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm working real estate
by Dave Yates
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Skip said:
I treat them like any other two wheeler... they get my full courtesy until they fail to return it, at which point they're an obstacle and dealt with as such. just think of them as quicker than normal harleys. [Dave] Zing! _______________________________________________ dc-cycles mailing list dc-cycles@... http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles |
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