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GPS Systems~Do you own one?
I was skeptical of its use until I got to experience it, a buddy of mine told me that the learning curve was very small (I need this cuz I'm dumb) and once you figure it out, you'll love it.
His words rang true, the setup through the FM transmitter was perfect. The voice was dangerously accurate with directions and it almost felt surreal in how well it mapped locations.
Hitting the "Go Home" button reverses your steps without worry as well.
Just curious since this device has been around for awhile if anyone else has been using them consistently.
It's a device that I plan to just incorporate into my truck so I don't have to ask for directions any more; just the physical address and that's it.
Poll coming....:indecisive:
And before I start an internet war that smashes the flat rate/T&M controversy.........
YES, Women are better at directions than men. "holds head low, looks for acceptance"
My Tom Tom was the one wish list item(something I didn't need but wanted) that I got when I started the business. It was $500 but I figure I have avoided 3,467 rear end collisions:eek: by keeping me eyes on the road and not in the map.
Another great feature is it gives a pretty accurate ETA, if I drive fast or slow it will automatically adjust the ETA. So if I'm running late I can call the customer and give them a heads up. If for example in the A.M. I have an appointment in a area I don't know well. I put the destination in the night before, then I know exactly what time I have to leave.
As far as getting around goes, I've tried the Hertz "Never Lost" system. It's handy when traveling around unfamiliar areas. That system, however, does not do well around traffic! For some reason, Hertz doesn't use the traffic system that's now in place. There are several that do, however.
I have been researching these devices lately, and will eventually get one. The ability to find addresses would be a great thing. My service area for my company is very rural, so I'll have to make sure the system can handle these kinds of places. I know a nav system will be useful, but it has to have the right features. I want traffic info (only available in large metropolitan areas, but that'd still be handy when traveling into the city), spoken directions with street names, a large easy to see screen, and it has to be portable between vehicles. Bluetooth is nifty, but I think I'd rather have it speak the directions through the car's stereo speakers or it's own speaker rather than through my bluetooth phone headset. I don't know what other application Bluetooth in a GPS has, so maybe it would be handy.
GPS is definitely handy for any business that has to travel to customer sites. It makes a much better impression when you don't have to call the customer for directions to their location, and you just show up on time!
I'm horrible at directions and I think this will be my saviour of sorts because people sometimes don't clearly tell you the directions, or skip a street entirely.
It can kinda taint the beginning experience with your customer as well. I know of one that rings a bell that didn't tell me of the first entering street into the subdivision which made it freaking impossible to catch any other street at that point. He mumbled lowly, sorry when he could tell how pissed I was when I arrived at his home.
You guys that run service all the time.....unless it's a brand new street that hasn't been mapped yet, it will find your destination better than you can. And you can get the woman on your nuvi to speak in a british accent as well!!! :love:
as for my wife, she has the Mio, sucks, sucks, sucks, don't buy it ever. for a 100 more, you can get a magellan.
But over all I am happy with it and will contuine to use it when going into a new area I am not fimiliar with. I still get general directions, but do not need the entire step by step directions when heading some where. My brother has the same unit, TomTom One Thrid generation, I have and it has saved him from time to time with traveling with work.
But when I'm just riding around, I don't have it on. What I've done is use it to get back to somewhere I'm familiar with after hours of meandering. That makes it fun to just go "wherever" without any concern of how to get back. Especially after dark when you can't use the sun for directional reference. I went on a ride about 180 miles across Ohio on roads I wasn't famliar with. it wasn't until about 3/4 of the way there that I used the map to find my way to a highway that headed to my final destination. My route was 40 miles further than the normal way I go, but a lot more fun and scenic!
For some reason on my computer though, it won't let me copy and paste directions at times and I have to take it to my outlook express and mail it back to myself in order to print.
For some reason on my computer though, it won't let me copy and paste directions at times and I have to take it to my outlook express and mail it back to myself in order to print.
Not that you'd need this info now with your GPS, but try MapQuest...enter an address in the "maps" section..NOT directions, then click the "printer friendly" link on the upper left of the window.
Right click on "copy" and then paste it into an open WordPad document.
The BIGGEST problem I have is the fact that many side streets don't have the names...kinda hard to know sometimes if you passed your street or how far up it is.
Josh
i use mine all the time. i can enter the whole day sch. and hit a button to get me from job to job.
even adam has one now:D so now when i tell adam to get lost, he can't:smack-head:
rick.
Well, no, maybe not...I need to get one...SOON!
Which do you have Dunbar?
i use mine all the time. i can enter the whole day sch. and hit a button to get me from job to job.
even adam has one now:D so now when i tell adam to get lost, he can't:smack-head:
rick.
Yes I do, and not very proud owner of it..
Rick reccomended Mio that my hubs got me for my birthday...It is taking me to blind streets..telling me to make a u-turn on a no-u-turn strett..overall it is ok if i'm only looking at the map and not the direction.
most gps units in the store are working models. just plug in the address and see if it will route to it. if so you're set to go.
as a side note to answer the no left turn sign.
the mapping software knows 1 way streets as long as the mapping was newer than the street.
the mapping doesn't know when they install a no left turn sign or a no turn on red sign:smile2:
all gps units are only as good as the mapping software. the more current the software, the more accurate it will be.
rick.
When I returned back to the U.S. in 2000, the very second item I ordered was the StreetPilot III (first item was the cell phone, obviously :D). I used it whenever we travel out of town..
Never regret the pruchase.. and I still own it despite thois model is now considered an antique.. it still works like a charm, no reason to "upgrade".
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