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Re: [TR] GPS Navigator

To: <terryrs@comcast.net>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] GPS Navigator
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:50:34 -0700
Do like I did and get some progressive bifocals with the transition lenses.
That way you have one pair of glasses that you can wear in all conditions.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
terryrs@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:24 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] GPS Navigator

Embarrassingly revealing question here:  

Can you read the screen while you're driving ...ahem... without putting you
your reading glasses?

Terry Smith
New Hampshire

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org> 

> For Father's Day, my wife got me the Garmin Nuvi 350 which sells for $199
at 
> Amazon with free shipping. She read every portable GPS review she could
find 
> including good old Consumer Reports. Whether you love or hate Consumer 
> Reports, they're doing GPS units on a regular basis now and they do a good

> job of explaining features so you can decide what you need. For her it
came 
> down to Garmin or TomTom and Garmin won based on the Amazon delivered
price. 
> 
> We have built-in navigation in both of our "other" cars so I was
interested 
> to see how the portable unit would compare. It's scary good. Maps on the 
> 3.5" widescreen are clear and easily readable, satellite acquisition is
very 
> fast, voice directions are loud enough and the re-routing function is very

> fast. One feature I love is the screen that shows you: current speed, 
> overall avg speed, moving avg speed, maximum speed, total trip time,
moving 
> time, stopped time, trip distance covered and trip distance remaining. So 
> you can go between that screen and the actual map screen while your 
> traveling. 
> 
> Bob Danielson 
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U 
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection 
> Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD 
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 
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