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Originally Posted by refnrev
My wife has a Tom Tom that my mother-in-law gave her and I hate it.  In the city it will actually have you turn and drive one block east, then turn and go one block north, then have you turn and go one block west to get where you would have been if you had gone one block straight ahead in the first place. I has also taken her miles out of the way on trips. She had to call me once to get her back to the right highway exit to keep from driving 25 - 30 miles father west to pick the same interstate hwy. |
I would always suggest that you do not completely rely on these devices. The main thing these GPS devices do is help you do is put you in the area and give you decent directions. I do not use my GPS for primary directions to places I know where I am going. I also like to take certain routes because I know they are quicker or easier to get in and out of places. I use it primarily for the many places I go that I have never been there or I am not familiar with the surroundings. This alone has paid for itself because I even have an idea of out long it will take me to get to these places. It takes out the panic I would have when I was not aware of where I am going. Sometimes the directions are just as bad as you get from Google, but at least you have some idea of where you are. And the device will adjust for you when you make a mistake.
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