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27 August 2008
Good product; some problems
Overall a good product, but a few annoying problems. Easy to use overall (Didn't even need to read a manual, which is good b/c none comes with it other than a little brochure; at least that directs you to a website where you can download the manual, but even THAT doesn't cover everything, such as downloading maps (new street map upgrade: 69.99) which seems pretty necessary - there is some glaring insufficiency in the pre-loaded maps; they are simply wrong in some areas that clearly have roads that have been there awhile (but it isn't bad around the city). It has a bad habit of directing you the wrong way down 1-way streets (again, the've been there while) and misses a lot of cases where there are restrictions like "no turns"; admittedly, these are street signs that probably cannot make it into the database, but it's still annoying. Routing around cities for longer distance trips isn't bad. On the way to and from work, it's come up with different routes on a number of occasions, and I don't have a a traffic receiver or anything. The estimated time of arrival is usually wrong, but not usually by much; the stop lights don't really account for this. A number of times, the trip data screen has logged my max speed at over 250 mph - my record so far is 379. I drive a truck, and it's not nitro-powered; I'm lucky to reach 80. It IS a hand feature for averages though.
Overall however, this is a great, versatile and handy unit for the price.