Reference SCORE: My new Daimler Benz O 309 D motor-home/work vehicle post# 116.

I must have a unit I can trust...

I use a iPhone app (navigon) as my primary gps. One less device to deal with.

Buy yourself a good book of maps Roy !!
One day these little men in China will actually discover that parts of the world are not over populated & you cant just ask some one directions in the middle of no where !!
We have an el cheapo MIO, Its was very cheap, works well in towns, but is not so good in the country. It has included some roads that havent been built yet!!

Down here we tend to look things up on whereis & print a few maps. Maybe Google maps would be good as well.
I thought you would have had your laptop & wireless with you on the trip !

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I'll second that, for sure.

If you must go electronic - go Garmin.

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WVO,
I havent heard of too many pilots replacing their maps with a gps yet !!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

And you wont. For obvious reasons.

Back when I was dumb enough to teach primary flight. I loved to take a student on a long XC flight and let them get all settled in to watching the GPS map move on by.
I’d reach up and turn the thing off and ask where we were.
I never got a good reply.
Usually, more of a panic response.

And God forbid they ever yelled “Hey ! What’d ya do that for ?!”

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I really like my TomTom. I also use Google Maps Navigation on my phone a lot. I have a Google phone to run it on.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Hagstrom's map book and a TomTom.

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It was broken before the trip.

I wreck cell phones at work, drop in antifreeze, oil, diesel, ATF, cleaning solvent, fall into running engine, etc, etc...

Cell phone insurance will not replace it every month.

Buying 12+ new smart phones per year is not in the budget...

Then a tomtom or such is the way to go. It will stay suction cup'd to your windshield

-J

That's the best thing you can do to a mobile phone (in my opinion)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Yup, I also keep a stand alone GPS installed in my car. They have become dirt cheap.

Looking at one now.

http://tomtom.factoryoutletstore.com/?cid=9327&chid=1&gclid=CIG-xOKto6QCFZQz5wodHCVw7A

Ones with text to speech are best, they will read the street name, IE "Turn left at Middlebelt Drive" not "Turn left".

-Jason

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Definitely, but they probably all do that by now. I also like having it paired with my car audio (bluetooth) so it fades the music when it gives directions.