Re: Price Drop on Garmin Dezl GPS
Ok.... I have the 465T. I purchased it 11/14/09 for $489.94. I liked my Garmin Steet pilot 2610 better. It was not color nor was it 3D. I use my 465t in 2D which I like better. I can't make a profile for an RV so I tried to make a profile for a small Semi that would be bigger than an auto but not as big as my truck and trailer, (which it routes as a Semi with the probihited Semi areas) so it would not route me in the same way as a Semi but that didn't work. It does not have a clearance part of the program.
I don't know what the difference is between the 465T and the 465LMT. Here are some comparisons I found.
Here are some of my problems.
In the truck mode it routes me a long way out of the way. In truck mode it routed me about 40 miles out of the way. The route I took was traveled by many Semi's with no problem.
I tried to report some of the routing problems and they referr me to
NAVTEQ . I found the
Navteq Reporter and have used it a couple of times. Not sure if they have used my comments.
Garmin has used the program Mapsource for years but now it is changing to one called BaseCamp. With Mapsource you can save your waypoints and routes in seperate files. However the new BaseCamp is run as a server program, where it saves all the data in one file and you just use everything in the file, you can not save your work in seperate files. To me that is like writing a letter using Word and all letters are in one file. Not user friendly. They have a forum where many don't like BaseCamp and want Mapsource updated. Their remarks are "Tough if you don't like it go somewhere else", and some are talking about going to a different GPS because of their atittude.
Either the maps are getting so large I had to add a SD memory card so it would load more than the lower 48 states or it is not removing all the old maps. On my computer it does not delete the older maps. It just adds the new ones. I did purchase the lifetime maps for the US and Canada when I purchased the GPS.
A good example of a problem is in Elkhart. When I traveled from RV Capital to Elkhart RV Park the road goes under an railroad underpass then goes a ways an then curves right before getting to the highschool. When I first was finding my way around Elkahart I use the 465t to get back to the RV Park. About 3 blocks before the curve it had me turn right on a residential street for about 2 or 3 blocks then turn left on another street which brought me back onto the same street if I had gone on around the curve.
It also has had me exit the highway drive about a mile or two and then get back on. This was not a traffic problem, because it will help you miss a heavy traffic backup.
I have gotten to the point I will map out my route and if it has me turn off a different direction I will check a printed copy of my route (Pat loves to follow the road on a set of prints I make for her).
Now I do love using a GPS. I have a problem with directions. Give me a map I can find my way. Used one since I was 16. I perfer using the GPS but they are just not accurate enough. They can lead you in a bad direction especially when I am pulling my Bighorn. Heard many stories of people running out on a real back road and becoming stranded and such. You have to be very aware of where you are going when you depend on your GPS.
Well that is my rant... thanks
BC