which gps garmin to buy

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

hallo everyone,
im looking to buy new garmin gps, not verry bothered about blue tooth, tm receiver etc.... basically looking for map navigation only and preferably nuvi range. Could someone please tell me what to go for, as ive heard that nuvi range is currently having problems with satelite accurity???
many thanks

1952kev · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject:

Asking on THIS forum......................the simple answer is......................a TomTom.............. Laughing

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:

Moved to more appropriate forum....

Hi simbad1980 and welcome.

This page should help you compare the Garmin Nuvi range and pick a model you like.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject:

Recieved by PM

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject:

Recieved by PM

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

cannot remember at the mom and also short with time factor. Will try to remember and post or send tonight-tommorrow. Many thanks

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

hallo mate, sorry for sending PM, didnt realise i was doing it.
if you visit this amason site and go through the reviews you will understand from where i came from. Thanks for your replay

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000REECKS/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

PaulB2005 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

So you're not persuaded by the overall POSITIVE reviews?

Sure ANY product (toasters, cars, CDs) you buy is going to have a few people that aren't happy with it, but you seem to have picked a few negative comments from a field of mostly positive comments.

If you based all your buying decisions on the negatives then you'd never buy anything.

Finally i think the most telling factor is the fact that Garmin products have a good reputation here and there don't seem to be huge numbers of people here with reception problems.

Don't take my word for it - have a browse through the forums yourself....

sanaar · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 53

Just "upgraded" from a Streetpilot i3 to a Nuvi 250.
A fantastic unit so far for the money.
No complaints whatsoever.
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garmin nuvi 250
garmin i3 ver2.7
city navigator v8 (indexed and routeable)
city navigator v9 (indexed and routeable
metroguide north america v6(indexed and routeable)

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

well , thank you verry much paul. I think you are rite what are you saying, i shouldnt make my decision on the base of few negative reports. Ive have had a garmin street pilot c320 which ive bought two years ago and purchased additional insurance cover, verry recently my unit start crashing and cigarette charger wire start to deteriorate. So i took it back to the shop for repair and few days later they called me to say my pilotc320 has been written off and should receive money back..... so thats why im doing this little reserch on garmin units as i would like to purchase another one.
Your halp has been appreciated, cheers mate!

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject:

That's OK.

What ever you buy I'm sure you'll be happy.

simbad1980 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 6

thanks a lot bud

culzean · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 04, 2006 Posts: 54

Have been using Garmin streetpilot C510 for about 18 months now, I don't know if Nuvi has same software? Never had a minutes trouble with it, have only spoken to Garmin twice, once to get waypoint software for my PC (they sent a free CD), and once to buy European maps (about £35 for UK+Europe ). Great satellite chip, can get 4 out of 5 bars in my lounge, accuracy is first class, arrival times are spot on, you can avoid unit sending you down unclassified roads either by choosing faster route or by pretending to be a bus. A bonus is that Li-ion battery lasts for ages. Speed camera database from pocketworld loads straight in every time using POI loader. Speed limit warnings are good and hard to ignore, with red flashing banner and 'bonging' from unit, which gets more insistent the further over the limit you are.

Robin2 · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject:

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