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02-14-2012, 09:48 PM

justin12234

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gps recommendations?

anyone know of a decent gps thats reliable and doesn't break the bank? im looking for one that has the speed limit of road currently on, tell you to get into appropriate lane before you have to turn, option to find the nearest gas station, and a 2-4 hour battery life. anyone have any ideas on what gps to get? i'm looking to spend roughly ~100, and i mainly want the advanced lane change and current speed limit feature

02-14-2012, 10:22 PM

pettyfog

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Kids got the wife a Garmin Nuvi 50. It does all that. Found a couple places it got the speed limit wrong but I havent done an update yet.
Did find it was cool that the Interstate junction signs were the exact image.
$120 at Newegg

Amazon

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02-14-2012, 10:43 PM

gojorg

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Yeah, my Garmin does that too, I have the nuvi 1300 I believe it was 129 at Walmart

02-14-2012, 10:48 PM

chris015

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Anything garmin,ive had several models and they are great.

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02-14-2012, 10:54 PM

swartlkk

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I had a Garmin Nuvi 200 (I think) and it worked fine for what it was. Now I use my Droid X as my GPS unit. Gave the Garmin to my in-laws.

02-14-2012, 11:10 PM

justin12234

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Originally Posted by gojorg

Yeah, my Garmin does that too, I have the nuvi 1300 I believe it was 129 at Walmart

theres a guy selling a few garmin 1300 models with weak batteries for like $50 and a replacement battery kit is 30$ and i was thinking of getting it but i wasn't sure if it had the lane change and speed limit on it

02-15-2012, 06:29 PM

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I have a Garmin Nuvi 1450LMT (free map and traffic updates for life). It was a little more than $100 a year and a half ago. I got it off one of the tv shopping channels with like 3 or 4 split payments. It does do speed limits with a nice lane assist feature, speaks street names and all. Check out shopnbc.com. They have it now for $162.99 with 5 payments of $33.20. The free map upgrades are nice.

02-15-2012, 09:00 PM

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When you want to compare prices, just cut and paste that into your search box.. you'll find everyone else is $30 cheaper. Although I use Amazon a lot, I think I would do Walmart 'ship to store'.
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