I have a Garmin i5, paid about 350 for it and it's awesome. My wife and I took it on a trip and on the way home we had to get gas. I thought we were going to be okay until we actually SAW a gas station on the side of the road. We were about to hit a long stretch about 130 miles and had about an 1/8 of a tank. I pulled to the side of the road, did a search for gas station and it found us one 1.8 miles off the road that we would NEVER have gone to. For that alone, it's well worth it. It meets your requirements.. portable, powered by batteries or cigarette lighter. Awesome investment.
On 9/12/06, Sandra Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Garmin c330 which I absolutely love. It's a mid range, moves from > car to car and powered by cigarette lighter (or usb port when updating). > Contains all the US in the unit (so when I flew to Denver to see my family I > could take it and use it on my rental). Has a well set up POI (point of > information) for finding stores, museums, gas, food, etc. Its small enough > to place in my glove compartment when I'm not using it. Mounts to the > windshield with a Suction Cup. > > Its not top of the line and I am sure that there are newer versions of it > out, but I tried out the Tom Tom (good maps, but couldn't find my house > which is 4 years old and lousy POI), a higher price Garmin (maybe good if > you are a real estate agent trying to plot out a whole slew of houses to > show someone) and a few others, and this one works the best for me. Btw, > you can have it go to two places, just have to set the first one, then set > the next one and tell it to go there prior to the first). I paid just under > $700 for it at the time. > > > > Sandra Clark > ============================== > http://www.shayna.com > Training in Cascading Style Sheets and Accessibility > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: GPS for car > > I'm looking to get a GPS system for my car. Anyone out there with > suggestions or experience to impart? I want something that can be moved > from car to car, and can be charged by the cigarette lighter or also powered > by battery. I'm willing to spend a fair amount on this, so pretend there > are no budget constraints... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
