If you already have a european sat nav, you can probably get an SD
card with north american maps on it, just plug it in and you are good
to go. If you havent got one already go to Target or walmart and get
an american one, get the european card when you get home for use over
here.
I bought a basic garmin device from circuit city when I lived in
canada, I bought a european map card off ebay and still us it over
here now. The only problem you might run into in LA is that the sat
nav will take you the most direct route to wherever you have asked
it, possibly including less salubrious areas where you may not wish
to go....
have a good trip
s
On 15 May 2012, at 18:44, fouracre wrote:
Hello Ron,
I was in Florida last November and we did what Geoff mentioned.
We bought a satnav at bestbuy (tomtom XL for $60) and used it
during that trip. Afterwards I sold it at Ebay for 75€. So it was
not so expensive ;-) You can order things at bestbuy from Europe by
phone. They store these things for you at least 8 days plus
additional 8 days if necessary. I think other shops like walmart,
target and Wolf’s camera have a similar service. To buy a navi in
the US and sell it afterwards is always cheaper than hiring it. Our
company would have charged $10 per day “but not more than $120”.
For $120 it would had been able to buy a luxury navi.
Bad guys use maps which they source in the internet. That is cheap
but not legal.
Keep mogging,
Christian
Von: Geoff Roberts [mailto:[email protected]]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2012 12:45
An: mogtalk2
Betreff: Re: [mogtalk2] sat nag for the USA
Having driven Denver-Seattle-San Diego-Denver in 2010 I would
thoroughly recommend a sat-nav for the trip. It is cheaper to buy
one and take it with you than hire one from the car hire thieves
companies.
Super in finding your way to pre-booked hotels and useful in that
it had a 'which is the nearest hotel/motel' and 'nearest filling
station' guide.
I had no trouble with a Tom Tom Go 930 but I have had a Garmin and
they are good, too.
Geoff R
On 15 May 2012, at 10:59, Ron Skelley wrote:
Just extending the enquiry on sat nav devices a little, I'm
planning a trip to the West Coast USA later this year ( sadly not
in the Mog). Any views on whether a satnav is worth getting versus
local maps; and if so whats the current fave? i imagine that
finding our way across great stretches of desert isnt too taxing
with a map, but I can foresee that LA might be!
Ron
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