I'd like to add GPS to my S2000, I'm thinking it will end many an argument before it starts and make trips much more pleasant. Any body know of a cool thin GPS system that will fit under a new head unit and come out and flip up with touch screen controls?

Any GPS suggestions of any type would be welcome.

At this point I'm tending towards teh garmin Streetpilot III

portable from car to car and small, but has all the nice features...

http://www.garmin.com/products/spIII/

-mikey

 

You might consider a new Navman iCN 630. Here is a link :Navman iCN 630

Plus here is compare Navman and StreetPilot III:
http://www.teamgps.com/navman/default.asp

I recently bought this model, like so far... PM me if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Vasily

 

I have the Streepilot. It is pretty cool, but I have not yet used it in my S. It is a PITA to plug into the accessory outlet. It is also a major theft magnet, so figure out a way to store it when you park. (Really the only choice is the trunk.

I am glad I have it, it has served my very well, but I don't use it that much because it takes a while to find what you want. I managed to get it for about $750. Not really sure it's worth all that. Make sure if you do get it, to get the "deluxe" version as it includes WAY more than the basic one.

It is definatly geared toward in-car navigation. Can;t really be used effectivly on a hike or something.

Post or PM me if you have more questions about it.

 

I use the eTrex Vista. It has a huge map memory, and the thing is about the size of a 1998-era cell phone.

Easy to hide, good battery life, cheap.

I have no real need for turn-by-turn navigation, I am more interested in "where have I been?" and "what route did I take?" Simply giving it an address and letting it point in the direction I need to go is usually enough for city driving, otherwise I can load a route off of the mapping software into the device. Easily removed and usable when I go cycling or hiking.

 

I have pretty much decided to wait for the ique3600 which won't be out until July. It should be able to fit into a shirt pocket at 0.8" thick.

http://www.garmin.com/products/iQue3600/

 

I read about those in a boating mag. last month and decided the wait is over. I've got part of my tax refund tucked away for one.

 

Okay I purchased and am trying out the garmin Streetpilot III. I like it very much but it displays kind of slow and updates slow. I like it's features but it's not the best at typing in addresses.

I may take it back and try the navman out. Does the nav man have keep a history track of where you go?
Tell me about the navman computer software. Can you set up routes with A pc and then download them to the navman?

The software that comes with the streetpilot is great. I like the track feature very much.

I was at 400 miles when I decided to get it and canyon carve all night long. I set up a route that took me home from work going throught The PCH in california to some canyons and through mulhouland and to a gas station. From there I climbed up Angeles Crest highway. Great twisties. It worked fantastically. With it on my dash I saw every corner coming up before it came. I love the S2k's headlights. I wasn't going super fast but I was able to have fun and enjoy the canyon roads that I haven't driven in a long time and being able to see what corners were coming was amazing. It's perfect for rally's. No car enthusiast should be without some form of GPS. It even keeps average time for you in motion so you could be completely irresponsible and have competitions and upload results. Not that I would recomend such an irresponsible activity but you could. The only question remaining is if the Navman is better.

The navman seems to have a cleaner display. It's input to the unit for addresses has a keypad and looks better there. It has a much faster processor. Is it's computer software good? How fast does the screen update? That's super important for the twisties. I turned deatail to min and zoomed to 800ft to see the twisties. It says the navman only updates position 1 a second does the screen refresh faster than that?

Thanks so much...

-mikey

 

Ok, let me try to answer to your questions. First of all you can download user

 

Have you looked at the built in systems?

 

http://www.dl90.com/


WOW!
-mikey