Mine is not part of the recall...dog-gone-it!!

 

[QUOTE=Kyras,Aug 26 2010, 11:11 AM] I'm on my second Garmin nuvi 1490T.

 

I have the 265WT and I love it. The free lifetime traffic is great and the unit is fast and accurate. I use it when I travel (which is alot) and I never have had any real problems.

The only thing to be careful of, and this is with any GPS, is the street names. For instance I have a client on US-46 in Fairfield, NJ. Depending on the GPS unit I have to put in US, Hwy, or RT to find the correct address.

 

I have a 660 as well as my newer 265. The 660 is a beast of a GPS but the battery in it died in 2 years. Could be a bad battery, no running it down all the way before charging or a defect. Other than the lack of battery life (and I always leave it plugged in when using it now) it is still a great GPS.

 

I use the traffic on my 265 (Navteq free traffic not to be confused with the MSN Traffic) and I love it. It is much better than nothing but I do find that google maps through my iPhone tends to be a bit more accurate.

Most of the time I just keep plodding along rather than trying to avoid the traffic but it is nice to have a ballpark figure for where and why there is traffic.

 

^When I want to know about traffic I just turn on the CB radio.

 

Nuvi

Thanks for starting this thread, Lainey. It reminded me that I needed to update my Garmin. When I started downloading the update, I suddenly remembered that I had bought the "lifetime" subscription last year. If I hadn't seen your post, I would be driving around with an obsolete database. BTW, when I was returning from S2K Days in Asheville, NC, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a couple of neat looking twisty roads that the Garmin said connected to the Blue Ridge Parkway, only to find they dead-ended on a private road with a gate across it. This proves that you sure can't trust the little bugger all the time!

 

Glad to help.

We always (or I should say Rick) found our way with maps and AAA guides when traveling. We still get the map and AAA guides, but the Nuvi rocks! I would not hit the road without one.

Well I can't anyway, as I'd likely not reach my destination. Which way is north?

 

A little off-topic but last month, I was in a Ritz or Dodd or Wolf Camera (one of those nat'l chains that are in malls) to pick up a filter. I noticed that they had a very large verizon cell phone display and asked when they started carrying cell phones. He said its been a couple months and that they decided that it was a business they had to be in, as the point & click camera market would be all but extinct in just a few years. I think that pocket GPSs are on the same track.

 

Jim, the traffic feature is automatic, when the route comes up. There will be a little car icon that is green if it doesn't detect a problem or it may be yellow or red. If I touch it, I get a screen to choose information, and I'll choose "traffic on route". It will tell me how far away in miles the traffic is, and how much delay it will be. It's right, often but not always. I don't trust it enough to change my route, though. I'll also listen to XM traffic, if it's available for where I'm going (like in the L.A. area) and if I have confirmation of a major problem, I may choose a different route. Overall, I like the 1490T. My favorite part is the little picture (Lane assist) to show you the lane choices ahead and which ones you need to be in.