<VV> GPS for Corvair?

[Bill Elliott]

Hopefully the wife isn't reading this, but I bought her a GPS for Christmas. Doing a lot of the same research that John did, I ended up with a Garmin C330 
which was about the cheapest thing I could find with a touch screen and all US maps loaded. Also somewhat usable as a handheld.

I was able to save substantially over best Buy and the like from an Ebay merchant. We haven't used it it, but from my limited playing with it (before wrapping 
it) I've been happy with the decision. I don't fear screen washout; it's very bright.

Bill

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:00:35 -0600, John Beck wrote:

>Hi Ron, I recently bought a GPS to use when I'm working my Cadaver
>Detection Dog.  The selection of models is huge and I found the
>descriptions a bit confusing at least for a novice like me.  I ended up
>buying a Garmin Etrex Legend C.  It's working well for my purpose, it
>would be a very poor choice for you.  I looked at Cobra, Garmin and
>Magellan.  Cobra tech support didn't return my e-mail.  Magellan doesn't
>timestamp waypoints.  That left Garmin.  I'm happy with my Garmin. One
>thing I've noticed is that additional maps can easily cost more than the
>GPS receiver itself.

>One of the most helpful sources of information I found is
>http://gpsinformation.org They have tons of information organized around
>different applications.  --J.B.

>Ron Choy wrote:
>> 
>> Kinda off topic, but does anyone use a GPS? Or have one? I think I want
>> one.
>> I rented Hertz cars with NeverLost which seemed pretty good, but the
>> tv-advertised ones have touch screen which is handier.
>> If mounted on the dash, can the display get washed out?  Thanks for any
>> comments.   -ron 65,66
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