I love using GPS but I know some people who "do not trust it". I don't understand. It makes life so much easier even if it may not give you the most direct route every time.
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Sometimes!
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The one in my car needs a new DVD, so I've been using an app on my phone, waze, it's kind of awesome! I might not end up getting a new DVD to put in my car nav system & just keep using waze
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i do!
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if i had a car i definitely would. i want to buy one just for when we zipcar!
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I love it and it helps our marriage to continue on a happy path
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@Mrs. Bee: get the waze app on your iPhone! It is a gps app that does turn by turn directions with street names & everything! People even report things like when there is a speed trap & stuff. It's free & DH likes to use my waze app over his portable gps
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@mrs. bird: Sounds good but I don't have enough data for that. I would get charged extra!
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Getting a GPS helped my husband (boyfriend) at the time stop fighting in the car so we loved it. We just had ours stolen in my car. I generally don't need it much day to day. Happy to see that the new maps app has voice navigation.
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@mrs. bird: oh cool! i will install it. will need it for apple picking!
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I use the navigation feature of the google maps app on my phone and I really like it a lot, it does turn by turn directions just like a portable one and it is very easy to use. I use it relatively frequently and have yet to have a problem (at least when I am using the navigation portion.)
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We use it all the time...it's especially great when there's bad traffic and we want to detour or just want to take the back roads.
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Yes, but I get frustrated with entering things in. Hubby gets really frustrated when he tries to search for things and they are not showing up.
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Yes, but I just use my phone. I rarely, rarely have issues with it.
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No! I hate GPS with a vengeance!
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I do use it to places I've never been to. I can see why some people don't trust it b/c my car tells me that I have to turn left to go to my house when I have to turn right. But 99% of the time it's right.
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Love it! Originally we didn't plan on getting navigation in our car, but the dealer didn't have the car we wanted available. He did have it with a navigation system, and the price wasn't much more. It was definitely worth it for us, and we have used it on trips to Canada and Florida.
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I use it all the time but sometimes it sends me to the wrong place and then I freak out big time.
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We use Motion X GPS for the iPhone through Bluetooth in my car. It's a paid app, but I am excited to use the new GPS feature with iOS 6! Getting my iPhone 5 tomorrow
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Always!!! I would get lost if I didn't. I have no sense of direction and I hate driving.
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Use it!
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I had a GPS app for my iphone but it would drain my battery so much that I deleted it.
As for my old Garmin, I love it! But it has maps from 2009 and needs new maps so I might by another Garmin with unlimited map downloads.
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@regberadaisy: why???
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OMG I can't live without my GPS!
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We use to in our 2006 crossover but it wasn't an updated version so...it wasted our gas pretty frequently because roads would change. DH doesn't trust GPS but I think he hates my directions more
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@Andrea: Because she's a whore! haha seriously I call it the GPS whore. She's always sending us in the wrong directions or down some side dirt road straight out of a scary movie.
I have not had good experiences with GPS. I prefer Google Maps or Mapquest!
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I do use it on my phone but I dont rely it 100% because yes it can get you lost and frustrate you sometimes, especially if you just randomly lose signal or drive under a tunnel
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Yup! Constantly! It's just so convenient for on the go especially when traveling to an unknown place.
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yep, on my phone~
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I use it, but am always skeptical. My strategy is usually to look up the route on Google Maps beforehand and get a sense of where I'm going and what streets/landmarks I should be seeing, what general direction I should be going in so my attention can be on the road. Then I'll let GPS do its thing.
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@regberadaisy: how old is your software? maybe it doesn't have good maps for your area or have you tried it elsewhere?
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Yup, I use it on my phone.
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Hardly ever. I find looking at a map a lot more efficient. Plus, now having looked at it enough times, I have a really good sense of where things are located in the city.
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I don't use it--not because I don't trust it, but because I think people are too reliant on it. I use a map of our city when needed (but I'm pretty good with directions, which I partially think is from not relying on GPS) and look up addresses on mapquest/google before I leave the house sometimes.
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@bluestriped bee: Garmin has a Groupon out for $79 with lifetime maps today. I know this is an old thread but thought u might be interested. I just bought it and was pulling up GPS threads while I excitedly await mine.
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@808love: Thanks for telling me about that deal but I bought a new Garmin on Black Friday.
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