BOB47 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Looking at buying a GPS for my daughters car. I love her to death but she can get lost driving around the block sometimes. Anyway, my question is do you have to buy a monthly subscription to something to get it to work? I thought they came pre-loaded with maps but my wife says you have to pay monthly to use them like you do with Onstar. What's a good one? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeake Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Looking at buying a GPS for my daughters car. I love her to death but she can get lost driving around the block sometimes. Anyway, my question is do you have to buy a monthly subscription to something to get it to work? I thought they came pre-loaded with maps but my wife says you have to pay monthly to use them like you do with Onstar. What's a good one? Thanks in advance. Buy a garmin no monthly subscriptions. I have used many different ones and I like the garmin best. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134 http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do...0&Find=Find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankg42 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Buy a garmin no monthly subscriptions. I have used many different ones and I like the garmin best. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134 http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do...0&Find=Find I've had 2 Garmins. Very good, no subscription (other than annual updates that you can purchase if you want). My Nuvi 350 is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) garmin nuvi 760w owner here, originally bought it for my wife, but i've been a traveling man lately so i use it now...... this thing is one of the best investments i've ever made. updating has been stated by the two previous posts... i took my friend to sams club this past weekend to get him a nuvi 255w (i believe) for 169.99.... he used it for the first time driving back to fort gordon and he loves it.... he to got tired of the iphones weak gps system that lacks detailed features...... Edited July 22, 2009 by dAt_nEw_gUy (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 I am still using my old school Garmin C330, still trust worthy and correct 95% of the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB47 Posted July 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Sounds like Garmin is the way to go. Thanks guys, I'll check into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitches040 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Hey Bob ... I have the Garmin Nuvi 760W ... It is great. Garmin gives you the updated maps when they become avalible. You just download them from your computer. The Nuvi can also be used as a handheld GPS for GeoCaching ... if your into that. Also, the Nuvi 760 can hold external memory (SD Card) for photo's, MP3's, etc etc ... It also has Bluetooth for your cellphone. And finally .... You can download Custom POI's ... (Points of interest) ... I have all the MSP Barracks, Diner Drive-ins Dives locations, WaWa stores and a bunch more ... See my thread about it ... Garmin POI's ... Click Me ... Just my two cents .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcompalaline Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 I've got two Magellan GPS devices and there is no fee for usage, and they are pretty accurate too. Reason I got them was because On-Star was getting too expensive, almost $30 bucks per vehicle (my 08 Malibu and 07 Silvy)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedbowtie Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 garmin seems to be the best that i know of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puglia10 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 i need to get a GPS soon myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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