I have a Garmin Nuvi 350 which I use in travel, occasionally for work.
Today I went from Albany, NY to Bloomfield, Ct. Oy!
Getting there, no problem; on the way back, OMFG ended up sightseeing parts of Connecticut I really didn't want to!
This Austrailian tart has dragged me through the ghettos of Albequerque, NM, the nether regions of Michigan and parts of Rhode Island I really don't need to know about.
When it asks "Want to see interesting points of view?"
No!
No!
But somehow I end up in the WTF am I parts.
Am I Nuvi stupid or am I asking the wrong questions?
Dan
My Garmin is male. The last thing I need is ANOTHER woman giving me directions.
That's on the option list, but I guess some gobsnobbler is getting direction from the same sattelite as the Aussie Wench I have.
Seriously, why am I run down back roads when a highway is the preferred?
Dan
mtn
SuperDork
6/27/11 5:54 p.m.
Ours does the same. I swear, the old school map (or new school google maps/mapquest) is MUCH better.
KATYB
Reader
6/27/11 6:16 p.m.
my garmin girl is always fine... maybe your just hates men?
I had a Magellan roadmate and I loved it but it took a poop recently and it wasn't even two years old. Quite pissed at myself for not getting the extra one year warranty from Best Buy for under $20.
Duke
SuperDork
6/27/11 6:26 p.m.
Mapquest once routed me through South Bugtussle New Jersey going to Atlantic City. It directed me RIGHT PAST the entrance to the AC Expressway and over about 100 extra miles of 2 lane blacktop. And it wasn't a preferences issue, either.
LOL Austrailian tart. 
She's crafty, she gets around
She's crafty, she's always down ... for the long way home?
DrBoost
SuperDork
6/27/11 7:59 p.m.
My Garmin took me on the longest, mostest out of the wayest route through Ohio. I mean cummon! Driving through Ohio is the punishment for living in Michigan, I don't want to spend any more time there than I must.
I can't believe you were in Connecticut and you didn't call...
Thanks, that's all I needed to know.
That's almost worth getting a TomTom for...
My GPS is mute and always will be.
If the Tom Tom can do Christopher Walken, I will have to buy that.
mndsm
SuperDork
6/27/11 9:39 p.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote:
If the Tom Tom can do Christopher Walken, I will have to buy that.
You see, what you have to do.... is you have to turn right...
/walken
What's the opposite of Christopher Reeve?
Christopher Walken!
Make sure your not set on "Shortest Distance". You should be on "Fastest Time".
Put mine on shortest for E36M3's and giggles one night coming home from Vernon, NJ to Scranton and wound up going thru peoples back yards. Also, if a highway bends to the right and has an offramp it will take you off onto the offramp and thru down the onramp back onto the highway.
I'm suprised google hasn't released a GPS, their routing instructions are perfect almost everytime...
Oh wait a minute, silly me, it's called having an iphone with the google maps app 
pigeon
Dork
6/27/11 11:28 p.m.
I call my GPS "bitchin' Betty" because she's always bitching at me to do something. That being said, the rouing on my built in GPS in the BMW is usually decent but sometimes needs to be prodded or ignored with local knowledge until it finally figures out which route is really the fastest. My TomTom Ease (free from a set of Conti tires) works flawlessly. The Wife chose a male voice for her built-in GPS in her Volvo and named him Steve. Who the hell is Steve?! Anyway, Steve almost always comes up with the best route too.
Make sure you've updated the firmware to the latest version. That should help with some of the stupid routings.
pigeon
Dork
6/27/11 11:30 p.m.
jimbob_racing wrote:
I had a Magellan roadmate and I loved it but it took a poop recently and it wasn't even two years old. Quite pissed at myself for not getting the extra one year warranty from Best Buy for under $20.
One of the reasons everything goes through a credit card I pay off every month - my Visa doubles the factory warranty on electronics.
Mental
SuperDork
6/27/11 11:35 p.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote:
If the Tom Tom can do Christopher Walken, I will have to buy that.
I want Sofia Vergara from Modern Family on mine
My TomTom is voiced by Eddie Izzard. It is entertaining.
"Go BACK you fool!"
gamby
SuperDork
6/28/11 12:00 a.m.
Woody wrote:
I can't believe you were in Connecticut and you didn't call...
I can't believe you were in RI and didn't call...
EastCoastMojo wrote:
LOL Austrailian tart.
She's crafty, she gets around
She's crafty, she's always down ... for the long way home?
Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could
have been oh, what might have been,
if you'd had more time.
Yeah. That is stuck in my head now. Thanks.
Woody wrote:
I can't believe you were in Connecticut and you didn't call...
Where in CT do you hail again?
I find myself in Hartford at least 2x a month. All I can say is that I either need a tour guide who can point out signs of life or a lobotomy to just join the regular populace.
I'll be there WED nite. Drinks (within reason) on me. Probably Black Eyed Sally's
