GPS System

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Originally Posted by disneysteve

I use a Rand McNally road atlas. I got it free at work.

For planned trips where I need more detail, I use Mapquest.

When we are traveling out of town on vacation, I go to AAA and get free maps from them.

I've yet to see any point in having a GPS in our cars.

If you don't see the point in having instant navigational assistance at your fingertips; traffic jam/accident re-routing in real time, the ability to instantly locate gas, hospitals, just about any community service, restaurants, etc....then you are right, you shouldn't own one.

To answer the OP's question, I have always used Garmin and have been happy. I travel a lot in my job and often have to program unexpect routes along the way, and have found that Garmin map database if pretty darn comprehensive. The newer ones have greatly sped up satellite acquisition time as well.