Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Bridgeville, Delaware

What does Toyota charge? Probably $200 something? Heck, that's the cost of a whole new portable unit! I just installed the v43 of the maps 2 nights ago. I haven't used it a whole lot yet, so I can't say if it's much better or not. It was able to find more POIs on my drive on the Eastern Shore, my Garmin still doesn't have the Bridgeville McDonalds decades after it opened, the Magellan does. The Magellan did make an odd mistake, though. I was going east on Rt. 50 towards the beach, and needed to turn right on to Stephan Decatur highway. It told me to go straight, to a U-turn, then turn left on the same road, which is absurd. I went on-line and complained to the map source folks, but I wonder if it was an anomaly or if it actually recognized that I was in the left lane (no turns). So hopefully they at least look in to that and fix it in a future update.

It's updated with user-entered corrections to the maps when connected to the internet. That's very cool. I still haven't seen the McDonald's in Bridgeville, DE, in ANY GPS device, and I'd love to enter that merely because it annoys me that they miss it even though it's been there for DECADES. $499 updates are absurd. Subaru charges $230 (Kenwood unit) and I think that's expensive. Some people split the cost, one takes the east coast disc and the other takes the west coast disc. TomTom recented added red light and speed camera locations to my data. Custome POIs are neat, I did that a while ago (and shared instructions in this thread). There are so many though, the alerts go off all the time. Question - do yours alert you even if you're at a cross-section near a speed trap for the other road, i.e. the road you're not traveling on? It even includes the speed limit and the speed I'm traveling and turns red if I'm 5 over the speed limit. My 1490T does that when you're 1 mph over, but the 260w and 265wt do not. The 265wt displays only the speed limit. They're pretty accurate, too. I thought the newer models come with lifetime map updates included. It may be bundled. I did see bundles when I was shopping, it costs a little more, but less than buying them seperately. Nice that even these low-priced units put OEM features to shame.

What if you're in the middle of a long road trip and the cargo area is full? Roof rack I suppose. I was driving from Ocean City, MD to the DC area, about a 3 hour drive, and got a flat right about half way, in Bridgeville, MD. Luckily I had a full sized spare (98 Forester). If the same thing happened today, I'd be driving for 90 minuts on a donut, crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at less than 50mph. Like I said, it's industry-standard now, so I won't complain because none of the carmakers are listening.

Depends...I drive to the beach a lot, and the older maps do not have the bypass in Bridgeville, MD, that I pass each time. It's just annoying I guess. Plus they're building the ICC here in MD, and that will change how I drive nearly everywhere (including to visit rsholland). For $65 an update, no biggie. For $230, ouch. At least you can split it in half if you find someone who wants the west coast DVD. $115 is acceptable, I suppose. Still, for that much you can get lifetime updates from Garmin. Like you, I replaced one of my GPS units, actually sold it to a friend, and bought a bigger screen. I may do the same with my nuvi 200W. They cost $149 new, if I can get $99 for it (with 2008 maps), it would make more sense for me to buy a new one rather than spend $65. If so I may get either a bigger screen (5") or one with traffic, or both.

I just took delivery of a new Traverse, Dark Cherry Metalic, with the back up camera. Nice ride! Very comfortable and roomy. Lots of bells and whistles with the On Star, XM and on board information system. Anyone in the Pittsburgh, PA area, I would urge you to go to Colussy Chevy in Bridgeville. Tell Kyra I sent you.