GPS in the Truck
 

Looking for an after market GPS navigation system for the Truck. Anyone have good experience with a certain one, or one to stay away from.

Thanks

WILL

I just got a Garmin ZUMO 550 for my bike and it works great for the truck, too! It actually comes with a nice car mount in the kit. On the bike, it's bluetooth to your helmet, does handsfree phone calls, and plays MP3's as well.

tomtom xl about 400 bucks, bought it for my wife, works great for it's intended use, very intuitive

I got the Dell Axiom PDA and it has a KILLER GPS. I have used the Tom Tom, Pioneer, and Garmins and have noticed that some times they take me some completely messed up route. This thing seems to do very well with routs. Plus it is a PDA so you can do a lot more with it then just use it as a GPS. Mine even can control all functions of my house like lighting, stereo, tv's, and HVAC.

Jon

Garmin 660. Very versatile. Portable. Rechargeable, built in battery lasts a looooong time. Blue tooth compatible. Very easy to use.

I use the Garmin in my 08 GMC more than the Factory Navigation.

Sam

I use my Garmin 476C in the boat and in the truck. I like the TomTom better for the car but it works pretty decent as a dual purpose unit. If you want a full time gps for the car, make sure its a touch screen, just speaking form experience.

One thing I found out is my GPS says I'm going 3 mph slower than what my truck speedo tells me.... :angry-smiley-055:

Garmin all the way, well trusted for marine use, I love my Street Pilot !!

Garmin 60CSx. Small hooks to computer and very portable. Used it in the race boat for the St. Clair race and got the speeds and tracks to see how we did.

check this out from pioneer a friend of mine has it in his rig its awesome!

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...264980,00.html

its great, type in a phone number and it will give you the address and directions, also it has a backup cam for your rear plate so you can see your trailer ball. sirus and xm radio and ipod hook up.

Thank you I am looking up all of them:party-smiley-020:

same one we have...love it. Jeff

As a traveling salesman I never go on my business trips with out my Garmin Street Pilot.

garmin Nuvi 350. LOVE IT. Rated #1 in Consumer Reports. $350 @ buydig.com. $499 @ best buy
Doesn't have bluetooth........... didn't want it. But the Nuvi $360 does. Has text to speak which is a must... i.e it'll speak street names not just "turn left in 100'' Most under $350 DO NOT have text to speak. Also, have logger which records avg. speed, not speed, distance etc.

Also, consumer reports rate the TOM TOM One a CR Best Buy @ $249.

meant NUVI 360 not $360. It's about $40 more for the 360 which has bluetooth. $396 @ buydig.com

If you have a double-DIN opening in your dash and plan on using the GPS exclusively in that truck, look at Pioneer. I had a D1 and now have the Pioneer Z1. It's got a number of different map views for you to choose from, the points-of-interest are very up-to-date, and the unit is fast. On top of that, it's also the stereo / video head unit.

It's got a 30-gig HD for storing albums or individual songs. Once you rip them to the HD, you no longer need the CD. You also can watch DVDs. I have my rear-view camera hooked up to it as well as XM satellite radio, bluetooth, and Ipod. It's one unit that does everything.

anybody found a alt hook up for vss signal on 08 S D diesel fords ? some say you can get it at antilock brake sensor I need to have it for pioneers avic d3 to work pioneer tecks say the truck does not have a vss signal

I would think that the SD would have to have a VSS wire or else Ford's own GPS system wouldn't be able to work the way it does. I checked www.ford-trucks.com but couldn't find any information. You may want to try one of the electronics installers sites (can't remember them right now but I think one is called 12 volt). They usually have tons of real-world information from guys all over the country doing installs...

Possibly the trans. It HAS to have a VSS signal somewhere. It will depend upon how the signal is processed also.


Sam

Do you have Verizon as a cellular provider? If you do, the VZ navigator is right there in your phone and as good as any of these products in my opinion. Compare $9.99 per month vs. $350.00 now. If you have to buy something, in almost 3 years ($350 divided by $9.99) can you imagine how much better and cheaper these devices will be?

http://www.vznavigator.com/

Went with Garmin NUVI 350 for $350

I liked some others but I just didn't want something that expensive laying in the truck.

Thanks for all the input:ernaehrung004:

Trust me...I travel 3-4 weeks a month for my job all over the southeast USA and Garmin is the way to go.

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