streets&trips-Mexico
We have S&T on our lap top. Will it be of any use in Mexico? Should we put any S&T information on the lap top before we start out?
Forum Discussion
RyV - and all,
If you know where you need to go you tell the GPS to go that way and don't let it tell you to go any other way. That is why we ask people on this forum which roads to take and then we make the GPS go that way. Where the GPS comes in is when we get close to a turn or some other known location and the GPS lets us know what is coming up. Hopefully the GPS has the map correct and we find our way. We find that our GPS is about 95% correct - but with new roads being built and things changing all over Mexico the GPS can be a few years behind the road builders. An example - we have recently had to make the turn into Roca Azul and we know that even though we have done many times the entrance can be hard to see - but our GPS knows where the turn is to we can prepare and be ready. In many cases we know that there are good roads but the GPS does not so it wants us to take the cuota - but we know we can take a shorter and faster route with good roads - so we set the GPS to go that way and it will take us there. Personally I do not think we ever trust any GPS to take us the correct route until we check it over the entire route to make sure - and then force it to go our way if it disagrees. We do not take that San Blas 200 route because many have told us we are too big - so we go to Tepic and down from there. After having done that I am considering going beyond Tepic and going across the cuota to Compostela - but haven't checked all the miles yet so don't know. We can probably negotiate just about any road but also want to consider stress levels and costs - which is why route planning ahead of time is important. And yes, our GPS tends to pronounce Spanish words even worse then we do.
If you know where you need to go you tell the GPS to go that way and don't let it tell you to go any other way. That is why we ask people on this forum which roads to take and then we make the GPS go that way. Where the GPS comes in is when we get close to a turn or some other known location and the GPS lets us know what is coming up. Hopefully the GPS has the map correct and we find our way. We find that our GPS is about 95% correct - but with new roads being built and things changing all over Mexico the GPS can be a few years behind the road builders. An example - we have recently had to make the turn into Roca Azul and we know that even though we have done many times the entrance can be hard to see - but our GPS knows where the turn is to we can prepare and be ready. In many cases we know that there are good roads but the GPS does not so it wants us to take the cuota - but we know we can take a shorter and faster route with good roads - so we set the GPS to go that way and it will take us there. Personally I do not think we ever trust any GPS to take us the correct route until we check it over the entire route to make sure - and then force it to go our way if it disagrees. We do not take that San Blas 200 route because many have told us we are too big - so we go to Tepic and down from there. After having done that I am considering going beyond Tepic and going across the cuota to Compostela - but haven't checked all the miles yet so don't know. We can probably negotiate just about any road but also want to consider stress levels and costs - which is why route planning ahead of time is important. And yes, our GPS tends to pronounce Spanish words even worse then we do.
