Why are GPS units so much trouble.
I bought a Garmin Nuvi 5 or so years ago that worked most of the time,but occasionally went beserk.On our Christmas trip to South Carolina,it routed us one way going south and another way going north....
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wildtoad wrote:
I have found they all have the quirks. My wife always complained that her Garmin would take one way to her destination and a different route back. Have had them insist I go down a no longer existing road. It is always good to check the route they suggest against a real map or other device.
Had both of those happen.
We were once heading out to the Oregon coast, on a not-so-major road. I had checked the "turn-by-turn" to ensure it was not doing something, dumb.
There was a "way-side" on the road that looked great for a stop, as I swung in the GPS did the "recomputing" thing. Didn't pay attention as I figured it would do that as I got off the road.
We then started out and a couple miles later it told me to take a left. I knew there was a left coming up, but I thought it was miles away.
We turned and quickly realized that it had decided to now send us to our destination via some (mostly paved) Forest Service roads...
Took some driving to find a spot were we could turn around and go back.
