or any RV GPS for that matter. Do the new units have smart routing? In other words, if your in Richmond, VA going to Portland, ME does it take you right thru Washington DC, Baltimore, & New York City? Does it know that that's exact what an RVer doesn't want to do pulling a 35' FW. I'd like to get a Garmin RV 760LMT if it's smarter than Google Maps.

I'm rather disappointed with the routing on my RV760. It ignores all the preferences I set (avoid dirt roads, avoid u-turns). The routing methods don't seem to make any difference. Fastest, shortest and there is no more "preferred" option.Going from one major city to another, it seems to avoid major roads and finds the a narrowest streets with the most turns to take me down, again, ignoring the respective fastest/shortest routing method I had chosen. It seems to be stuck on shortest.It's the complete opposite to the ten year old Garmin Nuvi I bought for $100.The Nuvi I will trust to route me somewhere using a reasonable route... the RV760, NO WAY. Luckily I've not actually actually needed it yet.That said, I do like the huge screen, and really like the voice commands and huge POI database. It doesn't take data like Google does, it doesn't require cellular coverage, and I don't have to fumble around to unlock my phone (ALWAYS keep your phone locked folks, always.) Also in RV mode, I like how it calls out changes in speed limits, a good warning for speed traps like when the limit drops suddenly from 55 to 25. It also warns if I turn down a road where clearance data is unknown.

Depends on how you have programmed it. Fastest, less traffic,truck,bicycle? Pick your programming functions.

donn0128 wrote:Depends on how you have programmed it. Fastest, less traffic,truck,bicycle? Pick your programming functions.Where is the less traffic option?

GordonThree wrote:donn0128 wrote:Depends on how you have programmed it. Fastest, less traffic,truck,bicycle? Pick your programming functions.Where is the less traffic option?My standard Garmin doesn't have that. It would also be great to have 'all highway' function and not cut me through a subdivision to save 30 seconds.

Garmin GPS units with Lifetime Maps and Traffic (LMT models) are good at picking up CURRENT traffic delays. I know of no GPS which routes around historical traffic delays. I've not had any difficulty routing around major city centers, or construction areas, with a Garmin Auto GPS or a Rand McNally RV GPSThe key is to sit down with the GPS and a map the night before you travel. Let the GPS create the route to your destination. Then add waypoints to force the route to avoid the area you want to avoid. The save that route as a multi-stop trip. The Rand does allow me to set temporary and permanent exclusion areas. The problem is that if I set a permanent exclusion for downtown Boston, as I did, then the GPS is useless for tourism trips into that area. I have two multi-stop trips saved in my GPS to avoid Austin, TX. I will select the multi-stop trip that takes me either east or west of Austin, then add my destination as a via point at the end of the trip. Take the GPS out some slow evening and practice changing the default routing to better suit your needs. With the Rand I find it easy to find truck stops along the preferred bypass route and set up hem as a waypoint. Then the GPS will not take me into the undesired area. Highway intersections can also work easily.In April 2015 I had to travel from Colts Neck, NJ to Thomaston, CT which the GPS of course wanted me to go thru NYC. I added the Pilot at Mahwah, NJ and the Pilot at Newburg, NY as waypoints and didn't come anywhere near NYC. There are eleventy-eleven threads on this forum about the best way to avoid D.C., look them over, pick the route you want and set it up and n the GPS.

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donn0128
Explorer II
Feb 20, 2017
Depends on how you have programmed it. Fastest, less traffic,truck,bicycle? Pick your programming functions.
GordonThree
Explorer
Feb 20, 2017
I'm rather disappointed with the routing on my RV760. It ignores all the preferences I set (avoid dirt roads, avoid u-turns). The routing methods don't seem to make any difference. Fastest, shortest and there is no more "preferred" option.

Going from one major city to another, it seems to avoid major roads and finds the a narrowest streets with the most turns to take me down, again, ignoring the respective fastest/shortest routing method I had chosen. It seems to be stuck on shortest.

It's the complete opposite to the ten year old Garmin Nuvi I bought for $100.

The Nuvi I will trust to route me somewhere using a reasonable route... the RV760, NO WAY. Luckily I've not actually actually needed it yet.

That said, I do like the huge screen, and really like the voice commands and huge POI database. It doesn't take data like Google does, it doesn't require cellular coverage, and I don't have to fumble around to unlock my phone (ALWAYS keep your phone locked folks, always.) Also in RV mode, I like how it calls out changes in speed limits, a good warning for speed traps like when the limit drops suddenly from 55 to 25. It also warns if I turn down a road where clearance data is unknown.

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