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 Post subject: i needs GPS. hep'!Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:22 am 
hey. any GPS geeks out there? I need to equip our van or get a hand held unit - (but i think better for the van) so we don't get lost so often out there in the US of A. It's very important. I need the scoop. A great deal. It's so lame when you go to the trouble to get up at 5am so you can try to drive right out of Seattle's downtown, but mapquest is screwy and yahoo's first directive reads: start going toward ______ road (but you have no idea which direction or where ______ rd is!...or it says turn north on _______ highway (which hasn't been called that in 10 years by locals and signage doesn't support it)...so you drive around like a rat in a maze for half an hour when you could have been stopping at a Starbucks so you could wake up and get to the next venue by 4 after driving 11 hrs. We need to have a good tour. We need not to get lost. I can google this and research it, but i just know that SOMEBODY or many of you have some idea about which brand, or price points for various features....like, which features aren't needed but cost way more...etc. Or just a starting point. I thankyou and I Eisley will thank you more. luh. bowit. _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:37 am
my brother has a gps unit that plugs into his palm m125...i forget what brand/model it is, but i think he paid around $100 for it |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:39 am
enter your van for pimp my ride. then you can get tv's as well! and sorry...no idea bout GPS.. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:48 am
i was gonna pinp my penguin, but... i'd have to rotate the feet on the sucker to even get it to LA. no way. come ON. somebody - hep' me! (ok. nevermind. i'm just gonna have to dig in to this without the inside scoop). _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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Joined: 04 Nov 2002 | Posts: 5180 | Location: Tyler, Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:08 am
gah, boyds one cry for help, and i know not how to help him. i have failed you boyd, and for that im sorry... *unsheathes sword, room goes dark*  _________________ http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Gameboybob/ http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=gameboybob http://www.myspace.com/thegameboy |
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Joined: 01 Aug 2003 | Posts: 5453 | Location: Nagoya, Japan
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:29 am
I have looked into it briefly for myself. For a zire 72 palm piolt, it costs about $400 bucks, and I think that's just the barebones. But also watch out because you might have to have a cell phone for it too. _________________ http://www.compassion.com/Default |
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Joined: 17 Sep 2004 | Posts: 717 | Location: IL
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:41 am
I have heard good things about the Garmin StreetPilot III, but that'd set you back 600-700 bucks. _________________ http://www.myspace.com/whisperingtrees |
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Joined: 25 Nov 2003 | Posts: 540 | Location: Tin Can
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:03 am
well, i don't know anything about them but i have a friend who is a mechanical engineer and has a job working on gps stuff. i could ask him some questions but it might take a day or two. _________________ blog. check it. |
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Joined: 03 Oct 2003 | Posts: 1428 | Location: mpls, mn
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:47 am
you don't need GPS, all you need is me, and a map, and a list of addresses for the venues...we'll do this old school style _________________ welcome to the no pants club boone |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:01 am
granpaturtle wrote: you don't need GPS, all you need is me, and a map, and a list of addresses for the venues...we'll do this old school style anything to get on the tour van w/ them, huh? -ben PS™ whats next "you dont need a tour, you need sweet love from granpa!" GROSS! _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:04 am
The_Sympt0m wrote: granpaturtle wrote: you don't need GPS, all you need is me, and a map, and a list of addresses for the venues...we'll do this old school style anything to get on the tour van w/ them, huh? -ben PS™ whats next "you dont need a tour, you need sweet love from granpa!" GROSS! "You know, I just bought a house that happens to have 9 extra bedrooms ... " "We kind of don't want to leave Texas right now and--" "[ties up Eisleys and DuPrees, who wake up in their new bedrooms at Granpa's house]" _________________ If the end of the world has proper noodles I'll probably be okay with it. |
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Joined: 29 Jun 2003 | Posts: 11069 | Location: Prague
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:08 am
EisleyForever wrote: The_Sympt0m wrote: granpaturtle wrote: you don't need GPS, all you need is me, and a map, and a list of addresses for the venues...we'll do this old school style anything to get on the tour van w/ them, huh? -ben PS™ whats next "you dont need a tour, you need sweet love from granpa!" GROSS! "You know, I just bought a house that happens to have 9 extra bedrooms ... " "We kind of don't want to leave Texas right now and--" "[ties up Eisleys and DuPrees, who wake up in their new bedrooms at Granpa's house]" egg-zactly -ben PS™ *crosses arms and leans back to back w/ teddy as we both stare at granpa waiting for his next move* _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:15 am
I don't know much about GPS systems on the market or their prices, really. If you're wanting something similar to OnStar, where it actually shows you a map of where you are and shows you where to turn and stuff - that's probably going to set you back quite a bit. I'm presuming that's the type you want, though, since otherwise it'd be one that basically just tells you your longitude and latitude, which doesn't really help with directions. The latter are cheaper, though. _________________ "The revolution starts today, not tomorrow." :: got g-Love? |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:20 am
The_Sympt0m wrote: EisleyForever wrote: The_Sympt0m wrote: granpaturtle wrote: you don't need GPS, all you need is me, and a map, and a list of addresses for the venues...we'll do this old school style anything to get on the tour van w/ them, huh? -ben PS™ whats next "you dont need a tour, you need sweet love from granpa!" GROSS! "You know, I just bought a house that happens to have 9 extra bedrooms ... " "We kind of don't want to leave Texas right now and--" "[ties up Eisleys and DuPrees, who wake up in their new bedrooms at Granpa's house]" egg-zactly -ben PS™ *crosses arms and leans back to back w/ teddy as we both stare at granpa waiting for his next move* (Does cobra hand movement[to granpa]) Y'FI'Y'ED!(you're fired) I'm sorry...I got caught up in the moment. Denim like a jean! _________________ If the end of the world has proper noodles I'll probably be okay with it. |
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Joined: 29 Jun 2003 | Posts: 11069 | Location: Prague
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:47 am
Boyd My dads work (xerox) gives all their employees These magellens they work great and are updated quite often. Even though expensive its the cheapest one that can do what it dose. Color touch screen and all. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1091101927509&skuId=6831583 &productCategoryId=cat03099&type=product |
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Joined: 05 Nov 2002 | Posts: 1479 | Location: Dallas, Texas
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