Just bought and tried the Nuvi 465T

I work for Sygma as some of you may know, one of the routes I do is in the Rhode Island area. I just got the Nuvi 465T in order to assist me with running routes in the NE area. Overall I was impressed with the features and such. Well I gave it a go on my Rhode Island route, and got mixed reults. As far as the bridge being closed to trucks on I-95, it did not pick this detour up, it wanted to take me over the bridge. I also need to travel over the Mt. Hope bridge, which is a 40-ton weight limit. I have the truck profile set for 80,000 LBS, which is 40 tons. Currently this bridge is set a a detour for trucks, so I have no choice but to go over. The 465T threw up a red flag saying I need to turn around and the bridge was restricted. Well I went over the bridge, and the 465T just stopped navigating altogether, no recalculating or nothing. I had to reset the whole route, and select the stop I needed to get to. While making delivers within Providence, it wanted to take me onto I-95, even though the on ramp was marked with a 18-ton weight restriction!!
So my overall grade is a D for this GPS...........it worked no better then some of the GPS units other drivers have for cars. For $500 this is pretty disappointing!!

 

There was a software update online, but no map updates as of yet. I'm going to use it this Friday night in the Northern Mass area and NH. I'll see how that turns out and post back. But as far as RI, especially Providence area it gets a D if not a F. It did no better then a regular auto GPS.
*** It did warn me though of those sharp curves while on that stretch, which is a nice feature.

 

I used the 465T on my Northern Mass-Boston, NH route and it did fine. Although I noticed some stops I had, it seemed to take me off the highway too early, and route me through some secondary roads. I know this route from driving it often and have my own way to certain stores, so I'm not to sure if the 465T's way was better or not, I really would have to time it. One paticuler leg of the route has a bridge marked as 12'6", but its one of those arched bridges that as long as you stay more to the middle you can get under it with a 13'6" trailer with plenty of room to spare. The 465T did pick it up as low clearance, but I knew from experience that I could go under it.

I also used it recently coming back from Rochester, NY..........again worked great. I like the lane assist feature, also when passing through the Berkshires, it warned me ahead of time of the steep grade.

The FM traffic receiver is a nice feature, but only works in certain locations, most of upper state NY and some of Western MA it didn't work at all.
All in all I do like it, and plan to keep it..........I think with some software updates and some map updates, it really has some nice potential.
As far as my 1st initial assesment of the 465T while driving in RI was mixed. I don't know if any of the other units such as PCMiller and Goodyear would of picked up that #### Pawtucket Bridge as a avoidance.

****Just a FYI for everyone, I believe that your 1st map update from Garmin is free. I have a Streetpilot 360 and Nuvi 260, and both there 1st updates were free. So hopefully the same will apply to the 465T.

 

Same exact thing happened to me when I was going over a bridge with a 40 ton weight limit. It just stopped navigating.

Again, this was something I noticed also. It seems to want to take you off the highway and route you through secondary roads which are harder to navigate with a big truck. It didn't seem like any time saver to me.

 

I don't know what to really think of this GPS. As far as driving in RI I would be no worse off using a regular Automobile GPS. I was going down a road this morning to get to a store, and the darn thing kept telling me that there was a 24 ton limit, and kept trying to turn me around on every freaking side street. There were many other trucks using the road, and I didn't see one sign that had weight limit restrictions. So for as far as driving in certain sections of RI, this thing is a major pain in the butt!!