1. Freightlinerbob

    Freightlinerbob Road Train Member

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    So I've got a $50 credit at the Pilot. I've been thinking about a GPS lately but to be honest, I've been fine without one for a couple or three million miles so I'm not blowing big bucks on one.

    I'm kinda cheap and a bit of a minimalist as well.
    So I was looking at units today and the truck specific ones seem to all have stuff I don't need or want like logbooks and oil change reminders and the list goes on.

    All I want is some basic routing help.

    Enter the Nuvi52 LM....

    Not truck specific, but it has lifetime maps which seems important and it's about. $150 which seems about right for a tightwad like me.

    Is it a waste of money or a good value ?
     
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  3. Freightlinerbob

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  4. moosc

    moosc Road Train Member

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    If your a truck driver and buy a non specific truck gps your asking for trouble. Look for a 465T that is there cheapest no thrills unit
     
  5. bigdog4981

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    I use an atlas, always have, but keep a small $50 tomtom on my windshield for eta reasons. My route is my route, and I don't let that little 4" gps guide me under a 11' bridge.
     
  6. STexan

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    I put more emphasis on lifetime traffic (FM), than lifetime maps. The traffic feature is very useful if you're in/around larger cities often in the US. They will even tell you where road conditions are worsening with impressive accuracy in many [even rural] areas. Most of the maps updates you do get will invariably NOT have the new road that was finished a year ago. They are very slow to get new road additions and speed limits added in, and you are always hard-pressed to find all the little, insignificant changes with map updates.
     
  7. Naptown

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    I have a Nuvi52 that I use in the truck and it's pretty accurate. On occasion it will show me arriving at my destination 1/4 mile or so before I actually arrive there and once it showed my destination on the left when it was actually on the right, but that is about it. I don't trust it implicitly because it will occasionally try to send me through a no truck area, but it does have a handy detour function that will give you alternative routes.

    I use it mostly to get me close, and then if i have doubts I call the receiver for specific directions.
     
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