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Garmin or Tom Tom?

DH and I got the bad news today that the cluster board in my car is going bad and that it will cost upwards of $500 to replace.  My car is eight years old so I don't really want to invest that kind of money in it.  The main problem that we are having is that the speedometer no longer works (it is stuck on 20 mph).  Our car guy suggested that we buy a navigation system and have that installed because it will be cheaper than a new cluster board and the newer versions have a built in speedometer that we could use.

So, my question is, if you have a navigation system, which do you have and what are the pros and cons?

Thanks!

Re: Garmin or Tom Tom?

  • I heart my TomTom.  I have the one with bluetooth so I use it for handfree driving.  It's great.  And it does show you your speed which is really nice.  It shows you an accurate speed.  A typical car speedometer is about 5mph less than what you are really going.  HTH! 
  • My parents have a Garmin.  They love it.  I think I saw that Best Buy has it for $299...
  • We got a Garmin for my mom for Christmas last year, she says it's the best gift she's ever gotten! The nice thing about the model we got her, is that it says the actual street names (a lot of nav systems will say things like "turn left after 50 feet", this one will actually say "turn left onto State Street"), which to me (and my mom!)  is a lot more helpful :-)
  • I just bought a Garmin for dh.  It has the speedometer on it.  I bought it for 350 at best buy but this week ad had it for 250 at radio shack.  I already gave it to him and he is hooked.  Its a Garmin Nuvi 200W
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