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2.0 out of 5 starsAround the block to cross the street.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2012
This is the third Garmin in our family . . . and by far the worst. I am blaming it on the map updates, but there seems to be no logic to the directions and it seems far slower to respond than the previous two. Just came home from a trip across the state and ended up going in circles in both Saginaw and Bay City. I would make the turn as indicated and then it would tell repeat the instruction to make the same turn after I was almost 1/10 of a mile down the road. When recalculating, rather than directing me to turn around like previous versions, it would give me a completely new set of directions that would increase the trip time anywhere from 2 to 24 minutes.
When I get close to home it is easier to identify the errors. Wants me to take the exit 6 miles past the one I should and then take me 4 miles past the next most direct route and (total of an 18 mile loop). When I take the correct exit it recalculates three times to try to get me to go back to the longer route. Once that course is no longer feasible it tries to get me to actually go past the end of my road and make a six mile loop in the opposite direction of the original route. It isn't until after I actually turn on to my road that it tells me to travel 1.2 miles to the destination on left.
I'm not talking about sticking to major roads here. I'm being directed to take routes down gravel roads, etc.