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To: carriage_hill

Is your GPS doing flaky things lately? I don’t trust ours any more since it tried to give us a 9-mile detour to a destination that was about 400 feet away.


16 posted on 06/25/2012 6:26:23 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: Silentgypsy
I've had mine literally route me through an apartment complex parking lot (mid route, not at either end!). It also once suggested a route through a warehouse - in one set of docks and out the other. That only works in action/adventure movies, and there wasn't a stack of produce or water bottles to drive through so I didn't. ;-) Yes, I keep it up to date...
18 posted on 06/25/2012 6:31:30 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Silentgypsy
RECALCULATING! RECALCULATING!

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20 posted on 06/25/2012 6:35:28 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Silentgypsy

Yes; same thing happening to me. I stopped using it last week. I’m back to ADC Maps. LOL.


21 posted on 06/25/2012 6:40:40 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
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To: Silentgypsy
Is your GPS doing flaky things lately? I don’t trust ours any more since it tried to give us a 9-mile detour to a destination that was about 400 feet away.

If it's anything like ours, it has advanced algorithms to take you through the scariest possible neighborhoods.

28 posted on 06/25/2012 7:12:06 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Silentgypsy

A few years ago, I was visiting a family member in the hospital in Dallas. I left to go pick up some houseshoes, etc and followed my Tomtom to what it claimed was a shopping center. I was confused because the road was getting smaller and less maintained until I finally rounded the last turn right into a construction staging yard. The guys there sure gave me a funny look as I turned my car around and headed back out.


32 posted on 06/25/2012 7:39:00 AM PDT by texas_mrs
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