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Old December 19th 07, 02:39 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys,alt.autos.subaru,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.volvo,alt.autos.bmw
Jeff Strickland
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Posting commerical posts to a Usenet newsgroup is very poor form. It is bad
for your business because usenet newsgroup participants do not appreciate
solicitations.

If there is a post about your area of expertise -- I'm thinking of buying a
GPS, what do you guys think is a good system? -- then you can jump on the
topic and sell your product. It's still bad form, but it is an answer to a
specific question not a blanket solicitation.



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Old December 19th 07, 12:33 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys,alt.autos.subaru,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.volvo,alt.autos.bmw
Frank
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Posting commerical posts to a Usenet newsgroup is very poor form. It is
> bad for your business because usenet newsgroup participants do not
> appreciate solicitations.
>
> If there is a post about your area of expertise -- I'm thinking of
> buying a GPS, what do you guys think is a good system? -- then you can
> jump on the topic and sell your product. It's still bad form, but it is
> an answer to a specific question not a blanket solicitation.
>
>
>

I can't speak from authority but my wife bought me an el cheapo gps last
year and I never use it and have not taken a long trip to test it out.
But, those little screens are tough to focus on while driving and with
sun coming in, can be tough to see. Even larger built in screens have
same deficiency. A programmed voice with error options if you make a
wrong turn sounds like a good idea.

For outdoors, I have an Etrek which I find handy as I feel I can never
get lost hunting in a strange area.
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Old December 19th 07, 03:47 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys,alt.autos.subaru,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.volvo,alt.autos.bmw
Earle Horton[_20_]
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"Frank" <frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet> wrote in message
. ..
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > Posting commerical posts to a Usenet newsgroup is very poor form. It

is
> > bad for your business because usenet newsgroup participants do not
> > appreciate solicitations.
> >
> > If there is a post about your area of expertise -- I'm thinking of
> > buying a GPS, what do you guys think is a good system? -- then you

can
> > jump on the topic and sell your product. It's still bad form, but it

is
> > an answer to a specific question not a blanket solicitation.
> >
> >
> >

> I can't speak from authority but my wife bought me an el cheapo gps

last
> year and I never use it and have not taken a long trip to test it out.
> But, those little screens are tough to focus on while driving and with
> sun coming in, can be tough to see. Even larger built in screens have
> same deficiency. A programmed voice with error options if you make a
> wrong turn sounds like a good idea.


As I saw on "Dexter" last week, if you have a kidnap victim stashed in a
cabin in the swamp, and that speaking GPS gets into the wrong hands...
Be careful out there.

Cheers,

Earle




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Old December 20th 07, 12:24 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys,alt.autos.subaru,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.volvo,alt.autos.bmw
mack
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"Frank" <frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet> wrote in message
. ..
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>> Posting commerical posts to a Usenet newsgroup is very poor form. It is
>> bad for your business because usenet newsgroup participants do not
>> appreciate solicitations.
>>
>> If there is a post about your area of expertise -- I'm thinking of buying
>> a GPS, what do you guys think is a good system? -- then you can jump on
>> the topic and sell your product. It's still bad form, but it is an answer
>> to a specific question not a blanket solicitation.
>>
>>
>>

> I can't speak from authority but my wife bought me an el cheapo gps last
> year and I never use it and have not taken a long trip to test it out.
> But, those little screens are tough to focus on while driving and with sun
> coming in, can be tough to see. Even larger built in screens have same
> deficiency. A programmed voice with error options if you make a wrong
> turn sounds like a good idea.



Once again, they've made something to make us take our eyes off the road.
They're fine if you have a co-driver to look at the screen, but I wouldn't
want to use even the biggest screen for directions if I were alone.

On another topic, the byzantine nature of the heater/air cond. controls and
the radio/cd/tape controls on my Avalon are enough to drive you crazy, since
all the lcd displays are small and when you drive into the sun, you could
easily have an accident while trying to read the damn things and watch the
road simultaneously.
>
> For outdoors, I have an Etrek which I find handy as I feel I can never get
> lost hunting in a strange area.



 




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