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I had a Garmin 2610 and really loved it. But, I tended to leave it on the dash even when shut down and i suspect the heat got it. The touch screen feature failed first and then it quit altogether just before we left our stick house for the summer.
Getting back to just paper maps actually worked pretty well and kept "eyes out rather than in". Actually, the feature I missed most was the ability to see rest stops up ahead on the interstate.
I'm ready to buy again -it will mostlikely be a Garmin - but plan to wait through the winter season when we stay mostly close to home base and spring for a new model before we leave next year.
As to things I would like to see in a GPS a biggie for me would be the contents of the book "Next Exit" organized in a way to alert to preprogrammed preferences like "Diesel" or "Costco" or "Culvers". I'd like to be alerted when my requests were showing up in some selected guard distance like 5 miles. Think I will call Garmin like Steve suggested.
Dave
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