Re: OEM GPS System worth it?
ok i havent had much drive time with the 08 Nav unit, I concur with the points already made. I was using a Garmin GPS60CS with a window mount.
There are a few things I like about the garmin better. It was on the windsheild and was easy to glance without taking eyes off the road. The dash unit, you have to look down. The voice prompts of the dash unit are nicer than just the beep of the handheld.
Accuracy...i would suspect that the handheld would be more accurate due to it having more sophisticated antenna being 12 channel and WAAS enabled. I dont know the specs on the dash unit to know the type of antenna the OEM unit.
Since we enjoy geocaching, the handheld is nice for that along with biking and quadding.
Again, its all in how much you will use the unit and will the cost be acceptable for the amount of use you will get.
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