750 Goofy Directions

 

Recently, I realized that I forgot the turn for my friends house while I was on the freeway. I pulled out the Garmin & plugged it in. Before it had acquired satellites, I began to input the saved favorite to get me there, & initialized the route. I knew the off-ramp, but not the street to turn on.

When the unit commenced, it told me to get off at the exit BEFORE the correct exit. It then routed me about 2 miles west and then north through a small city (Del Mar, CA for those familiar with the area).

The proper off-ramp (Via de la Valle for you San Diegans) would have taken me about 1 mile west to my street. So this wasn't a little booboo, it was a total wast of time. Good thing I didn't take it.

I contacted Garmin, & they indicated that the error was due to my having initiated the unit as I described above. This might be the case, but I guess it goes to show that all ain't perfect in the navigation world. You'll get there eventually, but the route might be a bit slower & more scenic than you had planned on.

And yes, I've done all the current software upgrades on my 750.

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Jimmy, Santee, CA But my heart is in Lake Oswego, OR

Common Sence is not quite tehre yet in AI

Well, that goes to show that you just can't blindly trust your friendly GPS just yet. A small quantity of good old human inteligence is required to make sure what your GPS is telling you makes sense...

Yes, as I stated in another

Yes, as I stated in another post, that happened to me as well. If you initiate the route while enroute, it tends to give you different directions then if you did it before you started. Often, as you have seen, wrong and out of the way directions to boot.

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Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -

Going to my grand daughters

Going to my grand daughters school field trip, my 750 told me to turn on a road that wasn't even there.

mixed up 750

My 750 has misbehaved several times, especially on planned routes.More than once it routed me several miles off course to get somewhere less than a mile away.Then the icon was in yards, sidewalks and in the water several time. Garmin wants it back for exchange but since that call, it has been staying out of trouble.Keep my fingers crossed..

Error with 680

I was going to my son's place and it told me to turn way before I got there-- when I by-passed the street it tried again and then again to tell me to turn-- When I got to his house I was discussing the problem with him--- Dumb me -- I had his address down as SOUTH Green instead of NORTH Green. Yes they can make mistakes -- but sometimes you are the problem! LOL

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NUVI 680, NUVI 5000, MS S&T,