Garmin Quality?
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 16 years
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I have a nuvi 255W with the 2009 .1 maps installed. With my old 260 when I came back to my home in MA from CT. it was the correct route, all highway right to my front door. With the 255 it takes me off the Mass. Turnpike to local roads and then through 3 different cities to my house. I have no avoidances set and I use the fastest route. I believe that when I registered it, the updates were for the Maps and the ecoroutes, which I did. I have tried shortest and less fuel on settings from CT. looked at the preview and I would be driving an extra 1-hour. I called Garmin on Friday with no results. I could not understand the person on the other end. What I got out of the conservation was to do a hard reset.
Did it. Went to CT. today and it did the same thing coming home. It is very strange that it happened at the same toll plaza intersection. I ran the route on Mapquest and Google to see what route they would send me. They both had me staying on the highway all the way back to my home. Is the problem the maps, ecoroutes or the unit? If anyone has had this problem and can help me I would appreciate it. I am slowly losing faith in Garmin products. Maybe BobDee is right, it may be time to look at other brands.
Ecoroutes
I have had ecoroutes do some really strange things so I do not use them. There have been other posts on this site that address this issue. You may want to do a search on the subject as see what comes up.
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Sure sounds like toll avoidances is set
Are you *sure* you don't have Avoid Tolls set? It's acting like it's avoiding tollroads.
Avoiding tollroads
Are you *sure* you don't have Avoid Tolls set? It's acting like it's avoiding tollroads.
I went out the toll road and it put me on the toll road on the return
Paul..... Nuvi 765T
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There have been numerous threads saying that Ecoroute will always route you by avoiding freeways because the speed limit on the freeways is too high for best fuel economy. Turn it off.
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
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There have been numerous threads saying that Ecoroute will always route you by avoiding freeways because the speed limit on the freeways is too high for best fuel economy. Turn it off.
How exactly does this Ecoroute feature work?
Aren't most cars rated for more mpg over highways vs. city driving?
Seems like a useless feature.
Prius > ecoRoute
There have been numerous threads saying that Ecoroute will always route you by avoiding freeways because the speed limit on the freeways is too high for best fuel economy. Turn it off.
How exactly does this Ecoroute feature work?
Aren't most cars rated for more mpg over highways vs. city driving?
Not my Prius. The slower I go, the better mpg it gets. Try telling that to my nuvi 755T, it thinks it knows better.
I knuckled under and just bought the nuvi 755 as an expedient and because I didn't want to spring for the much more expensive "real" GPS sensors that don't treat the user like an idoit. I accept that it dumbs-down certain features to make it easier for the general public, but I miss the ability to route selectively. It's pretty much all-or-nothing with the modern series of GPS units.
After reading some comments here critical of Garmin's quality control and support, I'm wondering if I, too, should reconsider. They don't seem to have the same approach as back in the day when I got my GPS 3+ from them. That was a cool little unit.
Ecoroute
There have been numerous threads saying that Ecoroute will always route you by avoiding freeways because the speed limit on the freeways is too high for best fuel economy. Turn it off.
Yes, I have read the threads but can't find an answer for my problem. I looked in the manual to see how to turn it off, no information. I never turned it on. I never have used the eco game that I read about. If I am missing the way to turn it off, please let me know how to do it. For the most part the routes are fine, but sometimes after putting me on a direct route to a known destination, it just directs me off the route. It’s like someone pushed the detour button to avoid something. The end result is that it will get me there, but it takes me way out of the way.
Paul..... Nuvi 765T
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How exactly does this Ecoroute feature work?
Aren't most cars rated for more mpg over highways vs. city driving?
Not my Prius. The slower I go, the better mpg it gets. Try telling that to my nuvi 755T, it thinks it knows better.
I've always thought that most hybrids consume less gasoline in a stop and go traffic (including stop and go traffic on a freeway during rush hour congestion). They're the opposite of regular gasoline powered cars which are more fuel efficient when driven at a constant speed of 65 MPH, for example. I can't verify it because I don't have a hybrid car.