GAS PRICE ON GPS

This would be interesting to see, but I would agree regarding the accuracy. It could be possible that they are pulling from a source such as gasbuddy or something like that. Wonder if they display diesel prices....

The built-in gps in my car does that. It gives me the prices and it's pretty accurate, too.

What's the GPS you are using? I wonder whether it will work in Canada as well.

Garmin has a unit called Nulink 1695 it has live services from the web,it runs off the Att towers and uses google.TomTom has a unit called 2535m live that has the same type of information.I don't know how often they check the gas prices thought.

Is this a freebie that is included with the traffic or is there a subscription fee? How much does it cost? Is this available on other Garmin models?

this feature available on a garmin 1490?

can apply to all 3 questions - NO.

It's not free, it is a subscription
It's not included with traffic, but traffic does come with the subscription
It's only on the one model. After 2 years "free" it's $5 per month purchased 12 month increments.

Tom Tom can do it.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-06-07/news/17899599_1_g...

Gas Buddy on my iphone is pretty accurate.

GasBuddy is better because end users input the data. Its much more up-to-date than a centralized system.

I think I got the answer to my question How the GPS is getting the data about the gas price.here is the answer..

Tha data that both Tom Tom and Garmin are getting come from the same source from a company called " OPIS " This company Monitor credit card receipts from variety of commercial fleet operation .They take the data and they can figure out witch store the gas was purchasee at.the date and time . From this data they build a database of current gas price.around the country.But because major fleet they used most REGULAR UNLEADED Gas not much data is collect of MID Premium and Diesel..

From what I read Garmin device that rely on MSN Direct only have data available only for Unleaded Regular.But Tom TOM unit they may also include Regular Premium and Diesel.about 70.000 gas station are tracked daily.This amount to 85% of gas station in a POI list..Tom Tom says that 60% of station report are update every 48 hours..

This is a list of Unit that can use this gas price:

Tom Tom - the 920 and the 920T cost $14.95 a year

GARMIN:the service come from MSN $49.95 per year or $129.95 life time(require receiver from Garmin $100.-$125) available on Unit: Nuvi 680- Street Pilot c580-
Nuvi 700 series Nuvi 800 and nuvi 5000

Just a reminder that MSN will cease support Starting January 2012

interesting

I have the Nuvi 1690, and it uses the nuLink services to provide traffic info, gas prices, etc. I have found that the gas prices are quite often incorrect, and the actual prices at the stations listed are higher or lower than displayed on the Garmin. FWIW, I use Poynt on my BlackBerry, and the gas prices provided by Poynt are almost always right on.

The next GPS unit I get I'm sure this will be a standard feature at that time....

I have a Nuvi 1690 as well. It displays gas and diesel prices. I haven't found it to be very accurate however.

Some will drive 20 miles to save a penny or two on a gallon of gas. They don't think about the cost of getting from point A to point B.

I've heard of people driving 30-40 miles over the mountain here to get gas for 10 cents a gallon less. Waste of time and money.

I just fill up when it gets low.

Most people don't buy gas this way. But, rather, we want to know if we can get the lowest price within a couple blocks from where we think we need to fill up.

I mainly agree with farrissr on this, but it is important to do the math first!

Depends on how close the gas station is, but around here the places are too far spread out for it to be worth it to drive the extra distance. A typical 15 - 20 gallon tank will only save you at most $2.00 at $.10 a gallon price difference if you can fill up when you are completely empty. Factor in the time spent going out of the way and the fuel used to get there, you could easily end up losing money in the long run.

It would be nice to have the time to wait for a price drop, unfortunately for me I travel about 1K miles a week for work so it isn't an option. I just hope the place I stop is the cheapest around and keep on motoring!

I use it mostly when travelling, and am not familiar with where the stations are, or which type of stations. When I'm in the local areas, I usually know where the cheapest gas is.

When travelling with the RV, I have a 100 gallon diesel tank, so the price of diesel fuel is important. Since I can travel between 1,500 and 1,700 miles on a tank of fuel, I watch diesel prices as I’m travelling and stop only when they are exceptionally low.

I wish the Garmin had the options Poynt has -- Poynt allows me to select from "Stations Nearby" or "Best Prices".

Do you find that the diesel prices are accurate? I've got a much smaller diesel tank than that, only 14.5 gal for me with only 600 or so miles to a tank. Sounds like you're getting some decent mileage for an RV

this would be cool but it would be hard(accuracy wise).

According to your link they can but I just purchased a 2535m live and the software is not set up for it yet even though it has been out about 4 months.The reps I talked to yesterday said they didn't know when the software would be ready.

They get their prices off an internet connection on the GPS you need a live feed like the Garmin Nulink 1695 ,so the prices are accurate for when they are listed.

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Do you find that the diesel prices are accurate? I've got a much smaller diesel tank than that, only 14.5 gal for me with only 600 or so miles to a tank. Sounds like you're getting some decent mileage for an RV

Very Interesting.

I don't believe my 1490LMT has this feature. It sure would be nice though.

Thank you!

change on the digital street sign AS I WAS PUMPING.

I have this feature on my new Garmin Nulink 1695 and so far I am far from impressed it shows me 2 and three day old prices,I will check again when I go Houston next time,I am in a town with a population of 7675 people that may be the trouble.

The Principal of it....

And the law of supply and demand. Yes, If you drive out of your way to save $.10 per gallon, you could easily lose money. However, if everybody went to the cheaper guy, and no one went to the more expensive guy, the expensive guy would be forced to make his price more in line with the other guy or he sells no gas. Prices begin to drop as competition increases. We have a local independent Station who is selling Regular at $4.47 While stations 3 miles away are $3.85. Guess what??? No one goes to that station.

And to keep on topic I had MSN gas prices in my Garmin till Microsoft decided they were'nt making enough money and they dropped their service. Now my GPS with all the fancy bells and whistles is a paperweight.... Hopefully that is not the fate for the new best thing....

+1 vote for Gas Buddy. Local input with info on when it was last updated for a particular station.

One of the interesting thing (Though kind-of buried) in my 2011 Escape's Nav package is gas prices... It is usually a day or two behind... Has helped, but has also sent us on Goose Chase, only to find the prices went up, and the Escape's NAV system hadn't updated...

When I'm out of my normal routine and need gas, I place another vote for gas buddy. I both use and contribute to the site. A quick check of the mapped gas prices along my route tells me all I need to know. There is almost never need to go off route to find cheaper, but if I'm going to pass a place that's 10 cents cheaper, why not stop there instead of some place else?

I did make the request that GB adds the capability that when I click on the station flag to see all the details that it have the ability to send the location to my GPS like Google Maps or Mapquest. I got a response that they would look into it, but I haven't seen anything like that yet. I just copy and paste the address into Google Maps; Send the result to my 1490T and then re-categorize the entry so I can find it easily in the "Gas Stations" folder in my Favorites.