Boston Blues

 

Hi,
I am a frequent traveler to many US cities and I have been very happy with my StreetPilot i5 until I arrived in Boston last night.

Most of my travel has been in open sub-urban areas where my GPS performed like a champion!

Then there was Boston!
Several routes were either blocked or were converted to one way streets which the GPS map did not recognize.

Has anyone else have similar issues in the city of Boston?

Cheers
Kirt

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antenna mount

bfk wrote:

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Is the external antenna a messy installation? I've thought about doing it but don't like wires hanging out. Even the dangling 12v plug bugs me at times. I'm reluctant to cut a factory wired plug but I guess eventually I'll have to if I want to get the loose wires cleaned up.

I don't know about EagleOne, but my truck has the 3rd brake light mounted above the rear window, just at the roofline. We removed the light and fed the antenna wire down through the hole underneath and from there, it was easy to route it under the headliner to where it needed to go. The antenna itself is mounted directly in front of the light.

Of course, I totally agree with EagleOne and his "Go Red Sox! comment... Even though they're losing to Tampa Bay at the moment.sad

Edit: If you don't have a third tail light mounted outside, maybe your vehicle has some other bit of hardware up there. A lot of vehicles come with satellite radio/cell phone antennas mounted in the roof near the rear window nowadays.

That's a great idea! I will give it some serious consideration. Thanks

Boston's map and roadways

Boston's map and roadways are in a constant state of change.Boston's Big dig is (mostly) over, however the after effects linger.

Maps that were accurate 6 months ago have the possibility of being inaccurate today. As a native of Boston, even I get messed up with the changes when I return to the city

Same here

"While in Boston I attended a game at the Patriots Stadium in Foxboro.

I was surprised to see on I95 and I93 they allow drivers to use the shoulder lane.

Is this the norm in Boston as well?"

It's getting that way here in Texas, too.

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Not doing anything worth a darn.

Boston started allowing driving on the shoulder

years ago: instant lane, to help reduce, ever so slightly, traffic jams. No more hazardous to drive on the shoulder than any other place in town. My first day in Boston years ago I saw someone driving on the sidewalk, pedestrians be damned. Gotta love the place, it's different.

GC

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