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Hi I am about to purchase a gps car navigation unit, basically I am driving from MO to Orlando and back and think it would be better than mapquest. Of these two that I mentioned above, what would you recommend and what are the pros and cons if you have experienced any? The Magellan and Garmin are almost a hundred bucks cheaper but the Tomtom seem to have more features , I don’t know! But these are the three cheapest models out there. Thanks people.

Hey guys, i have a Garmin StreetPilot c340, my windshield mount broke and i’ve been looking for a replacement, the only place where i actually found one was at the Garmin website but it’s too expensive, you guys know what other website/s might sell it? Thanks.

is there a website or sumthin?
do i need a cable? or is it possible via a memory card?

I have a 2001 Ford Excursion and I travel a bit. I take my kids snowboarding and to travel lacrosse tournments occassionally. I want a good GPS that will take me anywhere. Please give me reason why one is better and if you know one that is better please tell me and why it is.

The Garmin tech support folks can tell, but what I’ve heard from a very few folks who’ve had that problem was the tiny, thin wire broke loose from the battery. That might happen it the unit gets slammed hard. The antenna wire is also a very frail wire to watch out for. If you open the unit up and find this problem and solder back the connection, that might fix it. Another problem I’ve heard of is the battery being completely ruined by being left in the car in extremely high temperature. Garmin can repair that, or you can if you get the battery and transplant it. Those batteries have a protection circuit on them- something like a thermistor to protect it while charging. You can look for a replacement with the protector, or take the protector off the old ruined battery and put it on a new battery. Before you open anything, or mail anything, make sure there is power coming from the charger. It’ll say on the screen that the unit is charging and it has completed charging when the time is up.