01-09-2013, 04:30 PM
I had never severe problems finding any place with a map or with my wife reading the map and directing me.
However, my wife did miss a lot of scenery on our tours (specially in the US) because she was reading the maps and I had sometimes a hard time to get into the right lane on the last hundred yards not to miss an exit. We had a much more relaxed vacation with my TomTom. And in high traffic areas with a dense network of interstates like LA is an advanced information what lane is the best to get the exit a very welcome gift.
Here in Germany is the TomTom App online and knows the traffic information too. That is very handy to circumvent the many traffic jams on the autobahn around Stuttgart. It is nice to know the standard route but get an early warning and an suggestion about an alternate route depending on the dynamic traffic situation. I assume you have the same feature in the US but mobile data transmission is prohibitive expensive with a German mobile phone carrier in the US and I did not use it.
However, my wife did miss a lot of scenery on our tours (specially in the US) because she was reading the maps and I had sometimes a hard time to get into the right lane on the last hundred yards not to miss an exit. We had a much more relaxed vacation with my TomTom. And in high traffic areas with a dense network of interstates like LA is an advanced information what lane is the best to get the exit a very welcome gift.
Here in Germany is the TomTom App online and knows the traffic information too. That is very handy to circumvent the many traffic jams on the autobahn around Stuttgart. It is nice to know the standard route but get an early warning and an suggestion about an alternate route depending on the dynamic traffic situation. I assume you have the same feature in the US but mobile data transmission is prohibitive expensive with a German mobile phone carrier in the US and I did not use it.
Reinhard