Longest trip taken using the Evo's GPS?

[varaff]

Great story, but I think if it were me, I would have taken her on her offer..

Originally Posted by lkillen

I did simialr from BWI to ATL. I was sitting in 1St class next to a very pretty young lady that had never flown before. I noticed her discomfort and started talking to her to keep her mind occupied. Exhausting the conversation, I turn on th GPS and opened up maps. She was fascinated and kept looking out the window and comparing what she saw to what was on the screen. We did this all the way to Atlanta. Since this was only a connector for her, she asked if I wanted to accompany her to San Juan, PR. If I was half my age, I might have taken her up on it.


All my life I thought it was fancy cars and sports! If only I had an EVO in highschool! Who knew?

[lkillen]

She was younger than my son and I have a Hot wife. LOL

[hotspace]

Prove it...the comment about your wife. LOL

[lkillen]

Originally Posted by hotspace

Prove it...the comment about your wife. LOL

In your dreams.

[leedawg]

Originally Posted by TheBundo

I sort of rebel at using GPS very much. I've flown small planes in the dark from CA to the midwest, and back, over 2 mountain ranges, without it, and I "mourn" the American male giving up self-sufficiency to technology (in any area of life, not just navigational skills), because when the technology fails or gets knocked out for some reason, the country becomes more helpless than ever, and the technology meant to empower people leaves them more helpless than ever.

That said, I generally, if going to a strange area far away, look at the route in general, like take I-5N to I-80E, etc., remember it, then turn the GPS off and just drive it like I have for decades. I only leave it on for street level stuff in unfamiliar neighborhoods. I may flip it on now an then on a long trip to see how far to an interchange, or to the destination, but in general, there is something in me that doesn't want to surrender my navigation entirely to it, any more than I would surrender math skills to a calculator.

Being a pilot myself I find it hard to beleive that you dont use very much technology in the ****pit sure it might be 30 years old but VOR, ADF, Loran. Any way I think the GPS is a great addition to mans navigation skills. I personally love flying with one of course I have my backups if it fails but just being able to file a flight plan as direct is sure a nice conveince when going cross country.

That being said ive gotten about 7 hours no problem out of my phones GPS while on the road.

[arsmithsr]

I used it to drive between oliver Springs Tn and Ankeny Iowa worked fine but it did have some problem's crossing the time zones and it's estimate of trip time. But the directions were perfect door to door

[MadlyAlive]

Detroit Lakes, MN to Phoenix, AZ. 1,782 miles.

[Skully00]

The nav sucks, I own a trucking company and travel myself over 100,000 miles a year, without a plane, and nothing like being in a hurry and traveling usually 40 or more miles out of the way. I was taking a 15 mile trip and turned on the nav to see if my route was the quikest and it took me 20 miles out of the way just to hit a highway. In my opinion I would trust the Amish before I would any of the navs on Evo.