ITS ALIVE AGAIN!!!! GARMIN C320 gps 269.99 + tax at costco.com FREE SHIPPING

Supraman said: Hook'em Horns!

They better... I mean Sam Houston State? Come on... where's the competition?

ty op i am buy the scond one tonight!

by the way does costco American Express still offer price protection?

Thanks Supraman,

I have this unit already and really enjoy it. Now the wife gets one also.

With the maps that they included on mine (rev 7 i think) it was slightly higher than 1gb, but supposedly rev 8 (may or may not already be out) is supposed to fit all of north america on a 1gb card. You can get the 2gb cards fairly cheap anyway though.

Too bad it's not truly portable to take it and use it outside the car.

Supraman said: For the unit that you have, did you buy a larger capacity SD card? I am thinking a 1 GB SD card, but don't know if all of north america (canada included) will fit on it. Any insight? Thanks.

I bought mine about a year and a half ago when it came out for twice the price. It was the best money I ever spent, even at twice the price. I have the v6 maps and actually existed on a 256 meg car for a while. When I bought it, the dude that sold it to me mentioned that even though I might want to get a 512 meg card, I should consider two 256's because whenever doing a search (for POI) on the card, it has to index all the contents. So a larger card might mean slower performance.

Now, while I didn't notice a significant day-to-day slow down when I switched to 512 meg, I will say this... you can fit A TON of the US on 512 meg of memory. 2 Gig typically fits all of the US (and parts of canadia). So, unless your day to day driving requires you to drive over more than half the country, you will likely have no issues using either a 512 or 1 gig card. You might want to consider a high speed card though.

Supraman said: boatmanbob said: Thanks Supraman,

I have this unit already and really enjoy it. Now the wife gets one also.

For the unit that you have, did you buy a larger capacity SD card? I am thinking a 1 GB SD card, but don't know if all of north america (canada included) will fit on it. Any insight? Thanks.

Supraman,

I am using mine with a 1 gig SD card. It loaded the complete US. 2 gig SD cards were not available then. If I can find a cheap 2 gig SD card, I will get it and load everything onto it. We should be able to get the newest version (v.8) which will have more of the POI's. These are really handy when traveling!!! For everyday use, a 1 gig SD card will work fine.

Enjoy,

Boatmanbob

Can Buydigs let you return it 3 months after you use it because it either broke or you dont like it. I DONT THINK SO! And even with tax this is still cheaper, so move your thread crapping somewhere else.

mitrii said: Not that hot. Buydig has it for 300.49 and no tax

Is this not available at the local costco?

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1 GB fits all of North America, no advantage to the 2 GB card.

With the version 6 software it only fit about 2/3rds of north America. I just performed my free upgrade from version the 6 to the version 8 software and the 1 Gb SD card fits the entire north America map and POI. My understanding is that the version 7 software also fits onto a 1 GB card, I think it has something to do with it running on NT.

Supraman said: boatmanbob said: Supraman said: boatmanbob said: Thanks Supraman,

I have this unit already and really enjoy it. Now the wife gets one also.

For the unit that you have, did you buy a larger capacity SD card? I am thinking a 1 GB SD card, but don't know if all of north america (canada included) will fit on it. Any insight? Thanks.

Supraman,

I am using mine with a 1 gig SD card. It loaded the complete US. 2 gig SD cards were not available then. If I can find a cheap 2 gig SD card, I will get it and load everything onto it. We should be able to get the newest version (v.8) which will have more of the POI's. These are really handy when traveling!!! For everyday use, a 1 gig SD card will work fine.

Enjoy,

Boatmanbob

Thanks Boatmanbob......now I gotta find a good deal on a 2 gig SD card...........

buymenow said: ty op i am buy the scond one tonight!

by the way does costco American Express still offer price protection?

The Business card had it, I just got notification that the program will be ending as of 10/1/06. I don't know if this is across the board for the few other cards that still had this program. I just know that its been a lot harder to use this benefit since they no longer allow you to PM websites.
I already got 1 of these from Outpost and love it, now I can order another one as a gift and despite the tax I'll have Costco's return policy for peace of mind.

The biggest disadvantage of c320/330 (from my Honda Accord Navigation system) is:
you can't move around the map and go to a place off the current location.

For example, I wouldn't able to drive to the park underneath the Golden Gate Bridge with c320, because I couldn't "look" ahead.

raiders710 said: The biggest disadvantage of c320/330 (from my Honda Accord Navigation system) is:
you can't move around the map and go to a place off the current location.

For example, I wouldn't able to drive to the park underneath the Golden Gate Bridge with c320, because I couldn't "look" ahead.

You can. Its a pain though. You have to go through the menu to do it and I recommend to NOT do that when driving.

abstractj said: edbro said: Okay, now I have both this one and the i3 on order from last week. Luckily, Costco has an easy return policy.

Is this unit that much better than the i3? I know the i3 is smaller, which is appealing. But, I'm assuming that the peformance of this unit is better??? Can anybody compare the two?

The C320 screen is bigger for one thing 3.5" (diagonal) the c320 and 1.5" i3. The C320 has a built in rechargeable battery and the I3 uses AA batteries. The i3 uses scroll wheel rather than c320 touch screen.

The biggest plus is probably the processing speed or re-routing speed. The c320 is way faster than i3 in my opinion. With c320 you will have glare problem, which you can easily buy a visor for it, though I don't know how well the visor works.

I made a visor for mine...just have to make sure you don't cover the antenna. the visor cuts down on direct sunlight from above but it does nothing for any glare which reflects from within the car. I am thinking about getting the external antenna so I can place the gps in the center console to help w/glare.

I am novice to GPS. C320 does not have text-to-speech feature as well as it doesn't voice prompt the roads "name". According to you user community how important and useful to have the GPS speaking out the road name for you next turn?

Another question is how easy is to move the suction cup from car-to-car. I want to use the GPS unit in rental cars. What are the alternatives - beanbag, dash mount etc.?

gargpiy said: I am novice to GPS. C320 does not have text-to-speech feature as well as it doesn't voice prompt the roads "name". According to you user community how important and useful to have the GPS speaking out the road name for you next turn?



It does not have text-to-speech option. I belive the C350 does and that unit is around $500. It's not all that important unless you're in NYC where you have a lot of Y shaped roads. Even if you missed a turn GPS system will re-route the map for you. Ofcourse the C350 also provides you with traffic info whereas C320 does not.

Blesum said: I think I'm gonna go and buy one this morning at the local Costco if they carry it.

Don't care for text to voice whatsoever.

-Blesum

I would call first. I wanted to get the i3 in the earlier deal, and the store only had one Magellan model ($499). The web site had probably a dozen or more GPS units, so it told me that selection is far better on the site.

OK, too good to pass up, thanks OP.....

....oh. And "Gig 'Em Aggies!"