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I have a Garmin Streetpilot Colormap.  It has to be 8 or 10 years  
old.  A friend has the same unit.  He downloaded new base maps and  
some firmware upgrades.  He modernized both units.

I haven't bought any new detailed maps for a number of years, but I  
could if I want.  Since it doesn't do automatic routing, I don't see  
the point.  Also, I can only install two detailed map areas at a time  
(on one memory stick) so I figure it is OK to let it get old, and use  
newer units.

It has been some time, but I have even phoned Garmin for help.  They  
did.  I don't think their phone support is as good as TomTom, but the  
new units and the traffic is better.

Garmin is not nearly as Mac friendly though.

--chip

On Feb 2, 2009, at 1:01 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 6
> From: RichardBJohnson at comcast.net
> [...]
> I've attempted to contact Garmin, but they don't answer
> their Email nor their US Postal mail, plus they don't
> update databases if the unit is more than ONE YEAR
> old!!!!
>
> I'm not going to buy another simply because they have
> declared it obsolete. It's another company that has
> been overtaken by accountants and thieves.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson