Garmin StreetPilots came up today because my brother stopped by on my day off and told me that these doohickies are selling like hotcakes at Amazon.com (he still works there). They go through pallets of them. He estimates hundreds each day even before they were 50% off (this model to the right is on sale).I've driven several hundred thousand miles over the last 20+ years. I've driven all over the West Coast and a few places back East. And only once did I get lost. It lasted about 15 minutes before I managed to get hold of the barge company on the phone and have them reissue the directions. I was in the Port of Seattle. I'm convinced that the Port of Seattle would fry a Garmin StreetPilot.
If I were to buy one of these, I can see the following happen...
I punch in the directions to work. (Note: I already know where it is, but what else would I use it for if I bought a Garmin StreetPilot?)
Garmin: Back up.
I back up.
Garmin: Straight away for 1/4 mile.
I drive straight away for 1/4 miles.
Garmin: Right turn in 50 feet.
I make a right hand turn.
Garmin: Left turn in 50 feet.
I make a left hand turn.
Garmin: Maintain course for 25 miles.
I drive 25 miles down the freeway.
Garmin: Next exit coming in 1/4 mile.
I take that exit.
Garmin: Right turn in 50 feet.
I make a right hand turn.
Garmin: Right turn in 50 feet.
I make a right hand turn.
Then I stop and wait for the train.
Garmin: Right turn in 50 feet.
I make a right hand turn.
Then I sit at work all day and come outside to a busted window because some swippers were wandering through the parking lot and stole my $600 Garmin StreetPilot. The trip home I struggle to recall the Garmin StreetPilot's directions in reverse.
That was classic! lol :)
ReplyDeleteAnnalee, darling, sometimes I feel like we share a brain. That sounds like something I would have imagined.
Not me. I'm one of those people who would get lost trying to navigate my way out of a paper bag (I kid you not).
ReplyDeleteI have absolutely no sense of direction.
Those directions would still get me lost.
ReplyDelete50 ft or 100 - all the same, N, S E or W .... I'm like that compass of Capt. Jacks..spins around crazy like .. it's amazing I can find my way anywhere. LOL
Cool gadget though. Never heard of it. Thanks for enlightening me!
Hehehe! It'd spook me out to hear a voice telling me where to go.
ReplyDeleteGetting lost is one thing... To really, really get lost, you need a navigation system. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThe best navigation system in the world is to have someone else who knows the way, drive you there.
ReplyDeleteI can't navigate myself out of a wet paper bag.
Ah gee... you all got me smiling. Different reasons.
ReplyDeleteI have right/left issues when I navigate, but I really don't get lost. It's a directional dyslexia of sorts, and I have gotten used to compensating for it and live with it. I'll turn left when I mean to turn right, or vice versa. I know where I want to go, it's just a wiring issue in the old brain.
People get bugged with me though. I've had people think I do this just to bug them. But those that are amused and just accept my little idisyncracy just say something like "turn left, no, your other left".