Thanks for posting the link also. Looks like I might be getting another Zumo. It would be cool if they would provide updates with those new features for the 550, therefore saving people money. But I might be asking too much on that front.Also, a lot cheaper then the 550.
Anyway, I will be looking at the new Zumo when it comes out and planning on how I'm going to sell my first child to get it and I don't even have any kids.
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According to Garmin no XM radio
wouldn't that be the same as the 450?
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No XM, but price is $639.99 for AMA member logged-in. Also is FM traffic capable, and that was very reliable in PHX when I used it with the other Zumo I had (still have an extra, wrapped one I can use with the new 660 if make a go at it).
Music via MP3 is good, but I have a now useless SD card, since 660 uses micro SD. Not like the 450 though, this one will connect BT, and is stereo BT, while 550 is mono BT, and no XM BT headset anyway
Looks like the 660 still doesn't have what I wanted to have on my 550, Freeway Avoidance Routing. I hate riding on Interstates, and my Garmin always wants to direct me that way. Magellan's have this capability. Don't know how well it works, but I would love to have the option.
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Isn't that a function of the MapSource software ?Originally Posted by skidgillen
Looks like the 660 still doesn't have what I wanted to have on my 550, Freeway Avoidance Routing. I hate riding on Interstates, and my Garmin always wants to direct me that way. Magellan's have this capability. Don't know how well it works, but I would love to have the option.
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Mapsource does offer this capability but several models (276C included) offer "route preferences" for GPS based routing that would include avoid "interstates", "unpaved roads", "u-turns" etc.
IIRC, my car-used StreetPilot i5, nuvi 680, nuvi 770, and a formerly owned BMW Zumo on my lemon-status F800S, all had/have "route preferences" or "map preferences" for GPS based travels to avoid "interstates", "unpaved roads", "u-turns" and more, i.e., "toll roads". I cannot imagine that Garmin omitted this on any of the newer units.
the good news is... with the 660 soon to be available, the price on the 550 should come down...
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It says it does have this feature if you do the compare with the 550.Looks like the 660 still doesn't have what I wanted to have on my 550, Freeway Avoidance Routing. I hate riding on Interstates, and my Garmin always wants to direct me that way. Magellan's have this capability. Don't know how well it works, but I would love to have the option.
This website link shows that it can avoid interstates. Cool. The previous garmin blog website link didn't mention anything about it.
My 550 will avoid "Highways" not interstates, and when I try to use this avoidance it will sometimes totally route me in the opposite direction I want to go, add several hours if not days to a trip. And in some cases it routes me back onto an interstate. I complained to Garmin about this error when I first got my 550, and I just got a generic email in return. This may be their fix.
I could use the Mapsource on laptop to custom make my routes, but I don't take my laptop everywhere I go. And for the price of the gps, why should I have to.
Thanks for letting me rant.
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Will the 550 power cable fit the 660, or will I have to lay a new cable on each bike? Stay tuned....
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