agreed, in a country where one does not read the language, yes I have used one as stated, but I don't understand the need of my fellow US citizens needing GPS in the US.

It's saved many an argument between the pilot (me) and the navigator (Mrs. Fredd). Not exactly a need but more of a pleasure vs. pain thing...:)

you prefer not to use it, fine.

but to say you don't understand seems amazing to me.

so many nice features these days -

I have seen models with various features such as

-use of real-time traffic data as an input to your to your route selection
-up to date price of gas data - where can I find cheap gas near me
-point of interest - what restaurants are near me (also many other categories besides restaurants)

sure you can use google maps/whatever ahead of time. for all of the trips you know you will be making, ahead of time. what about for the trips you didn't plan ahead of time? sure you can call people. write down directions. try to follow those directions, at night, in the rain, whatever (in your own, or in a strange city).

I use my gps all the time. This week I had a "didn't ask for it/no charge" Neverlost in my Infinity from hertz. It was very interesting to compare the 2d map of neverlost to the 3d/perspective view from my tomtom. And the fact that I did not need to worry about keeping the neverlost system fully charged - I don't travel with my car kit and so need to keep the tomtom bluetooth gps receiver charged using AC at the hotel room.

And I can't even begin to tell you about using GPS in Hawaii, talk about driving in a foreign country. Who can make sense of all those road names??

:)

I was in New Hampshire, on a two lane road in the White Mountain National Forest. I turned the wrong way onto another two lane road- right instead of left. The arrow representing my car on my GPS map clearly showed I had turned the wrong way, and I immediately turned around, instead of driving several miles before I figured it out.

MCT

Man, I was so lost in New Jersey a few weeks ago. The roads don't run any particular direction, you can't make a left hand turn, and it takes you a hour to recover from a mistake.