Originally Posted by
spring
I certainly can identify with the price of the updates! I also have a Garmin Nuvi, and the last time I used it, it took me the wrong way. It was totally my fault as I haven't updated it in the 3 years we've had it, and roads and traffic patterns definitely are always changing.
I priced out the map update, and decided it was too costly. I did a little research and found that the Garmin does have Nuvi's with lifetime updates in certain models. I actually bought a 1300LMT, LMT= Lifetime Maps and Traffic. I really didn't need the traffic portion, but it was on sale on Thanksgiving online at BestBuy for $129. I just couldn't resist. If you do buy one with lifetime maps, make sure you open it up soon, as the lifetime maps deal goes away unless you register the product online within a certain period of time, I think 60 days if memory serves me well.