I’ve got to ask how I’m tarnation you know that?
Just by playing with the settings.
I always thought a GPS was stupid. I was a paper map guy. Then about 10-15 years ago I went to Florida to meet up with my wife who was there for business. Her coworker had a GPS. She was driving, so told me to play around with it and come into this century! So I did.
It was great. All a GPS is really, is a very good map! Lots of maps. Thousands of maps, all in a convenient little box. And it's easily updated, VS having to buy new paper maps. And it'll tell you where there's gas stations, dining, parks, recreation, and more importantly as you get older.... restrooms!
I liked it so much that my wife bought me one for Christmas that year. I played around with the settings. Changed the icon to a red monster truck to match our old Suburban. Changed the voices. Change the display for altitude, ETA, all kinds of stuff. Just playing with technology. Found the female South African voice. The kids loved it. I still have the GPS in my Suburban. Now I mostly just use my cell phone for GPS. One less device to carry. Integrates with the Subaru Outback apple car play.
Very nice on our long trips to OK. It reads your texts to you, sends texts via voice, all hands free. The navigation through Google maps or Apple works great. Finds routes around traffic backups.
I can't say enough about staying up on technology as a convenience to our lifestyle. I'm sitting in my jammies and sweater on a cold winter day talking to folks all over the world from my couch.
Gotta go stoke the wood stove. Some things never change!