How I Keep From Getting Lost In Toronto
written by John Chow
To prevent myself from getting lost while driving around Toronto, I rely on the Magellan Roadmate 760 GPS Receiver. This handy device guides me turn by turn to anywhere I want to go. The unit even has text-to-speech technology that tells you when to take that next turn, including the name of the street and distance to the turn. Most GPS with voice turn by turn would say, “Turn left in two miles.” The Megellen unit will say, “Turn left in two miles on Steele Avenue.” Mind you it sound really funny when it says some of the street names, but at least you know what street to keep an eye out for.
You can program the GPS by using the simple menus to enter an address on the touch screen, or find nearby gas stations, restaurants, ATM’s, and more by selecting from 7 million, pre-programmed points of interest. To find the CN Tower, I simply entered CN Tower and then choose shortest time. I will be using the Roadmate to get around Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City as well.
You can read my TTZ review of the Magellan Roadmate 760 GPS here.
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Satnav is quite useful. I had one with my laptop on my roadtrip down to San Diego. Without it, I wouldn’t have found that awesome Chinese restaurant in San Jose.
Sounds like you’re in my neck of the woods…I’ll be moving to San Francisco soon…Yours was in a laptop huh…didn’t realize they came in laptops.
Well…a Pharos USB GPS unit attached to a laptop.
cool!
I hadn’t heard of one in a laptopm either. This makes a bit more sense now.
I use a similar system, and it has saved me MANY times.
blabWire
That’s why I need one!!!
Magellan FTW! Great system.
haha…I have to invest in one of those. Because I’m one of those girls that perpetuates the stereotype that women can’t drive
LOL… I know what you mean. I can’t find my way out of a paper bag without a roadmap and my wife!
The wife is an interesting mention as with my wife being the worst back seat driver I am lucky to get to whatever destination point (with or without a GPS!)
i thought the thumbrule is never to ask a woman for direction? hehe
But can you navigate? My wife drives great - but is not so hot with a map.
maps don’t make me horny either.
haha, the best line i’ve heard ever!
Turn left in two miles on Steele Avenue
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Get your money back on the Magellan John. For that kind of money it should be telling you the street name with 100% accuracy.
It’s Steeles Ave - and it should be telling you if it’s East or West.
But I didn’t pay for it.
You gotta love the power of a top blog. Evil man, very evil!
Maybe he stole it? (Way more eviller)
If you want to get really, really evil, try and get your money back anyways
Freebies hur … i wanna be a top dot com evil blogger too
Of course you didn’t pay for it, John.
I guess that just doesn’t make you evil; if anything, the heavens smile down upon you. 
I have a feeling that was a typo on John’s part and not the fault of the GPS.
lol…I was thinking the same exact thing…hahah
how does one get lost in Toronto? pretty much all streets run East-West and North-South, one of the easiest city to get around.
When you don’t know where the street you’re trying to get to is, it’s very easy to get lost.
I agree. I used to get lost in Tulsa, which is viewed from above looks like a grid.
It’s funny, if you go past the street you should have turned on, it’ll say “If possible, make a legal U-Turn”.
There aren’t very many places where a U-Turn is legal, so you really feel like it should be saying “You Moron, you pasted the street you were supposed to turn on, now turn around!”. 
haha thats funny
When I saw the title of this post, I thought it said “How I Keep Getting Lost in Toronto”
me too!
same here Michael. i dont use one of these because i never have the time to go by one, i also hate comparison shopping.
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Geez man… Ease off a bit. The all caps in harsh.
Nice Jake, i go with the top commentators on Burned By The Man, same as here on john chow, people earn there links just by commenting, it goes on the right hand menu etc,
back on topic, im to cheap to buy a gps, i’m old fashion, and suprisingly i dont get lost
lol…probably not the best place to link bait Jake…that’s like link baiting on comments you leave on Digg. Not very many people dare
luckly we a fun group here!
i guess im a daring guy. anyway sorry to everybody i offended. just wanted you guys to know you can get a free link.
hehe…no worries, i dont think anyone did…i checked out your site…good stuff
thanks
I’m checking out the MIO 310..anybody got a clue on how good this is?
The Garmin Nuvi 350 from Costco is probably the best “bang for your buck” nowadays.
FT
A good friend of mine got this GPS (from Costco as well) and likes it better than the GPS in his Cayenne…even though it doesn’t play videos, allow for your PS3 to be hooked up, or make you coffee.
I never get lost.
you must not go anywhere.
thank you
Wish I could say the same; I’m at home doing nothing and I STILL get lost. Seriously though, I could definitely use something like the Magellan GPS Receiver. I’ve read other GPS reviews, but only a handful were as convincing.
john you should start a forum. i can imagine it now.
http://www.johnchow.com/foru…. help im losing the image.
half of it would be people complaining, and the other half would be people complaining about people complaining, viva la internet
heh, these are very handy. When I get a car I’m destine to buy one so I don’t ever get lost heh…I hope it shows you the shortest time and stuff to.
In Brazil GPS devices are prohibited by traffic authorities. They say GPS could cause accidents by distracting the drivers.
I’m not kidding.
how can anyone in Brazil afford a gps? i was there 2 years ago and everyones dirt poor.
I prefer the good old $10 map!
good luck reading those suckers!
I cant stand the big $10 map lol, GPS or mapquest is the way to go!
Multi-fold road maps…now those are driving hazards, no? GPS can definitely make life easier on the road (if you know how it works).
Great GPS mate, I need to get myself one of those babies!