utadventure Posted February 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2011 Jan and I drove from Las Vegas, NV this morning to Tucson, AZ. We looked at it on mapquest last night to get a feel for the day (427 miles). When we programed the TOMTOM and headed out, Jan noticed that it showed a 100 mile longer trip than what we saw the night before. Come to find out, the unit was keeping us on the Interstates and would have taken us to Flagstaff, AZ first and then south to Phoenix, then Tucson. We remembered mapquest took us down Hwy 93 to Phoenix and once we started that way, the unit corrected itself and, poof, a hundred miles of driving disappeared. Man did we get lucky! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2011 Jan and I drove from Las Vegas, NV this morning to Tucson, AZ. We looked at it on mapquest last night to get a feel for the day (427 miles). When we programed the TOMTOM and headed out, Jan noticed that it showed a 100 mile longer trip than what we saw the night before. Come to find out, the unit was keeping us on the Interstates and would have taken us to Flagstaff, AZ first and then south to Phoenix, then Tucson. We remembered mapquest took us down Hwy 93 to Phoenix and once we started that way, the unit corrected itself and, poof, a hundred miles of driving disappeared. Man did we get lucky! Dave Sometimes you can set the GPS to shortest distance, or avoid freeways,....or quickest route. Sometimes you can't?? When headed to Tucson I usually take the Phoenix cut off SR85 at Buckeye down to Gila Bend and I-8. Then East. Gets rid of all that Phoenix traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted February 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2011 Ok. But Flagstaff is beutiful in the summer. Kinda sad you missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted February 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2011 Ok. But Flagstaff is beutiful in the summer. Kinda sad you missed it. But isn't it winter????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utadventure Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted February 1, 2011 We're suffering through 62* weather today...instead of 21* in Salt Lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWa Posted February 2, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 2, 2011 If you are using a TomTom set up your trips with Tyre maps. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddlebum Posted February 2, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 2, 2011 when you use the TomTom it gives a number of choices for the type of routes also in the preview screen you can select alternate route and it will also revise the route until you are happy with the choice. the finale alternative is to plan your route using the itinarary feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbran Posted February 2, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 2, 2011 If you are using a TomTom set up your trips with Tyre maps. Mike That's what I use. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted February 2, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 2, 2011 But isn't it winter????? Yes, but I've never been there in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteSquid Posted February 2, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 2, 2011 On my GPS I can prefer shortest time, or distance... the longer route may have been shorter in time depending on how it calculates time due to it's programmed speed limits. I can also tell my unit to avoid highways. Not always a good choice. I prefer to go to Mapquest, make a route, and import it to my GPS but that take more forethought and effort on my part. I wish they would build GPS units with a "most scenic" preference....... oh well...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Annie Posted February 3, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 3, 2011 Geez, sounds like it could get interesting for us. Quickstep has never used a GPS I've been using Harley's "ride planner" to get an idea of places, routes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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