On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:47:24 -0400, micky
wrote:

In rec.autos.tech, on Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:18:22 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , NONONOmisc07
says...

I don't need navigation, only occasionally to know where I am.

If the GPS map on new radios isn't a lot better than what I have, I'd
rather save a couple hundred dollars and get a radio withou it.



Get the radio without it.

That would save money, and I'm more likely to find a radio with real
buttons, which are easier to use when driving.

I don't know about the prices, but some of the new cars with navigation
have a USB slot where you download the maps on a computer and then
transfer them with a USB drive to the car.

Thank you for answering my question!

As many said, just get a Garman or such with the lifetime updates for
free.

I don't want another device. I just want a radio, which may or may not
have GPS. In order to judge whether to get GPS, I need to know how much
detail the map will have, but if the map is bad, that just means no GPS,
not that I would buy an additional device to have a better map.

Thanks.
What's wrong with the radio you have, other than the GPS???

I say leave well enough alone if you don't NEED theGPS.