Memorial Day weekend, we went to Lime Rock Park in Connecticut for the Grand AM GT racing weekend.
The funny thing was, I plotted the course a couple days before the weekend using my ONE. It routed me down the NYS Thruway to exit 21-A, onto the Berkshire Spur, exit at B-3 and take Rt. 22 south.
The morning that we left, I plotted the course again, not paying any attention, assuming it would be the same. This time TomTom told me to exit the Thruway at Exit 24 and take I-90 (freebie 90). Since it was very early morning and there'd be no traffic through Albany I decided to follow the instructions. Either way, you wind up back on the Berkshire Spur. TomTom had me exit at B-3 but take a different route than Rt. 22 south.
I'm at a loss why it plotted two different routes from and to the same addresses but I followed the intructions, travelling some pleasant 2-lane country roads and arrived at Lime Rock Park by 8 AM.
We had made reservations at a motel in Newburgh, NY since we were doing some sight-seeing in the Hudson Valley. When we left the racetrack, I used my ONE to guide me to the motel. It got us there with no problem, but it was weird when we got there. We had turned onto 17-K. I could SEE the motel, but TomTom told me to go 1/4 mile, then turn around. Perhaps it thought there were no left turns on that road (and maybe there weren't), but I just made a left and pulled in. Does TomTom know, traffic regulations, one-way streets, etc?
The next morning we drove up Rt. 9 to Hyde Park and visited FDR's home and Vanderbilt Mansion. From there I used TomTom to guide me home.
I love travelling with a GPS, it makes things so much easier. Don't know how I lived without it.
Jim
The funny thing was, I plotted the course a couple days before the weekend using my ONE. It routed me down the NYS Thruway to exit 21-A, onto the Berkshire Spur, exit at B-3 and take Rt. 22 south.
The morning that we left, I plotted the course again, not paying any attention, assuming it would be the same. This time TomTom told me to exit the Thruway at Exit 24 and take I-90 (freebie 90). Since it was very early morning and there'd be no traffic through Albany I decided to follow the instructions. Either way, you wind up back on the Berkshire Spur. TomTom had me exit at B-3 but take a different route than Rt. 22 south.
I'm at a loss why it plotted two different routes from and to the same addresses but I followed the intructions, travelling some pleasant 2-lane country roads and arrived at Lime Rock Park by 8 AM.
We had made reservations at a motel in Newburgh, NY since we were doing some sight-seeing in the Hudson Valley. When we left the racetrack, I used my ONE to guide me to the motel. It got us there with no problem, but it was weird when we got there. We had turned onto 17-K. I could SEE the motel, but TomTom told me to go 1/4 mile, then turn around. Perhaps it thought there were no left turns on that road (and maybe there weren't), but I just made a left and pulled in. Does TomTom know, traffic regulations, one-way streets, etc?
The next morning we drove up Rt. 9 to Hyde Park and visited FDR's home and Vanderbilt Mansion. From there I used TomTom to guide me home.
I love travelling with a GPS, it makes things so much easier. Don't know how I lived without it.
Jim
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