I have to say that once you have a gps … you really can not go anywhere without it because you feel lost. Even if you know where you are going…you just feel better when you have it on. My husband goes a little overboard with his gps though. I will know shortcuts and the gps will take us another route that is 5 minutes out of the way but he insists that the gps knows the best route - maybe the most direct route but I know the backroads!