<p>We had a bunch of stuff stolen from our vehicle a few weeks ago, including our GPS. I’d like to replace it with a GPS that has the capability to use google maps. This is what I mean: Before I go to an unknown place, I often go to google maps and figure out generally what roads I’d like to take. For instance, when I go to SW Virginia to visit my son, I always go west on route 78 through PA and then 81 South. My garmin seemed to prefer that I take the turnpike and then I-95, so for several miles, I would hear, “re-calculating” as I kept going in the direction I wanted to go. Or when I go someplace, I’ll know most of the roads in between, but just need help with the local neighborhood roads. No problem muting her, but then I have to remember to turn her back on at the right time.</p>
<p>I would love to be able to figure out my route and send it to the GPS and then if there is construction or an accident and I go off-route, the GPS would put me back on my pre-chosen route. Several times I would be going someplace, following the GPS’s direction only to realize that she (ours had a female voice) was taking us on roads I wanted to avoid. </p>
<p>Does anyone know a GPS that will allow you to select your route via google maps or something like that? Suggestions for GPS’s that you’ve been happy with would be fine too.</p>