GPS PIONEER AVIC-S1

FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS A GOOD GPS FOR THE PRICE. I DID MY RESEARCH FOR A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE PURCHASING & IT SEEMS FOR THIS PRICE RANGE THIS GPS IS THE BEST YOU WILL GET. I ACTUALLY FOUND MINE ON EBAY FROM A POWER SELLING. WITH S&H TOTAL WAS $352.00. FROM MY RESEARCH THAT PRICE WAS HARD TO BEAT.

SO SO FAR SO GOOD, I HAVE USED IT A FEW TIMES & FOUND MY WAY TO MY DESNINATION, BUT THERE IS A CON:

LAST NIGHT I NEEDED TO GET TO ATLANTIC CITY AIRPORT FROM JACKSON NJ. BY JUMPING ON THE PARKWAY IT SHOULD TAKE ME NO MORE THAN 1 HOUR. WELL THE GPS SYSTEM TOOK ME AN HOUR OUT OF THE WAY. TOOK ME 2 HRS TO GET THERE. I WAS SO MAD.

NOW WHAT THIS SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO DO IS TAKE YOU THE FASTEST ROUTE, IF YOU KNOW A TURN OFF OF 2 THAT MAY BE QUICKER, THE GPS WILL THEN REDIRECT THE ROUTE FROM THERE....WELL......ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE AIRPORT I TOOK THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY (THE WAY I KNEW) THIS SYSTEM NEVER REDIRECTED THE ROUTE, IT WAS LIKE IT HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS. NOW THE GSP IS A MAJOR HIGHWAY, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT DIDNT GIVE ME A ROUTE UNTIL I GOT OFF THE GSP AND WAS MAYBE 20 MINUTES FROM MY HOME(THATS WHEN IT FINALLY DIRECTED ME)

SO BASICALLY IM SKEPTICAL TO NOW USE THIS THING WHEN I TRAVEL TO FLORIDA IN JANUARY...I WONDER HOW MUCH OUT OF THE WAY IT WILL PUT ME?