Well, we've now flown behind the Garmin 496 for 10 weeks, and around 20
flights, and we've decided that -- despite having an awful screen and a
slow processor -- we'll keep it. The fantastic benefits of having
on-board weather simply outweigh the painful truth that the 496
represents a bad compromise in an aviation GPS display.

We thought about keeping our favorite GPS -- the AvMap EKP-IIIC Gold --
on the copilot's yoke, but we've already got the Lowrance 2000c planted
there. The 2000c represents the best value in GPS today, with a screen
nearly as large as the AvMap's, at a fraction of the price. It's also
current technology and a current model, which means that it will be
supported (I hope!) by Lowrance for a while longer.

Thus, sadly, we've decided to sell the AvMap. If only those stupid
*******s at AvMap had come out with XM weather, like they promised at
OSH '05, we'd have kept the unit forever. It is still hand's down,
head & shoulders the finest moving map display I've seen in a portable
GPS -- it's a far better display than either the 2000c or the 496 --
and we hate to part with it. Buy I've simply got no use for it, now.

It's on Ebay right now. See it here, if you're interested:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W186264FD
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"