XM question for Garmin 396/496 owers

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:EFFsk.258766$TT4.124426@attbi_s22:

Note to newbies: Honeck dogged Garmin until he realized the 496 beat
the crap out of anything else that would tell him where the hairy
stuff was, then he had to buy one.

Wow -- is that even English?

I don't know who you are, "F-Guy", but I calls 'em as I see 'em.
I've owned and flown behind half a dozen GPS's, from Magellans to
Lowrances, from AvMaps to Garmins -- and I'm here to tell you that the
496 is an incredibly over-priced piece of crap, with ONE major,
unequivocally outstanding feature -- seamless, built-in XM satellite
weather.

Were it not for XM capability, the 496 would be an almost laughably
bad GPS. It would also no longer be made, as no one would have bought
it. Sadly, because there is no other logical alternative, I won't
fly without it on board -- but the moment AvMap or Lowrance matches
Garmin's XM capability, the 496 will be on Ebay.



God you're an asshole.


Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:EFFsk.258766$TT4.124426@attbi_s22:

Note to newbies: Honeck dogged Garmin until he realized the 496 beat
the crap out of anything else that would tell him where the hairy
stuff was, then he had to buy one.

Wow -- is that even English?

I don't know who you are, "F-Guy", but I calls 'em as I see 'em.
I've owned and flown behind half a dozen GPS's, from Magellans to
Lowrances, from AvMaps to Garmins -- and I'm here to tell you that the
496 is an incredibly over-priced piece of crap, with ONE major,
unequivocally outstanding feature -- seamless, built-in XM satellite
weather.

Were it not for XM capability, the 496 would be an almost laughably
bad GPS. It would also no longer be made, as no one would have bought
it. Sadly, because there is no other logical alternative, I won't
fly without it on board -- but the moment AvMap or Lowrance matches
Garmin's XM capability, the 496 will be on Ebay.



God you're an asshole.


Bertie


Don't worry, you still have him beat hands down.

..... or hands in pants, in your case.

"Ramsey" @##@.^net wrote in :


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:EFFsk.258766$TT4.124426@attbi_s22:

Note to newbies: Honeck dogged Garmin until he realized the 496
beat
the crap out of anything else that would tell him where the hairy
stuff was, then he had to buy one.

Wow -- is that even English?

I don't know who you are, "F-Guy", but I calls 'em as I see 'em.
I've owned and flown behind half a dozen GPS's, from Magellans to
Lowrances, from AvMaps to Garmins -- and I'm here to tell you that
the
496 is an incredibly over-priced piece of crap, with ONE major,
unequivocally outstanding feature -- seamless, built-in XM satellite
weather.

Were it not for XM capability, the 496 would be an almost laughably
bad GPS. It would also no longer be made, as no one would have
bought
it. Sadly, because there is no other logical alternative, I won't
fly without it on board -- but the moment AvMap or Lowrance matches
Garmin's XM capability, the 496 will be on Ebay.



God you're an asshole.


Bertie


Don't worry, you still have him beat hands down.

.... or hands in pants, in your case.




Awwww, you really got me there lameoh boi.



Bertie