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My experience with my own unit.thanks for the great info.. but i am wondering is it possible for the unit to show my speed and record my mileage if i do not set a destination..
i hardly set the destination just use the map for alerting me of speedtraps and common roadblock points.
As if we need to have turn by turn directions to drive around a town we're familiar with.
The tripmeter works as long as the gps is running. I always get a screen with my distance driven each time I turn off the car. It detects the power going into it gone, it turns off and shows a summary, including fuel if you set ecoroute.
With ecoroute, it can estimate fuel used when you drive. It's only an estimation based on how many litres per km your car can do. Mine is about 16l/100km. But like I said, estimation only.
The initial reason I got a gps is for mileage claim. So I do use the tripmeter.
AFAIK. the active log only works if you route a destination. You can later copy them over to pc and view them in mapsource, then print them out. The software isn't exactly friendly though, so have to learn a bit, but it's all about how you want to use the GPS.