Comments on: Garmin Nuvi 255WT Sat Nav Review

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:47:28 +0000

If i save a location under the saved location feature, how do i access that information when i need it ???

By: scott

scott — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:14:27 +0000

Just paid for latest updates £49.99 got Garmins Email Click on download but cant get past “gathering information”this may take a few seconds any ideas

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:54:02 +0000

I have read that auto friction mount for the dashboard will not work with the 255wt

By: Jenet

Jenet — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:50:07 +0000

Can I use GpS coordinates on garmin nuvi 255wt?

By: Keith McWhan

Keith McWhan — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:46:16 +0000

I have a Garmin Nuvi 255. I bought it for Europe.
I bought a 16G Micro SD card so I could load multiple maps onto it, but the Nuvi will not load the maps onto the card.
My PC recognises the card as a memory device, but when I tried to load the maps on via the card slot on my PC, the card still would not be recognised.
Could you tell me where I am going wrong please?
Thank you.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:31:43 +0000

has anyone had the isue of the voice stuttering when it gives directions? Is there a fix for this? This is the only issue I have with th 255wt.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:12:13 +0000

The Europe SD card should cover exactly what Italy and France does. It’s possible the individual country cards cover slightly more detail for specific places like The Vatican, etc. so you could always contact Garmin to double check map coverage before buying.

By: SteveD

SteveD — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:51 +0000

I bought a 255WT about 9 months ago. On the whole it performs quite well although you cannot trust the projected journey times (it is ALWAYS optimistic – my experience is that TomTom do a much better job of estimating trip duration). Also the route navigation can be a bit hit and miss, more than once the unit has directed me off a motorway to go round the junction round-about only to immediately rejoin the motorway! It is a shame that Garmin does not include firmware updates within the original purchase price…. Once it gets to the point of needing an update I will ditch the unit and probably buy a TomTom.

By: Steve Dyson

Steve Dyson — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:35:27 +0000

Also the route navigation can be a bit hit and miss, more than once the unit has directed me off a motorway to go round the junction round-about only to immediately rejoin the motorway!

It is ashame that Garmin does not include firmware updates within the original purchase price…. Once it gets to the point of needing an update I will ditch the unit and probably buy a TomTom.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:21:55 +0000

Thank you. Would I be able to access Italy and France directly from the same Europe card when I insert it? I don’t want to have to download maps onto my nuvi and I realise that Europe is pretty huge.