Life without GPS Not worth it

Being a voracious traveler, I had been using online mapping services like mapquest and google maps for a very long time. Even though I am not very bad with my directional sense, I've been lost terribly a few times with the printed maps. Carrying an atlas hasn't helped much either.

I recently bought a Garmin Street Pilot c330

This GPS unit is:
- portable (mountable on dash)
- preloaded with detailed maps
- touch screen display
- voice guidance
- vivid light sensitive graphics display

It's such a time saver. I just hop in to the car, punch in the address and the GPS tells me where to go turn-by-turn. I've been happy in terms of directions from Garmin as it sources from Navteq.
I am not sure where Magellan, Cobra and TomTom source from? I am very happy with Garmin and would like to hear about experiences from others.

I had been wanting to buy a GPS unit for a very long time, but kept procrastinating it for whatever reason. May be for the bells and whistles I wanted, the price was much higher. For me, the must features were, portability, touch screen, voice guidance, preloaded maps. Since I've gotten the unit, I feel stupid for not buying it early.

Anyway, the Garmin Street Pilot c330 has a retail tag close to $1000, but sells in amazon.com for just $299 with free-shipping and no sales taxes (Same thing sells in Best buy for $399 + sales taxes)

With the recent sales tax law, if a company has a physical location in a state it must charge sales tax on online sales as well. Amazon, however, does not have physical stores and so is not obligated to charge you sales tax :-)

If you are in the market for a GPS, I'd strongly recommend the Garmin Street Pilot c330 from amazon.