Garmin - StreetPilot c550 Review

Before I had my Garmin c550 I was directionally challenged (I still am, but that doesn't matter anymore).  I have kids that need to go to sporting events that are in places that I haven't ever been before, like out of the way schools, sometimes even in another state.  Now that I have my Garmin I can put in an address or an intersection and it will direct me to where I need to be, even re-routing me if I take a wrong turn or a street that I need to take is closed.  Once I am where I need to be, I can look for a certain type of restaurant or shopping center either generically or specifically and it will find it for me.  The only thing it has done that I am not fond of, is to tell me where something is and it is really across the street from where is says.  This has happened a couple of times with hotel locations, but I am in the general area, so it is easily fixed.  It also will take me one route to go somewhere and a different one to get back, but I always arrive where I need to be, just via a different route.  All in all it has given me a lot of freedom when I am hundreds of miles from home and the maps that I have don't give me the specifics that the Garmin does.  It also talks to me while I drive and lets me know far enough ahead of time a turn is approaching, that way I don't have to try and read and drive at the same time anymore.