wrote:

Barney Rubble wrote:


Simply beautiful, but a little pricey! Still for an all in one IFR backup
this is very sweet. Need to start saving the pennies. Anyone know if XM WX
is going to become more reasonable in the near future, last I saw it was
about $60 PM, which is a little high...


Garmin's greed is going to get the best of them, sooner or later.

The 296, as wonderful as it, (I have one, which replace my 295) makes me punch
two clearance messages before I can use either the "panel" or the "TAWS"
feature. I attest that I am not a dumb **** that will overuse these tools
they sold me.

This isn't just Garmin. Nav systems in luxury cars almost all have
"lawyer pages" you have to get through to use their function.