Final farkles being installed today (Datel). Checked grounding lug in faring, all OK!
We're ready to go!
Speaking of the Garmin, I've got a 2730 but haven't hooked up the XM weather. Is it really that good? Is anybody using it? Can I simply phone up XM (I have a subscription for my truck radio) and have them turn it on?
I think (ouch) you'll have to pay for the extra device (added cost). That's what my bro-in-law told me and what I read while I was researching it. However, maybe you can sweet talk them into the weather only for the gps???
Correct. You do have to pay an activation fee($50) and a monthly fee($30-fisherman package) for the XM WX, but the first time you save yourself from riding/driving into a major WX event you will forget all about the cost. I was very thankful to have it along for my drive Saturday afternoon. I was dodging two major thunderstorm cells on I 40 going through Oklahoma. I stopped to wait for the first one to pass, others were not so lucky, apparently 2-3" hail does a lot of damage when you drive headlong into it. :angry2:
I was stopped on a ramp with several other vehicles including a car hauler with a load of high end cars. After the driver came back and looked at the screen for a while, he wrote down all the info on what he needed to get the same thing in his truck.
Having up to date radar images is nice to help in making an informed decision on wheather to stop, keep going, or take a different route. I drive well in excess of 100k miles/year so the decision was easy for me.
I'll be at SFO if anyone wants to get a better look at what all this is about.
XM Weather The marine weather fisherman package is probably the best chioce unless you also go boating on the oceans or fly an airplane. Different garmin products will display different wx products and it can be confusing which products will actually display on each unit(XM website sucks in this regard and garmin website isn't much better). Typically the marine and aviation units will display the most information, which is why I chose the 376C. Many of the automotive units will only display the NavTraffic and NavWeather which is not the same as the XM WX services offered.
I couldn't find any info on which wx products the 2730 will display, it may be easier to just plug my GXM-30 into your gps and see what it will display.
David
