Kick start the economy

FishaHallic · Postby **FishaHallic** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:59 am

In a feeble attempt to kick start the economy I have taken it upon myself to spend my gov't economic stimulus check on several items. First I went ahead and bought the Garmin 60CSX, now I know alot of you guys use the Magellan explorist XL but that Grizzly Guy is a good salesman and after much thought I went with the Garmin. I also bought the Ram mounts for the unit and I went ahead and got the roller fairlead for winches using a plow.

GrizzlyGuy · Postby **GrizzlyGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:24 am

Good for you, Dave! We can't be letting any of those nasty recessions get too far out of hand, and we can't just let the new Cabelas down at Boomtown be 100% responsible for stimulating consumer spending.

But hey, I would have taken a good hard look at the Magellan Triton that we were talking about here. Yeah, sounds like it has some bugs right now, but the Magellan geeks might just swat them all before too long. Or not. Who knows.

teejay · Postby **teejay** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:26 am

While attempting to do something good, you've made the post count for this forum 666. What have you DONE?

Mine is going to winch tools, and tire repair kits, and some mad dog fender bags.

FishaHallic · Postby **FishaHallic** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:52 am

Oh greeeeaaat, I bought the wrong GPS...J/K. Griz, I am not one of those guys that needs the latest and greatest (even though I did buy a King Quad

)I just want a unit that works good and that I can actually see and hopefully that is what I am getting in the Garmin 60CSX.

666, YIKES

GrizzlyGuy · Postby **GrizzlyGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:58 am

There you go Dave, there's a lot to be said for proven/reliable. NASA often builds space gizmos out of 20-ish year old electronics for just that reason. Even if it isn't "cool" to do so.

I almost bought a KQ myself for that same reason. Yamaha had come out with their fancy-pants power steering, and I was worried there just might be a mechanical "bug" in that gizmo. I can barely hold a wrench let alone turn one, and the thought of being stranded out in bum-fart Egypt had me real worried. They had no option to leave the power steering off (back then), so a KQ was looking real good. It had EFI that was older and more proven, and that was really all I was after.

Then Vulcan ran a test where he disconnected power from the power steering gizmo and confirmed that you could still turn it. RedGrizz said it really helped in rocks, so those two guys sold me. The heck with what Yamaha was saying, I generally discount whatever people trying to sell me something say. 'Hey sellin' guy, show me the data, show me your test methods and results, prove it to me.'

Maybe I wasn't the only doubting Thomas out there because Yamaha came up with the option to leave the power steering gizmo off in their 2008's.

Anyhoo, I think you're going to be happy with your 60CSx. Mine hasn't let me down yet.

teejay · Postby **teejay** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:44 pm

GrizzlyGuy wrote:Anyhoo, I think you're going to be happy with your 60CSx. Mine hasn't let me down yet.

Fish just make sure you aren't riding around in monsoon season on the high hills of utah where freak hail storms come out of nowhere.....

Ask GG

GrizzlyGuy · Postby **GrizzlyGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:45 pm

teejay wrote:
GrizzlyGuy wrote: Fish just make sure you aren't riding around in monsoon season on the high hills of utah where freak hail storms come out of nowhere.....

Ask GG

He, he, he. Yeah, but that was back when I had my Garmin eTrex Summit. It died in the storm.

But the 60CSx? Water-resistant to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter of water for 30 minutes). So now even if I roll out in the middle of Fordyce Creek, it should survive just fine.

teejay · Postby **teejay** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:48 pm

GrizzlyGuy wrote:
teejay wrote:
GrizzlyGuy wrote: Fish just make sure you aren't riding around in monsoon season on the high hills of utah where freak hail storms come out of nowhere.....

Ask GG
He, he, he. Yeah, but that was back when I had my Garmin eTrex Summit. It died in the storm.

But the 60CSx? Water-resistant to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter of water for 30 minutes). So now even if I roll out in the middle of Fordyce Creek, it should survive just fine.

Whoopsie, I thought it was gthe 60cx. Time to go get the shit pie out of the oven.

Kendo · Postby **Kendo** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:30 pm

Next thing you know

will be following GG into train tunnels and hittin the deck when the 'flashlight' starts heading towards them. LMAO!!!

Kendo · Postby **Kendo** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:53 pm

GrizzlyGuy wrote:So now even if I roll out in the middle of Fordyce Creek, it should survive just fine.

Foreshadowing.........????

Especially considering your post here.

GrizzlyGuy · Postby **GrizzlyGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:53 pm

Kendo wrote:
GrizzlyGuy wrote:So now even if I roll out in the middle of Fordyce Creek, it should survive just fine.
Foreshadowing.........????

I'll take a roll any way I can get one, Kendo. Unless it's in front of a flippin' train.

FishaHallic · Postby **FishaHallic** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:55 pm

I used to work for the railroad so I know better, unless someone else goes first

QMaze · Postby **QMaze** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:09 pm

Garmins are nice, I'm waiting to get this new unit.

http://www8.garmin.com/ces/colorado/index.html

hemingray · Postby **hemingray** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:30 pm

What's wrong with the economy?

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/0 ... index.html

GrizzlyGuy · Postby **GrizzlyGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:48 pm

hemingray wrote:What's wrong with the economy?

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/0 ... index.html

Wonderful. So now you need to be a chemical engineer to make a flippin' cup of coffee?

ATVOBSESSION

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