before purchase this Garmin I have down-grade nuvus that I really love . in my experience Garmin nuvi be the most user friendly gp out there , but after close to two year my map be completely outdate and it become virtually useless . I look at buy map update , but they cost $ 100 and that be just for the U.S. ! this model have a few great upgrade like a icon to show you what lane you should be in if a fork in the road be approach and you can choose the level of detail you want the map to display . the down side : there be advertising occasionally , which be irritating but it be fairly subtle , I imagine that be how they pay for the lifetime map update . it display the speed limit and you speed , which be nice , but you speed turn red when you be speed . once again , a little annoying but tolerable . finally , it come set in safe mode and therefore will not allow you to operate it if the car be move at all , but a option pop up to disable safe mode when it happen . once I disable it , it never reappear . for you gp to work properly you really need to update the map once a year , so when you put that into perspective -lrb- at $ 100 a update -rrb- it be really a amazing deal . overall I love it ! if it be not for the advertising I would give it a 5 star rating .