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*Free* "Garmin Garage" voices, vehicles, and dashboards for your Garmin Navi GPS

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For folks with a Garmin Navi system check if your GPS supports the Garmin Garage features. laugh out loud

There's a bunch of free voices, vehicles, and dashboards you can upgrade your Garmin GPS with. Star Wars, The Simpsons, Wallace & Gromit are a few of the options. This should help keep the kids entertained during the upcoming holiday roadtrips some of us will be taking to visit family. Enjoy! hug

GARMIN GARAGE link (main page): http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/

Free Vehicles page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/b...icles.html
Free Voices page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/voices/#free
Free Dashboards page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/dashboards/

*Note: You may first need to download/install the The Garmin Communicator plugin to your computer. nod

For example here's the additional feature specs for my Garmin 265WT:
"Go Beyond Navigation -
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 265WT includes many travel tools, including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock, automatic time zone transition, currency converter, unit converter, calculator and more. The 265WT is compatible with our free Garmin Garage™ where you can download animated vehicles that show your location on the map. It also comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in SD™ cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions."
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Created 11-13-2012 at 02:19 PM by cantonesejason
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azdolt
11-13-2012 at 03:47 PM.
11-13-2012 at 03:47 PM.
you can get even more vehicles here:

http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com/
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kicker618
11-13-2012 at 05:30 PM.
11-13-2012 at 05:30 PM.
Quote from cantonesejason :
For folks with a Garmin Navi system check if your GPS supports the Garmin Garage features. laugh out loud

There's a bunch of free voices, vehicles, and dashboards you can upgrade your Garmin GPS with. Star Wars, The Simpsons, Wallace & Gromit are a few of the options. This should help keep the kids entertained during the upcoming holiday roadtrips some of us will be taking to visit family. Enjoy! hug

GARMIN GARAGE link (main page): http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/

Free Vehicles page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/b...icles.html
Free Voices page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/voices/#free
Free Dashboards page: http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/dashboards/

*Note: You may first need to download/install the The Garmin Communicator plugin to your computer. nod

For example here's the additional feature specs for my Garmin 265WT:
"Go Beyond Navigation -
Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 265WT includes many travel tools, including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock, automatic time zone transition, currency converter, unit converter, calculator and more. The 265WT is compatible with our free Garmin Garage™ where you can download animated vehicles that show your location on the map. It also comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in SD™ cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions."

where can I download the communicator?
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itzlinky
11-13-2012 at 05:38 PM.
11-13-2012 at 05:38 PM.
Eh...I dont believe any of those voices you mentioned (Star Wars, Simpsons, etc.) are free. It shows 9.99 for me.
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yadzek
11-13-2012 at 05:53 PM.
11-13-2012 at 05:53 PM.
linked page shows both free and premium
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ten80
11-13-2012 at 07:27 PM.
11-13-2012 at 07:27 PM.
yeah, these are always free... a good deal would be if the premium ones were free
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cantonesejason
11-13-2012 at 07:38 PM.
11-13-2012 at 07:38 PM.
Quote from kicker618 :
where can I download the communicator?
here you go.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/do...sp?id=3607

Quote from itzlinky :
Eh...I dont believe any of those voices you mentioned (Star Wars, Simpsons, etc.) are free. It shows 9.99 for me.
you can still get some of the star wars content for free, i.e. the tie fighter and x-wing vehicles in the free vehicles set.
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Last edited by cantonesejason November 13, 2012 at 07:38 PM.
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kicker618
11-13-2012 at 08:32 PM.
11-13-2012 at 08:32 PM.
all i see is the bundle free for icons

the dashboard keeps saying i am out of date after I just updated and downloaded the communicator and the voices are showing 8.99, 9.99 etc...
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cantonesejason
11-13-2012 at 09:26 PM.
11-13-2012 at 09:26 PM.
Quote from kicker618 :
all i see is the bundle free for icons

the dashboard keeps saying i am out of date after I just updated and downloaded the communicator and the voices are showing 8.99, 9.99 etc...
looks like only select content is free. try this communicator plug-in link instead.

http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/
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cantonesejason
11-13-2012 at 10:31 PM.
11-13-2012 at 10:31 PM.
Quote from azdolt :
you can get even more vehicles here:

http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com/
Nice. Never knew about this site. Thx
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hussaroo
11-13-2012 at 11:33 PM.
11-13-2012 at 11:33 PM.
nifty, thanks!
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Outrager
11-14-2012 at 07:21 AM.
11-14-2012 at 07:21 AM.
Quote from cantonesejason :
here you go.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/do...sp?id=3607


you can still get some of the star wars content for free, i.e. the tie fighter and x-wing vehicles in the free vehicles set.
Those 2 vehicles have always been free.
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