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forum thread Posted by cantonesejason • Nov 13, 2012
forum thread Posted by cantonesejason • Nov 13, 2012

*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.

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!

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.

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

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!

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.

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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Nov 13, 2012
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Nov 13, 2012
azdolt
Nov 13, 2012
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you can get even more vehicles here:

http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com/
Nov 14, 2012
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kicker618
Nov 14, 2012
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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?
Nov 14, 2012
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itzlinky
Nov 14, 2012
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Eh...I dont believe any of those voices you mentioned (Star Wars, Simpsons, etc.) are free. It shows 9.99 for me.
Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
yadzek
Nov 14, 2012
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linked page shows both free and premium
Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
ten80
Nov 14, 2012
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yeah, these are always free... a good deal would be if the premium ones were free
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cantonesejason
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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.
Last edited by cantonesejason November 13, 2012 at 07:38 PM.
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kicker618
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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
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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
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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
Nov 14, 2012
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nifty, thanks!
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Outrager
Nov 14, 2012
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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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