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HOWEVER, based on the factors listed in your original post, you may want to look at the Garmin 60C/60CS. It is more designed for hiking & in cars. It doesn't have expandable memory (for those long trips) but has a great color screen (same technology as the 276C but smaller size) and comes with the detailed GPS maps. I don't think it has voiceprompts which you really need for car applications. Check out garmin.com

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ha ha!!! ordered the garmin 60cs on friday, should be here in time for xmas.
shopping allowed me to recall the irritation i had when i was originally shopping for these things: dropping waypoints. gps tracking, but for the 200$ you DON'T get a compass, or altimeter. So got the whole bag (I think) and its got all the features my mom will need, and my dad loves the gadgets so it'll keep them both busy...
now they just need a cell phone.
tanks folks, happy holidays!