There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

New garmin map update

Thread starter JKMSPYDER
Start date Feb 20, 2020

pegasus1300

Well-known member

Mar 5, 2020

TicketBait said:
Question, when you buy a new Garmin do you get free updates for a while and if so how long? or do you need to pay for them? Believe there is something called lifetime updates, but could be wrong.

the "LM" in your Garmin means Lifetime Maps. Not your lifetime but the lifetime of your device. That can be until Garmin decides to stop supporting your device or until you miss a number of updates. Only they know what that number is. I have an old 500 from over 10 years ago that I missed about 3 or 4 years of updates but they still updated it.