I found that sometimes, I could prevent it from coming up with some rather odd routes if I picked a different default from those choices. You may have to play with that to see if a particular setting generally calculates more “sensible” routes for you.

I’d also agree that the Garmin does a pretty good job with routing, all in all. I used one of their GPS’s pretty extensively, a couple years ago. It, too, sometimes did wacky stuff though, like routing me through sub-divisions full of twists and turns, just to come back out on a main road I would have been FAR better off getting to another way. To an extent, it’s the nature of these devices. You can minimize it but not eliminate it.

Rather difficult to input address info; (something you don’t want to do driving)
Not many POI’s; (I’d like to see more)

Other than that, it is great!
Don’t hesitate to get one.

PS: I use a small strip of velcro vs the suction cup and works better and is easier to remove.

This has been quite common for years now in the world of computer products. It saves money to just post a scanned copy of the printed manual on the Internet, vs. paying a printing place to run off thousands of printed manuals to package in with each box (making the boxes heavier and most costly to ship to customers too).

I know it’s a little inconvenient, and some people just like having a professionally printed instruction book. But I’m actually ok with this practice, all in all. It can be really handy if you need to see the instructions and you’re not at the location you left your printed manual. You can just go download another one to look at.