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Fumesucker

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13. Not on some of the older models..

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 07:42 PM

Mar 2015

We have a Tomtom 1 and another older unit around here and they both warn not to mess with it when driving but nothing about watching out for bad maps.

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