Gumbo

Garmin Nuvi 750 having problems getting the unit to follow my mapsoure routes, always takes me the shortest or fastest route. I use it on my motorcycle so this is not what I want, I map back roads and twisters to get to my destination, for the joy of riding. I really am not interested in getting there faster or shorter.
Any suggestion would be great Sure it is something I am not doing but can't figure it out.

Thanks.

Andy

This annoys me as well. Old days you gave a GPS a route, it gave you directions on that route, no recalculating it. I ride/drive the twisties and getting a GPS to string them together can take some prep work. The way I do this may not be the best way but it works for me. This is how I get my Nuvi 550 and 76CSx to follow a Mapsource created route.

First thing to check is that both Mapsource and the 750 are using the same version of City Navigator. Since the 750 has limited options when it comes to route preferences, try to set Mapsource the same.

In Mapsource,
Preferences
Routing Tab
Under Calculation Style, set this to Faster Time. Set the 750 to calculate to faster time as well.
Under Road Selection, leave it in the middle.

Create your route in Mapsource, send it to the 750. Have the 750 start navigating the route. Go to the turns list/map display and check the 750's calculated route. I find it easiest to scroll through the turns list and see where it is calculating it wrong. Then go back to Mapsource, drag the route to insert a via point at the first place the 750 has it wrong. Re send the route to it. Check it again. Turn by turn and see if the 750 now has made it through the section you just added a via point. If it does, move on the next "wrong" section. Correct it in Mapsource, resend, and re-check the 750's route.

In Mapsource it won't need those via points to get the route you want, but the 750 will. Some times I have to put multiple via's on a road to keep it from taking me to a point and backtracking to the start of the road.

I did this recently on a 9 hour drive with nearly all twisties and having spent a few hours getting the route dialed in made it much easier to follow. Once I was actually driving the route, don't ever recalculate it from your current position. This threw my route off every time.

Anyone else run into this trouble with "fun" routes?

Gumbo

Thanks Andy, I'll give your method a try.