Review on Renewed Garmin DriveSmart 65 Premium Navigator with Alexa from Amazon - Model 010-N2153-00 by Wayne Drakh

A bit big if you have a small car with a smaller windshield. You cannot use this GPS in VERTICAL or PORTRAIT mode. I prefer portrait mode - it doesn't block the view as much as I think. But no, it has to be horizontal. I've been using this GPS for a few months now. Last week, as I drove down the Meadowbrook Parkway, this GPS navigator told me to unnecessarily exit the highway, circle around, and come back. What the hell? How do I report such stupid and dangerous bugs? I could easily see that he was hunting wild geese. I bought a DriveSmart 65 for the TRAFFIC function. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF TRAFFIC? Very unreliable. Where does it get traffic information from? Every time I check the traffic situation it tells me there is no traffic ahead. WHILE I'M IN TRAFFIC! Traffic on the radio tells me there's trouble ahead, but this Garmin Drivesmart 65 says there's no traffic ahead. It must be blind. The "special power cord" required for TRAFFIC works perfectly. When I zoom out, I see roads in the distance that may be red, indicating slow traffic there, but nothing for the road I'm on. How it works? This Garmin never warned me about traffic (on the hutch) which I could have avoided. So unreliable. Instead I will use Google Maps and Waze. I have had many GARMIN GPS products since 1992. These are excellent car GPS. I would not buy from any other manufacturer. But with so many advances in GPS technology these days, it's unsatisfactory for this kind of travel errors and glitches. I would return this if I could, maybe to a different model without Traffic and Alexa. Instead I will use Google Maps and Waze. I feel like I wasted my money on this model. Is that your top model? Traffic can be more responsive and catch the forward lag BEFORE you hit it. I know you can do this, but how do you see your past rides and routes and breadcrumb trails (auto save).