SO I’VE BEEN USING THE NEW GPS for about a week, and it seems swell. The traffic feature seems to work — it warns me if I’m heading into traffic even if I don’t have a route programmed, and it seems to be reasonably accurate — I haven’t hit a traffic jam that it hasn’t warned me of, anyway. And, most impressively, the suction-cup windshield attachment actually works. The last one was a joke that fell off within an hour every time. I don’t know if the suction cup is better, or if it’s just that the new one is a lot lighter . . . .

Plus, it’s eco-friendly. I’m a Green Hero!