I will be going there this summer and would like to see if I could use one of mine to make sure that I get less lost than I usually do.
I have a Magellen and have tried to contact the company to find out if they have programs that I can download for my unit.

Any help would be appreciated.
Henry

Advantage is that you don't have to pay the outrageous charge they have for loading the Europe map into their GPS which didn't come with it in the first place. If that's what you are stuck with, new GPS units are pretty inexpensive, time to consider upgrade vs. that investment in older technology. Also, the unit with both continents preloaded will probably have enough memory on board out of the box for all of this, you might otherwise have to get another SD card for the extra Europe maps if the North America GPS will suport the extra data in the first place.

I would not drive Europe without GPS, period. The open road / autobahn is fine and easy to navigate but once you get into the city areas, many of the cities are older and have twisted, irregular streets, changing street names, one ways, etc. You really need GPS unless you already know for sure where you are going. Even in the larger more regular city grids, it's just plain easier and safer to have the GPS do the navigation and leave you to only drive, not deal with maps, written directions, etc.

Have fun - I really enjoyed driving Germany and Austria despite the horribly expensive fuel. Try Sixti for relatively inexpensive car rental although that's more expensive there than I am used to here as well. If you step up to a premium car rental, a lot of those will come with GPS. But I found it really helpful to have preloaded my planned destinations into my portable GPS while relaxing at home. All I had to do was unpack the GPS from my carry on, put it on the dash, plug in the power, push the buttons, and drive where I wanted to go. Nice!

You can bankonit.....