Having said that, the user interface is not as flexible as many of the PDA-based GPS systems available to consumers. But I suspect Garmin did this out of a need for simplicity. Regardless, I would have liked to see an additional index search function, which I would have used more than the mandatory lodging and point of interest functions.

Throughout the trip to the Kruger, Quest displayed various interesting stats about our trip, including travel time, estimated time of arrival, distance travelled, average speed, top speed and elevation. It almost felt like I was staring at the in-flight info on an international flight.

On the map accuracy front, I was uber-impressed with the fact that Quest picked up every single road in the Kruger Park, even the little dust side-roads and rest camps. And the GPS's point-in-time accuracy was far superior to other systems I've used, although on one or two occasions I did miss a turn, which was quickly re-routed. Acquiring satellites, in general, was also a breeze.

The unit itself is small enough to be totally unobtrusive when mounted on the wide screen but this does not result in a smaller screen, which meant that the right amount of data was always being displayed on the GPS, using the system's auto-zoom function. I would have liked to take it on my motorbike as well, but there was no way of mounting and charging it, unfortunately. This would be a great addition for touring bikes or delivery vehicles.

One thing has to be said though, the cigarette lighter jack was a very tight fit, and we did have to take care when removing it that we did not pull the entire lighter fitting out of the dashboard, but we managed to do so, anyway.