I have never had a problems with any of Etrex's zooming in on the map.
I set the map to a level that is good for me and leave it at that.
The only time I do use the zoom in on the map is when I am near a Geocache.
So I do not know what you mean by it being slow.
You have to tap the zoom on button a couple of times to get the the level you want.
I use SanDisk Micro SD 16GB class 10 or SanDisk Ultra Micro SDHC 16GB - UHSI & A1
The Etrex units load fast with them when I turn them on.
Plus use only the countries you need. You do not need all of Europe.
Example:
I use a Topo of Germany,Belgium,Holland and Luxembourg.
If I am in Spain I use Spain,France and Portugal
I do not use car maps on any of my units the screen is to small for that. (It is called a handheld unit)
There are many Routeable TOPO Maps that work with not problems at all.
As for GPX tracks:
All Garmin units when tracking save the tracks to the Memory of the unit.
Like I said when you are finished using the Etrex then hookup to your PC and manually copy the GPS file or files over to the SD card.
I do this all the time it takes less than a minute to do.
I make my own tracks with Garmin Mapsource and copy them over to the SD card.
Or I go to a website like "wikiloc" and download ones from other users that I use.
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