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[kevin2306]

ok, my old tom tom sat nav is getting old and takes forever to lock on.
support for the model is nil.
has any one bought a new sat nav recently that they can recommend? i am tempted to just buy the basic tom tom as my old one has been so good.
as long as it does postcode input, locks on fairly quickly and maintains a decent signal im happy

kev

[Churchill Johnson]

I got a Tom-Tom 110 early last year £80 from a well known supermarket, but what did and still do's annoy me is that i had to update it via my PC as soon as i got it and even after a year it keep's telling me my map's are out of date by 16mth's i maintain it being new should have had the latest map's on it so they should only be about 10mth's out of date now and another thing is on different road's that have been altered year's ago like 8-9yr's it still don't know this,i wonder if Tom-Tom do this so as to try and force people to buy map update's,i do use mine with a good map as it will take one down stupid small road's at time's.

[Rick]

Here's mine



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[Jim.Walker]

For the first time in my life I relied on a Tomtom sat. nav.
That was in late August this year.
It told me to turn right at the next roundabout (which the Tomtom did not know about!) so that I finished up on the main (dual carriageway road with no central reservation breaks) leading into a new housing development. Towing my caravan and with no way of turning back for half a mile, I was forced to continue over the most severe speed ramps I have ever met, with something "bottoming" on most. I struggled on.
Later, I discovered the caravan jockey wheel, which must have taken most of the knocks was SHATTERED!
Who do I sue? Tomtom or the builders of the road which was not a public highway and where I should not have been. . I suppose I had better forget it?
Incidentally the "next roundabout" I should have turned right at was 100 yards away beyond more roadworks.
Jim.
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Quote from my late Dad:- You only need a woman and a car and you have all the problems you
are ever likely to want". Computers had not been invented then!

[Roger-hatchy]

Used one four times.
First was just to see what's what, put 15 miles on the usual route I take.

Second was on a trip to Conningsby, took me through all the back roads in Boston, most single carriageway, was not too please as I missed the Vulcan on it's first flight for compass swing.

Third I was on a return trip from Cambridge and delivering some CD's to a friend, he lived well off the beaten track and I'd never been there, most roads still had grass growing down the middle.
Was now dark and hissing down so tried the sat nav, OK, Came to a large roundabout, never approached that roundabout from this way before so didn't recognise it, told turn left, after half a mile I thought what the ?.
The said roundabout if about 8 miles from home, the sat nav was sending me into Colchester, through Colchester and back home from the opposite direction, adding 25 miles to the route if I had followed it

Fourth time and last, was going to a funeral and was on the M25, It came to a stand sill and we took about 30 minutes to travel 2 miles, came off the motorway, pulled into a lay by to use this ????? joined the carriageway and was told after about a mile, turn round as soon a poss.
Did this, about a mile past that lay by in opposite direction was again told turn round , we had not passed any junctions.

First trip to The regimental re-union in Blackpool I looked at a MAP, I think you can still buy them, Made out a small list of important points and junctions and drove there without some machine telling me to go to Glasgow and come to Blackpool from some strange directions
or you could Google, in google maps you can even drive the route.

Still got that satnav somewhere, or was it in the car when I weighed it in

My mobile phone has sat nav, used it to give location coordinates to the AA once and it tells me were the car is if the Tracker calls if it's moved without my consent.

[Keith D]

I bought a new Garmin last year to replace the one I bought about seven years ago.

While travelling all over the UK I wouldn't be without it! I use a road atlas to get me to the town that I'm going to and then turn the sat-nav on as I travel into that town. That way it takes me straight to the required address and does not lead me through every country lane in the world!

At home, Perth is that small that I don't really need to use it here!

Keith

[dalbuie]

I bought a Garmin APP for my iPhone. Excellent maps and updated regularly as part of the £49 app.

[Riley Blue]

I can't recommend a new model as my TomTom 940XL is still working perfectly after about seven years. What is essential is to update the maps regularly (TomTom issues new maps every three months) and, if available, subscribe to a traffic service that warns of hold ups. The speed camera database at http://www.pocketgpsworld.com is also very useful as it's updated weekly.

I have various POIs programmed into mine e.g. Tesco and Shell filling stations (for 99RON fuel) and garden centres (for off-motorway toilets - an essential at my age).

I use it all the time other than on local shopping trips, even when I know my route as the traffic service and speed camera locations always come in handy, even when in my Riley.

Like all computers, it's best to spend some time finding out what it can do and how it does it; there are plenty of online forums to help with this.

[colwyn500]

I was sceptical for a long time like I used to be about the benefits of having a computer!

The lesser benefits of my TomTom XL like the estimated time to arrival and its ability to re-route after a wrong turning or cheeky exploratorary detour are really appreciated.

Even so, just the other day on the road to Mallaig, which is overhung with steep rock escarpments which must hide the satellites, for a minute or so it indicated that I was driving down the centre of loch!

[peppiB]

Used the navigation function on my iphone in Nottingham last weekend.
Damned thing took me off the A52, around some very narrow country roads before taking me back onto the A52, with a nasty right turn across the dual carriageway

[Jim.Walker]

There is little doubt that the use of mobile phones while driving can cause accidents, but in my own mind I rather worry about listening out for and watching a screen for directions could be just as dangerous.
Certainly it distracts me too much, especially as when a route is planned I am watching for road signs etc. only at predictable intervals, rather than keeping an eye almost continually on the satnav in case a turning comes up.

Or am I being unreasonably worried by this?
Jim.
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Quote from my late Dad:- You only need a woman and a car and you have all the problems you
are ever likely to want". Computers had not been invented then!

[Riley Blue]

I'd say you are Jim. Hearing directions from a satnav is no more distracting than your passenger saying them to you, probably less so as you can't converse with it.

Looking at the satnav screen is no worse than checking your speed by looking at the speedo - there's no need to look at either almost continually.

[Roger-hatchy]

AH!
Is that what I was doing wrong then?

I am hard of hearing so I had it in my breast pocket with an audio earpiece plugged in, I wasn't watching the screen all the time.

I'll try that next time I find it.

[gillberry]

Having seen plenty of idiots who rely totally on their satnav rather than road signs (sudden lane changes , manouvres) we were dead set against sat nav prefering good old fashioned maps but after 4 years of TomTom ownership they are really useful as long as you view them as a driving aid . So far we have had no errors with the satnav although when going somewhere we have never been before if the satnav takes us a longer route how would we know ?
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[47p2]

Big map to get to where you're going then switch on the Sat-nav for the final run in
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