gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Looking at getting one but i dont know the first thing about them with whats good and whats not  anything to avoid?
Recomendations would be great 
Gav
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Our Garmin is spot ont, was unny £150 too
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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What do you need it for? Just UK driving or planning on driving abroad?
TomTom One is good for a UK system. I have a TomTom 910. Comes fully loaded. Full european and american maps, traffic updates, speed camera locations. The list goes on
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nik
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Got a 910 too, is good but have had a couple of issues with it giving up and the screen going funny while in the middle of Brussells making me late for an appointment with a client  Usually ok and always finds the destination ok.
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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id go with a tom tom if it were me
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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do you have to pay subscriptions for any of these to keep them upto date?
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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you do for speed cameras etc, you dont for the maps you just need to pay tomtom to buy the updated maps, but they can be bought from ebay at a fraction of the price
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Our Garmin is spot ont, was unny £150 too
what ive got
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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>>>This one<<< i have heard is really good, looks hot and talks the talk.
Apparently it speaks with a northern accent, is always hammered and makes you arrive late
[Edited on 08-12-2007 by Neo]
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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I use TomTom one for work and does the job, i travel all ovber the country
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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Only good reviews for the TomTom here 
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James_DT
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
you do for speed cameras etc, you dont for the maps you just need to pay tomtom to buy the updated maps, but they can be bought from ebay at a fraction of the price
New TomToms have Mapshare, which is a brilliant idea.
Speed Cameras etc can be downloaded for free from the internet. If you pay for TomTom Plus though, you get the traffic, weather updates too! It's definitely worth it.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Garmin all the way, dont get on with TomToms
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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some of the more expensive ones come with europe maps.Can these be brought for the lower models at a later date?
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Corsa_Joel
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Registered: 3rd May 07
Location: Dunstable, Bedfordshire
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118082
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125129
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I got the RAC one from Curry's, can't fault it and a bit cheaper than the 'usuals'.
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
Location: Dunfermline, Fife : Drives Astra cdti Sri
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they are selling the nokia one on price drop tv for £130 its £220 in shops seems quite god, des all the stuff you need
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SXI - Matt
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Registered: 8th Jul 07
Location: Leicestershire Drives: Corsa C SRI
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£140 garmin 250 with full uk and european mapping and speed cameras and miles better then tomtom, tomtom are only well known as they were the first to flood the market now garmin have come long and took over much better navigation beter menu's the list continous get your self to halfords for there sale and grab a 250 or 200 if you want just uk and speed cameras only £130 for nuvi £200 , or 310d for £199.99 if you find a store with one in got bluetooth full uk and european life time perscription to tmc traffic mp3 player picture viewer ect ect
[Edited on 09-12-2007 by SXI - Matt]
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SXI - Matt
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Registered: 8th Jul 07
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dont get nokia or nav man or sony ect at least go for tomtom or garmin although garmin is miles better
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islandofshame
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Registered: 24th Sep 06
Location: Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
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garmin 200, £129.99 in halfords atm...excellent unit!
uk and ireland maps, postcode searching, safety cameras - its has everything u need for driving around the uk and ireland tbh...and they are more reliable than tomtoms
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Hmm may look into garmin aswell then.
With any of them can you upgrade to europe at any time in the future. Just incase I find myself over there at any point in the future
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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garmininvented sat nav and provide planes and boats, i have a garmin, tomtom advertise more but have more problems from experience (working in hellfrauds)
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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been looking at the garmin 250, Halfords have it up for £149 too so I may go and take a look
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Tomtom never let me down yet.
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
tomtom advertise more but have more problems from experience (working in hellfrauds)
Exactly the same as Lee.
Oh, and Gavin, Halfords currently have the Garmin 250 at £139.99, or did when I worked yesterday evening anyway, so its worth checking.
All the units are upgradable to Europe, but unless you want to download the maps via torrents, it will cost you at least £40 to download them from the manufacturer.
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