davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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Which Satnav do you have and do you find it works well for you?
so many damn satnavs you there got no idea which is best, i usual borrow my friends Tomtom one and i find it very user friendly and gets me where i need to go but have heard mixed opinion as to which is best within say £100-£150 barrier
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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I have a garmin, was 70ish pounds and does what it's supposed to
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Sorry just read post properly. Dad's looking at one of these, he had an old version from Aldi and it's never let him down.
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_5970.htm
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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Pioneer  had a right nightmare with these today!
We fit them in the 159 and breras and the getting the sodding can bus controller to work just wasn't happening. Dodgy software on the can bus units we were supplied with
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CorsAsh
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Never had a prob with mine. They run a Windows system, so you can customise everything  Might give it to the interface guys and say "make nice".
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Had a tom tom one, but its broken. On the lookout for another one.
[Edited on 05-08-2009 by Bonney66]
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Never had a prob with mine. They run a Windows system, so you can customise everything Might give it to the interface guys and say "make nice".
the unit itself is fine, it's just the wiring loom from steering wheel controls to headunit.. Alfa make us buy certain ones from a set supplier
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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TomTom XL GB
Works well for me, can be slow to connect sometimes, but I think I need to update it, loads of places are wrong now due to it not being updated for a couple of years
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AndyKent
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Work gave me a TomTom Go UK for my 21st birthday. Love it, small enough to fit in the little tray in my car in front of the gearstick so I don't have to stick it to the windscreen and still picks up a signal within 30 seconds of leaving.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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garmin its alright but not great. It seems to choose scetchy rural route alot though 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Currently have a TomTom One. It's getting a bit flakey now so will need replacing soon. Done me proud!
quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Sorry just read post properly. Dad's looking at one of these, he had an old version from Aldi and it's never let him down.
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_5970.htm
Yeah, Medion stuff is not bad at all. Comes with 3 years waranty too.
I'm not sure whether to get a Medion or another TomTom. Will have to decide when i need a new'un.
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sampayne21
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Registered: 3rd Sep 08
Location: Sidcup Kent Drives: BMW E46
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
garmin its alright but not great. It seems to choose scetchy rural route alot though [/quote
make sure its set to faster time not shorter distance
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Tomtom One Europe
It's done me well.
On my third one, others didnt break though, 1 was stolen from my car, when it got broken into and the other I left in a pub in Liverpool 
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sampayne21
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Registered: 3rd Sep 08
Location: Sidcup Kent Drives: BMW E46
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id choose a garmin nuvi 205 (£89.99)
or 205w (£129.99 the difference being the 205w has a 4.3 inch screen and the 205 is a 3.5 inch screen)
just like all satnavs keep doing the updates
if you wanna spend abit more go for a garmin 265wt (around £170), which gives you handsfree, europe, traffic info
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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my dad has a hand held computer and he "bought" an IGo satnav software for it... its fine really, only have troubles with new roads..
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sampayne21
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Tomtom One Europe
It's done me well.
On my third one, others didnt break though, 1 was stolen from my car, when it got broken into and the other I left in a pub in Liverpool
tomtom are good units but if they brake under warrenty they have to be sent away for repair (normally around 2 weeks), garmin offer a replacement there and then well thats through halfords anyway
this is why i prefer to sell garmins on a day to day basis
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moka
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garmin nuvi 265wt. Love it 
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davcohen
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still a massive confusion over this
my requirements are simple
* Uk only doubt ill ever need to even drive to Ireland
* I would like live traffic if its any good
really dont need picture viewer, mp3 player, bluetooth and all that other stuff. I found tomtom easy to use but then again never used any other system
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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i've got an ancient tomtom go 500, it does the job! Updated/hacked it to the new software with advanced lane guidance etc. (not supposed to work) and it runs just fine. My brother has a cheap navigo thing off ebuyer for about £45, put tomtom software on it and thats quite good as well
[Edited on 08-08-2009 by AlunJ]
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
garmin its alright but not great. It seems to choose scetchy rural route alot though
Snap
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
garmin its alright but not great. It seems to choose scetchy rural route alot though
Snap
Its true. Always seems to get you there though, i find it makes the journey exciting, you think its taking you to the back and beyond and then you just pop out at your destination
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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TomTom One UK V3.
Works perfectly well for me - could do with updating the maps in the next year or so though as a few of my clients houses which are new builds don't show up on it lol.
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bigboykarl
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Registered: 19th May 09
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sat navs....lol your all spoilt....whats up with good old map books.......lol
i have a clarin one in the omega but it's old and outdated but have google maps and nokia maps on my phone
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
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I have my eyes
[Edited on 08-08-2009 by Leighton]
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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i have a tom tom classic one. only cost 100 quid last year and works fine.
wouldn't mind a bigger screened europe one though so might invest in one of them.
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