Sat Nav

[WR1 Bro]

Dear All,

I know Jaycee plugged the Tom Tom Go a while ago but do people have thoughts on any other Sat Nav systems. Ideally I would like something that sticks to the windscreen with suckers negating the need the Black and Decker the dashboard and can thus be easily transferable to other cars. The main limitation I believe with the Tom Tom is that you can't enter postcodes.

Any thoughts/opinions and stupid comments would be appreciated.

[Brian]

before i bought the said Tom Tom i used HP - Compaq PDAs with the GPS sleeve,
I just got fed up with the PDAs locking up/ or when you are in a important trip , informing you that you have a apointment in 15 mins, and messing up the sat nav programme.

This is why i bought the Tom Tom, it plug and play and very quick at updating and finding itself.

Garmin make some great ones as wel




this one below.. is nearly a grand.



every one in the world is here...
http://www.expansys.com/d_gps.asp

[jaycee]

Dear All,

I know Jaycee plugged the Tom Tom Go a while ago but do people have thoughts on any other Sat Nav systems. Ideally I would like something that sticks to the windscreen with suckers negating the need the Black and Decker the dashboard and can thus be easily transferable to other cars. The main limitation I believe with the Tom Tom is that you can't enter postcodes.

Any thoughts/opinions and stupid comments would be appreciated.

TomTom sticks to the window and uses postcodes.

[WR1 Bro]

Really, I don't know where my info comes from then but I was sure it didn't use postcodes.

What is the latest competitive price you sell them for?

[jaycee]

PM'd you.

[WR1 Bro]

PM'd you too.

[D3ave]

Royal Mail use post codes too, and look how many mistakes they make

Was a bloke in court a few months ago, coming to a place near York, entered the name and away he went, as he approached Blackpool he realised something was wrong, looked at the atlas and found there was 2 places with the same name, whilst trying to get back on time for his appointment - you guessed it - he was caught speeding,

At least that is the excuse he used

D3ave

[WR1 Bro]

That is funny but you'd have to be a "turbo short of a Impreze" to not have a vague idea of where you were going without even thinking about it.

[Cold Turkey]

Tom Tom does not used post codes !! not properly anyway ... it'll allow you to enter the first 4 digits ie. lu2 8 ... but does not use the last 2 digits ... this is to avoid paying Royal Mail a licensing fee for using their postcode database

[jaycee]

Uses them well enough to get you where you want to be!!

[chelspeed]

I've used a Garmin GPSV for years. Just ordered a Garmin Quest for the colour screen. The GPSV is a fantastic bit of kit. Really nice to use, I'm a big fan.

[GalaxiaN]

Question for Jaycee or anyone with Tom Tom Go: Is it possible to get map updates for new roads or pedestrianised roads (boo-hiss) over time?

I've checked the Tom Tom site and can see there are software updates but these don't look like they're for map details, purely bugs or enhancements.

[chelspeed]

No idea about Tom Tom but Garmin do, about once a year.

The latest one is a free update for me as I bought the Quest just before the update was issued so they do you a free upgrade, what a great company!

[GalaxiaN]

No idea about Tom Tom but Garmin do, about once a year.

Sounds about right otherwise the product would become useless.
Hopefully Tom Tom offer a similar thing. I've looked at a few products but find myself coming back to Tom Tom Go.

I found a site that sells it for