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Satnav's

Post by toadster » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:33 pm

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I have a Garmin satnav and i'm thinking of upgrading to a newer model with a built-in dash cam.
Just wondering if you guys think Garmin or Tom Tom are the better satnav's ?
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Post by Confused » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:59 pm

Google Maps or Waze on smart phone is by far the best sat-nav I've ever used.

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Post by Shiny » Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:34 pm

Pumpkin Andoid double din. Use you phone as a mobile hotspot and Google Maps is awesome. Live traffic jams the bloody lot. Sorted.

Can fit dash cams, reverse cams and full interior screens if you fancy.
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Post by Sailor » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:33 pm

Our TomTom served us well in Europe.
Useless batteries, though.
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Post by wurlycorner » Fri Nov 11, 2016 11:57 am

Another vote for waze here. It's brilliant. You need 3g data connection though (and data allowance).

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Post by BrokenSpring » Fri Nov 11, 2016 12:43 pm

Shiny wrote:Pumpkin Andoid double din. Use you phone as a mobile hotspot and Google Maps is awesome. Live traffic jams the bloody lot. Sorted.

Can fit dash cams, reverse cams and full interior screens if you fancy.
I would also throw my vote in for one of these. I have one in my car and its awesome.
Being full android you get to choose what software you use. Waze, google maps or TomTom (for 17.99 per year fo all world maps, traffic, cams etc).
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Post by nitin_s1 » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:38 pm

Confused wrote:Google Maps or Waze on smart phone is by far the best sat-nav I've ever used.
+1. Googlemaps for me. I have used Sony's one and then TomTOM in the past.. :idea: :idea:

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:21 pm

Rac road Atlas 1994
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Post by Sailor » Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:38 am

RattyMcClelland wrote:Rac road Atlas 1994
Good man.
I guess it's an improvement over my old Barthomew's maps.

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Post by Shiny » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:05 am

O/S fold up maps were the daddies. You needed about 10 of them if you were going on a long trip.
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