Thread: satnav all its cracked up to be?

Very handy for long journeys and weird places you dont know who to find... or delivery men... etc.

Mines in the cupboard

I have a rather expensive cupboard full of electronic equipment it seems.

I actually used mine for traffic jam avoidance until the traffic bit broke

That and sometimes it would tell me about the jame after I had found it myself

I don't know why you pay that much for a GPS. You can get a good one for 150-200 pound tops.

I share one with my dad and we find it useful.

You can normally find your way to a town/city ok but its when you need to find a street that it makes it easier.

It's great for the lazy. I've driven to a lot of places recently that I've never been to before so it came in very handy.

Although I didn't pay for mine.

Originally posted by Rocky Rockstar:
Sat Nav: £350.
Map: £8

I know which one id choose.

the sat nav?

borrow my dads sony sat nav when i need to get somewhere i don't know the directions to and it's quality. not had a problem with it yet.

Maps are useful you have a (non-female) passenger so you dont have to pull over every 12 seconds. Also maps are harder to read for city centres...

I don't know where these £350 prices are coming from, a Tomn Tom is £124

My car has inbuilt sat nav anyway, its useful to know how far I have to go/

my dads was £350 cause he bought it a while ago and its 'top of the range'.

I find you should skim the local map before going there.

My TomTom has taken me to the occasional closed road and in one instance an plush large farmhouse where a road should have been.

Otherwise its pretty useful since I'm in the car everyday and clock up loads of miles.