youngun wrote:Whats wrong with a bloody map, all this Sat-Nav stuff is a waste of time when a map does the same job for less than half the monitary outlay.......this is all IMHO though, maybe im just a cynical North Devon farmer.....
I'm a mapaholic, I collect them, but road maps don't have up to date plots of fixed radars
In answer to other posts, reading a map as you go along is more of a distraction than a quick listen/look at a screen
I'm a recent convert to Sat Nav in cars. I have had a walking type Garmin for years useful for places with no reference points, Ben Nevis in the fog and snow, walking the dog in thick woodland and finding the car at the NEC.
I have a smart phone now and have put route66 mapping on it I have a little bluetooth GPS it works really well in the Morris I just sit the reciever on the seat next to me and off we go. There are no brackets or kit to hide. When I arrive I put my phone in my pocket and the matchbox sized GPS reciever in the glove box out of sight.
This is high tech for me, probably old hat to some of you guys.
Roger.
This message board is like a family - you can't choose the other members!! But remember engine oil is thicker than water.
I was intrigued by Sat Nav just as a techy geeky person, but having got it I really am also a convert. I also still carry a proper map and directions and usually a local area map for where I'm going; but most of the time I can just leave the Sat Nav to do its stuff.
Sadly my old TomTom's maps (the newest version that'll run on my iPaq) are rather out of date, but even still it's dead simple and I don't have to do the fun 'trying to read the map on the move' thing, or grabbing my directions to work out which junction I should be taking.
Mine's a bit home made (I've lost count of the number of times I've shown this adaptation ) but it's nicely positioned...
In my case, I just yank the iPaq out with me when I leave the car.
Pyoor Kate The Electric Minor Project
The Current Fleet:
1969 Morris 'thou, 4 Door. 2010 Mitsubishi iMiEV. 1920s BSA Pushbike. 1930s Raleigh pushbike.
The Ex-Fleet:
1974 & 1975 Daf 44s, 1975 Enfield 8000 EV, 1989 Yugo 45, 1981 Golf Mk1, 1971 Vauxhall Viva, 1989 MZ ETZ 125, 1989 Volvo Vario 340, 1990, 1996 & 1997 MZ/Kanuni ETZ 251s
Desires:
Trabant 601, Tatra T603, Series II Landy, Moskvitch-401, Vincent HRD Black Shadow, Huge garage, Job in Washington State.
) but it's nicely positioned...