Bleedy Black Friday

[Manoverboard]

Merv ... £189.99 ... to you my boy

[Mervyn and Trish]

Stephen - pretty much the same features as I understand, but with a bigger screen and phone connection. Are you pleased with it?

Moby - a little cheaper than I paid but not a lot. Do you want my old XL Europe for £30? Maps right up to date at present. One previous careful owner.

[Manoverboard]

Moby - Do you want my old XL Europe for £30? Maps right up to date at present. One previous careful owner.

No thanks, the cost of map upgrades is far too high

However, if I did there's a v22 on e-Bay for 99p + p&p

[Mervyn and Trish]

I might just keep it as a spare then!

I do go abroad with the Sat Nav sometimes to use in hire cars and it occurred to me that even without the maps updated I might prefer to risk the old one getting lost or damaged than the new one!

[Stephen]

Stephen - pretty much the same features as I understand, but with a bigger screen and phone connection. Are you pleased with it?

Moby - a little cheaper than I paid but not a lot. Do you want my old XL Europe for £30? Maps right up to date at present. One previous careful owner.

Yes, very pleased Merv. It also has the 6" screen which is useful for my old peepers. Unlike yours Merv I have to use a smart phone tethered to my sat nav, which unfortunately meant I had to go and buy a new phone.....shame , I was gutted

[Silver_Shiney]

I've got a free app on my phone and tablet that works on purely GPS so doesn't need any sort of "air time" or data allowance, and the maps are regularly updated. "She" even speaks in English (as opposed to American)

[Stephen]

Jane speaks perfect English. I'm teaching her swear words

[Silver_Shiney]

Jane speaks perfect English. I'm teaching her swear words

A gentleman and a scholar, as always

[Not so ancient mariner]

Jane speaks perfect English. I'm teaching her swear words

A gentleman and a scholar, as always

I spend much time shouting 'rubbish' (other words are available) at my sat nav, as it tends to want to take you some very odd routes to your destination. I'm really not sure why I have it, as the Mk1 nose (plus a quick keek at Google Earth before heading somewhere new) has not let me down yet.

[Silver_Shiney]

Jane speaks perfect English. I'm teaching her swear words

A gentleman and a scholar, as always

I spend much time shouting 'rubbish' (other words are available) at my sat nav, as it tends to want to take you some very odd routes to your destination. I'm really not sure why I have it, as the Mk1 nose (plus a quick keek at Google Earth before heading somewhere new) has not let me down yet.

I'm waiting for "her" to say something like "look, if you're not going to listen, let me out"

[Stephen]

Jane can get a bit stroppy if you go the wrong way, I just shout back 'shut it bitch', but being the typical woman she doesn't listen

Merv, have you tried the Aussie voice yet, very comical.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I have Jane at the moment. On my old one I had downloaded the voice of Sally Traffic from Radio 2, but I've not yet checked to see if she has the vocabulary required for the new one.

NOTSO, my nose is good too and I often ignore the Sat Nav, but when I'm forced to deviate from my planned route, for example because of major hold ups, it's been useful to help find an alternative route, without having to find a lay by to consult the map. And the new one's ability to spot a hold up several miles ahead and reroute before you're stuck in the tail back is pretty impressive.

[Stephen]

I have Jane at the moment. On my old one I had downloaded the voice of Sally Traffic from Radio 2, but I've not yet checked to see if she has the vocabulary required for the new one.

Probably too common

[Mervyn and Trish]

She did keep calling me a silly old tog if I got lost.

[Not so ancient mariner]

NOTSO, my nose is good too and I often ignore the Sat Nav, but when I'm forced to deviate from my planned route, for example because of major hold ups, it's been useful to help find an alternative route, without having to find a lay by to consult the map. And the new one's ability to spot a hold up several miles ahead and reroute before you're stuck in the tail back is pretty impressive.

My one ( a Garmin) has been known to warn me of potential holdups, but never suggested alternative routes (maybe they didn't reach the threshold for that).

But yes, they do have their uses - e.g. if you miss a turn, or get diverted because of holdups, as they may well get me back on the planned route more quickly, or by a shorter route than I could manage myself - but find my way back I always have. Their real advantage is in finding an address in a town you haven't been to before.

[CaroleF]

We had a very old Garmin, I think it was. The female voice on there was quite strident and if we deviated from her route we would hear in a very loud, annoyed voice - "Recalculating!". We occasionally had arguments and on one occasion she directed us into a car park on the road into Plymouth but I think that was because my husband hadn't updated the Sat Nav and a new car park had been built.

Going North from Southampton once to Northampton she wanted us to go and join the M25 and we said no we're not going that way - there were quite a few "Recalcuating"s heard before she realised which way we were going and then kindly adapted the route accordingly.

In our new car we have a very smart built in Sat Nav and when I know how to use it I'll let you know what it's like. My only impression so far is that she has a much softer voice and she gives many more directions - for example instead of saying "At the Roundabout take the 2nd exit" she will say "When you get to the Roundabout in 750 yards take the 2nd exit onto the A...." We have to find out how to turn her volume up as if we are talking we miss what she's saying.

She also needs instruction on how to pronounce certain places. Near us is a town called Fareham - pronounced Fare hm. She says it as Far ham. She also had a wonderful time pronouncing the word Gyratory - can't remember what she said but it was quite funny to us.

I do like Sat Navs though - it saves my husband saying, when he doesn't know which way to go, "Well you've got the map!" Dreaded words. On one occasion I got so fed up when we were trying to find a way to get to a hotel in the New Forest that I said, "Right stop the car, I'll drive, you navigate!" So we changed over and he had the map - he loves maps! A bit further on he had to admit that he didn't know where we were. So I suggested I stop and he could ask some passers by - no way would he stoop to having to ask someone. So a little further on there was a petrol station so I pulled in there, got out and asked directions inside the shop - no problem - got back in the car and drove straight there. Our two grown up girls and my mother-in-law were silent in the back!

Carole

[gfwgfw]

Lady being guided by her Sat Nav to Brockenhurst train Station ended her journey on the track at the station platform

She was a very lucky lady as the third rail carries the power

The station announcer relayed that the car at Platform One would terminate here

Appologies to OP for seriously going OFF thread

Lubboo all

Graham