56 plate c5exclusive built-in sat nav

[Northern_Mike]

Is the Sat Nav good enough to bother with ?, over say a new TomTom etc ?

I'd not pay a premium for Sat Nav myself Sticky. Google maps on my phone seems to get me everywhere I want to go here, Europe and so far Bogota too... pretty much free too!

I don't actually use Sat Nav that much. I don't see why I would unless I was going somewhere I didn't know. How many people actually go to unknown places that often?

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[vborovic]

About the weather, makes sense if you're doing a 12 hour trip ... sun or rain is not a problem, but I'd rather know if there is a dry road or 10 inches of snow ahead of me (which can fall down in these parts within a few hours) ... as for unknown places, about 6-7 times a year for me ... I use viamichelin/gmap just to prepare myself ahead, but it is nice to have something to drive along, mostly for the road speed limits and one-way roads when your somewhere unfamiliar ... the built-in sat nav can hardly be compared to anything handheld (especially if we'd compare them by value), since it can't match those stand-alone devices ... but, like Rick noted, there is just something nice when everything is fluid (volume changes, auto mute of the music etc.) when you're using a built-in sat nav unit ...

[Stickyfinger]

Is the Sat Nav good enough to bother with ?, over say a new TomTom etc ?

I'd not pay a premium for Sat Nav myself Sticky. Google maps on my phone seems to get me everywhere I want to go here, Europe and so far Bogota too... pretty much free too!
Untill you loose signal or do not have the ability to download via a network. you think you have a network signal in a lane in Devon ?

I don't actually use Sat Nav that much. I don't see why I would unless I was going somewhere I didn't know. How many people actually go to unknown places that often?
All the time, to see clients....try it without in the country round here...50% of roads have no name, post codes are vital or believe me you have not chance in hell of finding...Flower Cottage, the Lane, Bruton! without it.

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Townist !, you will be telling me Wabitts and Foxey Loxie are cute next

[Northern_Mike]

Is the Sat Nav good enough to bother with ?, over say a new TomTom etc ?

I'd not pay a premium for Sat Nav myself Sticky. Google maps on my phone seems to get me everywhere I want to go here, Europe and so far Bogota too... pretty much free too!
Untill you loose signal or do not have the ability to download via a network. you think you have a network signal in a lane in Devon ?

I don't actually use Sat Nav that much. I don't see why I would unless I was going somewhere I didn't know. How many people actually go to unknown places that often?
All the time, to see clients....try it without in the country round here...50% of roads have no name, post codes are vital or believe me you have not chance in hell of finding...Flower Cottage, the Lane, Bruton! without it.

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Townist !, you will be telling me Wabitts and Foxey Loxie are cute next

I downloaded all the maps onto my phone so I don't need a network connection.

I did 3 years as a field service engineer in the nineties, with my trusty Berlingo van. I had an atlas and a couple of A-Zs. It was rare to go to the same place twice other than a couple of sites. Furthest South I went was Penzance, furthest North was Aberdeen. Never got lost, never had a sat nav. Did occasionally use Autoroute (remember that?) but it was ,erm, sh!te more often than not..

My missus uses the Tom-Tom all the time, I rarely, if ever bother. A quick glance at google maps will do for me, then I know where I'm going.

[bobins]

I find my on-board sat-nav works relatively well to get me where I'm going, but a glance at GoogleMaps beforehand to check their take on quickest route usely helps out. When I get to destination in Europe I always fall back on OSMAnd mapping on my Android. It's never more than 2 weeks out of date (if you can be bothered to update it that often) and the detail is very impressive. It's hopeless for actual routing from A to B, but to find that very obscure concrete site (the sort i'm usually after deep in the woods ! ), it's superb.

[Stickyfinger]

Really mate, unless you have a OS map, many of my clients houses/cottages are so far from any map level you have no chance without a post code or a map reference. Add to that "new" owners changing cottage names to be more chocolate box sounding crap...then even the locals have no idea...(if there is anyone about, its a barren land down there midweek).
I also do not trust the GPS receiver in my phone in those places, ? inside a C5, behind double glazed glass and a coated windscreen, often not working even on the latest SamsungS....n0 mate, not for me the phone, been let down that way.

Used to use a "Post Code Map" book in London, way better than the A-Z for general targeting and planning, A-z was for the very local area.