Something like this: TomTom Go 720 Sat-Nav
Or any other suggestions?
Chat Forum
[closed]
OT Where can I buy a TomTom without worries? Good price etc.
-
Posted 2 years ago #
-
do u want European coverage or just the UK?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Europe in full.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Don't waste your money on more electronic tat. Buy an atlas, buy a map, you'll have them forever. Get directions from the web. Research your journey.
Unless you're a taxi driver or a courier what is the point of these things?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Well, sometimes you might want to drive to Warwick to collect a frame or to Szklarska Poreba in Poland without driving through Czech Republic. Actually, you might not, I often do
Posted 2 years ago # -
I think I'll get tomtom one v3, I was offered free maps yesterday.
Posted 2 years ago # -
they are also MUCH safer for driving on your own in a car rather than looking at a map every few yards, especially in town/city centres....
Posted 2 years ago # -
Why does someone always come out with "Use a map"?
Does your map read out the directions so you don't have to look away?
Does your map automatically update itself with new roads?
Does it warn you about speed cameras?
Does it give you live traffic updates and offer alternative routes?
Does it give you an accurate ETA based on speed?
Posted 2 years ago # -
I prefer a map, but when driving in Bavarian Alps I want to admire the views not the map. Besides, it'll talk to me when the others sleep.
Posted 2 years ago # -
i was gonna recommend one halfords are selling for £115 but unfortunately its only uk maps... does come with a years free breakdown cover.
Posted 2 years ago # -
TT one v3 starts at £70, the maps can be had via torrent.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Hairychested - can't remember 100% but doesn't the V3 only come with internal memory? - ie no option to use a SD card
That could limit your ability to load various mapsPosted 2 years ago # -
you could always buy mine i'm selling, doesnt come with eu maps but does come with an available sd card to add eu maps to it. Its a better model (one xl) than you would get if you got the most basic model with eu maps. The maps can be bought on ebay very easily too.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Don't waste your money on more electronic tat. Buy an atlas, buy a map, you'll have them forever. Get directions from the web. Research your journey.
Try navigating whilst following a bus in the middle of a city you don't know on a wet,dark Friday evening - I don't want to go back to doing that thanks.
I've got a enormous box of atlases & A2Zs in my garage, you can have them if you want themI've used a Tomtom all over Europe, USA, Aus/NZ etc. all from one small SD card
Posted 2 years ago # -
I like the smell of a new box
Thanks, GC, got the wife's blessing so new TomTom coming my way.Posted 2 years ago # -
Golfchick, i may be interested if Hairychest doesnt want it. Just swapped to a car with no built-in satnav and really missing it!
Posted 2 years ago # -
hehe i dont blame ya, gotta love the smell of new stuff..especially new catalogues mmmmmm.
Posted 2 years ago # -
i sell these bad boys and you dont want a tomtom, go for a garmin! very similar but far more reliable and better value for money. depending what your after look at the 255 or 265w.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Buy an atlas, buy a map, you'll have them forever.
Yeah.. a dog-eared atlas of Northern Belgium, 10 years out-of-date, forever cluttering up your glove box. Handy!
My TomTom has so far outlasted any road atlas I've owned.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I need a new satnav but am waiting a couple of months until the TomTom app hits the iPhone. Think seperate devices about to become museum pieces.....
Posted 2 years ago # -
go for a garmin! very similar but far more reliable
Sorry but tom tom's are the dogs, never had any problems with mine, Got me around most of western europe no problem, similar story with everybody else i know who has one. Funny thing is people I know with Garmin or other makes wish they'd gone for a tom tom.
Posted 2 years ago # -
epo-aholic - I can have European maps for a TT FOC. The unit is some £70 brand new. Garmin is dearer, nobody I know uses it apart from an employee who needs a SatNav to go from Ashford to Feltham Hill.
Posted 2 years ago # -
i agree with you mcboo, thats why im selling mine now before the rush of iphone users do it.
Posted 2 years ago # -
oops, sorry not trying to spoil your market GC!
Garmin will announce some tie-up deal with Nokia or Sony or some other smartphone maker before very long. If not I'd start selling their shares......these guys are going the way of betamax.
Posted 2 years ago # -
no no you're not, im agreeing thats what im doing but not everybody is into the while iphone phenomenon. Few companies have already released satnav on iphone but im holding out for tomtom
Posted 2 years ago # -
Separate satnavs will not disappear for a long time. Even smartphones represent a small percentage of the mobile device market, and iPhone has about a 10% share of that. Satnav screens plus their holders work better for car satnav, and satnav running on a phone kills the battery.
Satnav on a phone is great for occasional use, but for regular use, two separate devices is much more flexible and reliable
Posted 2 years ago # -
the new tomtom for iphone is going to be sold along with a mount which will mount the iphone in the car, it also comes with included power adapter therefore meaning your phone will not go completely flat. Imo for those people with iphones I think its gonna be a tough choice between using it onboard the iphone or having a separate system. I know id rather have the two combined so when i leave the car I know my phone can come with me instead ofleaving an expensive satnav in the car to get nicked. Theres no chance its going to completely remove the market for separate satnavs but for people with iphone id be very surprised if the majority dont opt for an all in one solution.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Satnav screens plus their holders work better for car satnav, and satnav running on a phone kills the battery.
Ah but the TomTom iphone kit has a holder, GPS booster and battery charger.
No reason why it shouldn't be as good as a dedicated sat nav IMHO.
Posted 2 years ago # -
But what happens if you want to send a text while doing 190mph down ze autobahn?
Posted 2 years ago # -
So long as it works properly, a tomtom will be your best driving buddy. I even call mine "Jane":
J> "In 200, yards. Take the exit."
me> "All right Jane"
J> "take the exit"
me> "I know, I've taken the exit, shut up!"
J> "at the end of the road turn right"
me> "Jane, you dim bint, that's a one way street".
<turns left>
J> "Turn around when possible."
me> "aargh!"
<fights with road blocked button>Posted 2 years ago # -
Most happily of all the car makers can forget about built in Satnavs as £1500 options......wont dissapear of course but now its not a compromise for me not having one as part of the car. I always have my phone with me so it can now sit and charge up, play me a tune and ring when somone calls.
None of this is iPhone specific, all smartphones will be proper satnavs this time next year and hurrah for that. Only question was if TomTom and Garmin tried to hold back the tide and refuse to JV with the phonemakers. No longer an issue....
Posted 2 years ago # -
Those of you that are buying Tomtoms, Garmins etc. & drive Peugeots & Renaults [& some Fords] + others be aware that you will need an external antenna
These cars have some sort of heat reflective coating on the windscreen which seriously screws up the signal - you need to attach the external antenna in that bit behind the rear view mirror [or somewhere else]AFAIK - all Tomtoms have a standard MCX socket on them for an external antenna, I would expect most others do too but worth checking before you fork out.
Posted 2 years ago # -
What? You cannot be serious!
Posted 2 years ago # -
Who? Me? - deadly serious
Posted 2 years ago # -
uplink, yeah I've heard that but both our Ford Focuses (Focii?) have the heated front windscreen mesh in them and the TomTom works fine on its internal aerial.
Posted 2 years ago #
Topic Closed
This topic has been closed to new replies.
