Sat navs..

[rocket]

I imagine this is a silly question but is there any problem with plugging my Tom Tom into my plus 2 lighter socket as per modern car?

Ian.

[types26/36]

Dont see why there should be, I use my TomTom in my Sprint

[john.p.clegg]

No problem..

John

[JJDraper]

The only problem is that you might find how (in)accurate your speedo is...

Jeremy

[john.p.clegg]

Talking of which,my speedo is spot on (according to the satnav),since I fitted the lotus 5-speed box,a damn site more accurate than the 4-speeder...

John

[andyhodg]

Ian
It will be fine as long as you haven't a positive earth car.

Regards

Andy

[elanfan1]

Sorry to hijack the thread but can people post their findings with their Sat Navs. I bought a cheap Medion one which had Navteq maps on board Ive taken it back as despite having Fastest, shortest and most economical route options it was very inaccurate - telling me to take some downright bizarre routes (which i ignored and even after it told me to do a u turn continued to ignore until it recalculated and would go the route I thought most sensible.) If you weren't on your guard it would take you miles and miles out of your way. Even coming home down my own road it tells me to turn right where there is no right turn - bizzare!

How accurate and user friendly are your units? I'd like one with a simple full postcode input that will get me there by a sensible route not Cardiff to london via John O'Groats.

[types26/36]

A few years ago I bought a Medion PDA which had a sat-nav program (and it wasn't cheap) it was complicated and really USER UNFRIENDLY, took 5 minutes to get it programmed and instructed me to do some funny things.......turn right on a motorway was one thing!
I then put a Tom-tom program on to it and it was OK until the the PDA died.
Then I bought a dedicated sat nav (Tom-tom 720 go) and its great, 6 digit post code, door to door navigation and simple to use.
I've tried a friends Garmin and been in a car with Nav-man but IMHO Tom-tom is the best but that's just my opinion and maybe just what I'm used too.

[trw99]

I'm with Brian. I too have a TomTom and have no complaints about it. Does all I want of it.

Tim

[steveww]

A Sat Nav is cheating, if you are driving a classic car you should be using a map

However the TomTom works fine in my S4. One thing to watch out for is noisy ignition (RFI) which may cause the Sat Nav to have problems. As long as the ignition is suppressed all will work.

[types26/36]

A Sat Nav is cheating, if you are driving a classic car you should be using a map .

A map is cheating............you should be navigating by the stars

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

A Sat Nav is cheating, if you are driving a classic car you should be using a map .

A map is cheating............you should be navigating by the stars

Here here; I say if you can afford an Elan, you can also afford a Harrison N?4 Watch

[rocket]

Didnt John Harrison provide time information rather than mapping??? i agree though about TomTom being the best choice,i just wonder if my car might revolt at such modern equipment being wired to her...

[CBUEB1771]

A map is cheating............you should be navigating by the stars

Rocket, hence Mr. Pelly's suggestion of a Harrison H4. Star positions mean nothing if you don't know the time. Now Mr. Pelly, I think that the Harrison H4 is in higher than Bugatti Royale territory, even if you could persuade the Greenwich Observatory to part with it. Then again perhaps Parliament is thinking along those lines to bail out RBS.

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

A map is cheating............you should be navigating by the stars

Rocket, hence Mr. Pelly's suggestion of a Harrison H4. Star positions mean nothing if you don't know the time. Now Mr. Pelly, I think that the Harrison H4 is in higher than Bugatti Royale territory, even if you could persuade the Greenwich Observatory to part with it. Then again perhaps Parliament is thinking along those lines to bail out RBS.

Hey russ,

what's with the Mr. Pelly business, respect for the aged?
I'll let you call me John, provided you go down on one knee when doing so
I suppose it's nicer than being called a Mo??is Dancer though
My ref. to Harrisons time piece was "poetic licence" so to say.
You're on the right lines though; keep an eye on ebay for the next couple of years, goodness knows what will be needed to bail this lot out
Might put in a bid myself, it would sit nicely next to my Octant

Cheers
John