petrol and satnav

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funkycoldribena wrote: »

Only because your Ford Anglia hasn't got a power socket.:D

:rotfl: It's a Ford Prefect..

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Deleted_User wrote: »

I use Sat Nav and Maps.

What I hate about Sat Navs is when they try to send you on a busy long winded route because it's 0.2miles less than the straight easy direct route.

Had this not long ago, I was in the outskirts of Newcastle and instead of just sending me down 3 duel carriageways (A1058, A19, A189) to get home, it wanted to send me through Newcastle city centre at rush hour. Arrgh!

Exactly, they just ain't very clever.

My £2 road atlas would never do that..

paddedjohn

Ive driven hundreds of thousands of miles (closer to the million) all around Europe and the UK and my trusty AA Road Atlas has never let me down, cost me a couple of quid every couple of years.

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Deleted_User wrote: »

Had this not long ago, I was in the outskirts of Newcastle and instead of just sending me down 3 duel carriageways (A1058, A19, A189) to get home, it wanted to send me through Newcastle city centre at rush hour. Arrgh!

Have you got it set to "shortest route" rather than "fastest route"?

I miss my old Garmin Streetpilot III that I had in 2003. It had a mode where you could plot your route in advance on a computer, then upload it to the satnav. It then served purely as a directions giving device that was far superior to a map as it always knew where you were.

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Lum wrote: »

Have you got it set to "shortest route" rather than "fastest route"?

I don't think it lets me select. It does usually offer 2 or 3 routes for most journeys. As it did for going there but for coming back it only offered the one route. Luckily I already knew how to get back the easy straight forward way.

It is a Navigon 1400.