Sat-Nav bargains

spend_spend_spend

Kuztardd wrote: »

Do you guys find that the speed that your tomtom/satnav shows is the same as your speedo in your car?

I have always thought my car speed is wrong, but for my first ever outing tonight with satnav, my car said 60 and the tomtom was 50

Gets worse as you go faster!... GSXR speedo reading 185mph garmin sat-nav showing 165 mph, private road :rolleyes:

mookiandco

I bought mine earlier with the 4 easy payments. I wanted to get one for my dad for xmas. so instead of spending £200.00 in one go at xmas, it will be paid for by then! I'll try it out and if i'm not happy i can send it back within 30 days for full refund.

italiastar

spend_spend_spend wrote: »

Gets worse as you go faster!... GSXR speedo reading 185mph garmin sat-nav showing 165 mph, private road :rolleyes:

It would have been more useful to me if you answered the question above.

maximo

Kuztardd wrote: »

Do you guys find that the speed that your tomtom/satnav shows is the same as your speedo in your car?

I have always thought my car speed is wrong, but for my first ever outing tonight with satnav, my car said 60 and the tomtom was 50

I think you will find that most car speedometers exaggerate by 5%

italiastar

maximo wrote: »

I think you will find that most car speedometers exaggerate by 5%

I think you'll find that this thread is titled "Sat Nav Bargains" not "My speedo's innacurrate" - it is well known that most speedo's are inaccurate - I worry about the person riding a motorbike at 185 mph and looking at their sat-nav - I would have thought at that speed they'd have more important things to look at.

georgiac

In answer to the poster about accuracy, my tom tom is about 10% lower than my car's speedo. It seems closer to the polices version of my speed as when I go through speed awareness cameras it reads a similar figure

I also think the qvc deal is better than one saving £1 as their return policy is excellent

italiastar wrote: »

I think you'll find that this thread is titled "Sat Nav Bargains" not "My speedo's innacurrate" - it is well known that most speedo's are inaccurate - I worry about the person riding a motorbike at 185 mph and looking at their sat-nav - I would have thought at that speed they'd have more important things to look at.

Italiastar - I think you'll find that this thread is titled "Sat Nav Bargains" not "
Have a go at other posters for choosing to ride at 185mph and look at their sat-nav"

terrierlady

how much are the tom tom plus services to update for traffic hold ups etc any idea?

spend_spend_spend

italiastar wrote: »

I worry about the person riding a motorbike at 185 mph and looking at their sat-nav - I would have thought at that speed they'd have more important things to look at.

Your right!, I was holding a Big Mac at the time and was concerned when the gerkin flew off

Speed isn't dangerous, guns aren't dangerous, planes aren't dangerous, knives aren't dangerous!.... They are only dangerous in the wrong hands:cool:

italiastar

spend_spend_spend wrote: »

Your right!, I was holding a Big Mac at the time and was concerned when the gerkin flew off

Speed isn't dangerous, guns aren't dangerous, planes aren't dangerous, knives aren't dangerous!.... They are only dangerous in the wrong hands:cool:

Hey guys - OK were going off subject - Peace !

Getting back to the subject - is the one at £98 in ASDA a Nuvi 300 or 300T or are the in fact both the same. I ask because the woman in my ASDA insists its £202.

withabix

NO traffic modules for SatNavs work well (or at all!) in the UK.

The transmitter signal strengths are inadequate. The receivers are designed for a transmitter power level way above that used in the UK.

Don't waste your money.

They don't work unless you wire them in to your car radio aerial and even then, only if you've got an amplified one.