New Toy

[pete-R]

hi

finally bought a navman icn510 sat nav system yesterday.

been after one for ages,so finally took the plunge.

just been to york for the day and it was spot on with the directions.

the mrs loves it as i am no longer shouting at her now for getting us lost.

really chuffed with it.

£400 well spent

[Red Yaris 54]

Great aren't they.

I have used a Garmin Street Pilot III in my last 3 cars and whenever I take a works car out.

I never get lost.

I had been thinking about updating it for something a bit more compact, but as it is so reliable and easy to use I may stick with it.

I have been able to download all the latest Garmin software from the net, so it keeps prety much up to date

[Crisis]

Is that system fully integrated or semi-portable?

I would be interested to get one... just for those awkward moments... o and the show off moments :D

[Demonic Angel]

Yes because we women know all about men and asking for directions - every man should have one!

[Red Yaris 54]

Is that system fully integrated or semi-portable?

I would be interested to get one... just for those awkward moments... o and the show off moments :D

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The Street Pilot is semi- portable and is supplied with a bean bag mount that sits conveniently on the dashboard of the Yaris straight in front of the driver.

It has a plug in speaker/power supply combined which plugs into the cig lighter but can also run off its own internal batteries (six AA's)

Colour screen and loverly english female voice (Em) ;)

[s0cks]

I use a HP iPaq + TomTom Software (aquired from internet sources ;)) + bluetooth GPS from eBay.

All in all the satnav stuff cost me £80! :P The iPaq was expensive at £360 but at the time I didn't buy it with satnav in mind.

Satnav rules! Very very useful! When the map is right

[pete-R]

it is a portable unit not much bigger than a mobile phone with a built in gps receiver.

navman

i would have prefered a dvd/sat nav head unit with screen but a bit to pricey.

[seveer unaek]

I think i must have the cheapest sat-nav in the world.... My AA Road Atlas from the pound shop! Never fails!

If i need precise directions to a street address then it's greenflag.co.uk or Microsoft Autoroute that came free with XP!

[s0cks]

I think i must have the cheapest sat-nav in the world.... My AA Road Atlas from the pound shop! Never fails!

If i need precise directions to a street address then it's greenflag.co.uk or Microsoft Autoroute that came free with XP!

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Aye. That's the poor man's way :P Nah, that's what I used to do. But satnav is just sooo much easier. You can be anywhere, you just wack in an address and you don't have to worry about a thing. Many times easier then a map.

[Blue84]

I think i must have the cheapest sat-nav in the world.... My AA Road Atlas from the pound shop! Never fails!

If i need precise directions to a street address then it's greenflag.co.uk or Microsoft Autoroute that came free with XP!

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I've got one of those too, well it actually came from WHSmith and cost a little bit more than a pound but it does it for me ;) Would have Sat Nav but I don't have the extra ££'s for it!