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 Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere, I tried to search for it.

   I have a Garmin 550 gps in the car, but even in the 'truck' mode, it still takes me down some narrow twisties. I know there's a dedicated SatNav for caravans, Snooper is it? but it's a big outlay when I already have the Garmin. Any suggestions/comments?

  Yes, I do have a paper map, but my co-driver has no spatial awareness

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Quote: Originally posted by Skoda Bob on 12/1/2012

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Never select the shortest route, on any make of sat nav

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Hi Got the Garmin nuvi 765T with life time map updates, Maps not that up to date as one road was opened for two years and it did not show on any of the up dates. And Still not showing the new extension of the M74 through Glasgow,(even though got the new up dates, goes crazy trying to find itself, just waiting to see if it will tell me to land and use the road.). It has also taken me off the motorway, and away from the fastest route, just as well I was solo, hate to think what it would have been like with the van on. There was an item on the news two weeks ago regarding sat nav’s, The Government are going to look into the information and the accuracy of the devices, with the view to make manufacturers give accurate and up to the minute road maps, new roads, narrow lanes, low bridges, etc. as standard in all sat nav’s, Government investigations into road incidents, found that the vast majority of these incidents was a direct result of the driver following the sat nav’s instructions.

An up to date road map is more reliable than a so called up to date sat nav.