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09/6/2008 at 12:09pm
 Location: Cambridgeshire
 Outfit: Disco5 & Elddis Crusader Supersirocco
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I have just changed my Sony 92T for a TomTom One XL Europe with Traffic.  All great apart from it will not connect to my mobile for the camera updates etc. 

 



10/6/2008 at 1:37pm
 Location: Stockport
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TomTom One XL for me


10/6/2008 at 4:45pm
 Location: Liverpool
 Outfit: Swift 480ES Range Rover
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As like most others TOMTOM
I looked and compared spec and prices for a week or two and settled on the TOMTOM WE XL (western europe x wide)

PAID A BIT MORE THAN NEAREST RIVALS BUT SO GLAD I BOUGHT IT. IT DOES SO MUCH, VERY EASY TO USE AND THE SOFTWARE IS SECOND TO NONE.
Uses hammerhead chipset which is very sensitive and picks up great even in town centers and on cloudy dull days, many other types loose signal in these conditions
Plug it into a laptop to back everything up in case it crashes. You can even take control of tom tom from your laptop.

Check out sat nav forums and you will soon see that TomTom leads the way.
By the way I do not work for them!!!


10/6/2008 at 7:28pm
 Location: Livingston Scotland
 Outfit: Hartford XL 2008 + Lunar Zenith 5 2006
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I use my PDA with TOM TOM and a bluetooth SiRF III chipest GPS device. I can use this with my Laptop or my PDA. Great for using other mapping software such as memory maps.  TOM TOM is the dogs danglies though. Never let me down.


10/6/2008 at 7:39pm
 Location: cleveland
 Outfit: bailey pagent britange mondeo
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I belive all the fun is in the planning.Weve been to france 2 years on the trot but before that never.I like to plan ma route atleast a month before then 2 weeks before then a week before,that way the excitment is always there.My mrs never gets involved as she says if anything goes wrong she cant be blamed(for a change) Them sat navs are ok but they dont plan your route with a caravan on the back. and if in dought ask thats reel fun especially if you cant speek a word of french like me,but i can speek holiday french and spanish if you no wat i mean,we all have tryed it,also take notes easy that way honnest................

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11/6/2008 at 8:50am
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Autocruise Starburst
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Hi all,

I totally agree with Bullsacher. I have rallied on the continent for the past three years and can assure you that every rallier has complained about their Sat Navs (All Makes) as soon as they have arrived on site.  I use both Co-Pilot and Garmin and although both are excellent pieces of equipment they are useless in the sense that they take you in the direction that they want you to go rather than where you want to go.

Regards

 

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11/6/2008 at 1:11pm
 Location: Cambridgeshire
 Outfit: Disco5 & Elddis Crusader Supersirocco
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I do the map on Mappy or viaMichellin with the caravan option on, print it out and then check the route in the Sat Nav.  Any major differences can then be changed or blocked to get the routes the same.

Each to their own but I never rely just on the sat nav, always have a map open and above all use common sense. 



11/6/2008 at 1:31pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: Looking for a new tent.
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I've got a tomtom Europe, which is great. It managed to get me to the campsite I went to last year in France which was in the middle of no-where, I don't think I would of found it so easily without it.


11/6/2008 at 4:37pm
 Location: Stockport
 Outfit: None Entered
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http://www.find-satnav-deals.com/

Be carefull and watch the deals. Some can change by the hour.



11/6/2008 at 4:39pm
 Location: downham market norfolk
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles Jewel 2010
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id go to halfords and get the halfprice ones

 




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