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19/5/2012 at 5:38am
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The new GO LIVE Camper & Caravan Sat Nav from TomTom

TomTom for caravans

Sat Nav manufacturer TomTom have announced details of a new product aimed specifically at caravan and motorhome owners.

The “GO LIVE Camper & Caravan” has been designed to help caravan and motorhome owners avoid low bridges or narrow roads in an effort to provide a more stress free route to the campsite. But what’s really clever is that you can setup a number of different profiles with specific size, weight and speed restrictions – so switching between using the device when towing, in a motorhome or in a normal car is quick and simple.

It also highlights points of interest relevant to caravan and motorhome owners, such as campsites and services.

GO LIVE TomTom

After seeing motorhome roof damage rise in recent years we launched a Free Height Reminder Sticker which helped claims drop by 43%, and this new device can only help the number of accidents to drop even further.

The GO LIVE Camper & Caravan Sat Nav comes equipped with maps for 45 European countries and will have an RRP of £349.99. TomTom have not yet announced when the device will go on sale.

Images courtesy of TomTom.

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19/5/2012 at 8:36am
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Really don't know how many more posts we need on Tom Tom's latest offering

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19/5/2012 at 8:46am
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Makes me wonder how people got on before Sat Navs, common sense and a map has always worked for me and at that price some people have more money than sense!

Colin



19/5/2012 at 9:01am
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i must be the only person who like's sat/navs. unlike mobile phones that loose signal. and dodgie internet connections. these things allways work. ive been all over the uk spain france etc..and never been let down by my sat/nav..and i do remember the good old days a using common sence..a car full off maps. wrong turns. stressing ou.t argueing with the wife. but now i just enjoy the journey and let SALLY THE SAT/NAV. take me were i want to go..maps are often out of date before you buy them. that said i stil carry one.....


19/5/2012 at 9:09am
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The thing is, it's all a ploy to get people to buy their latest offering when a slightly older version would do.

Bridge heights (Which you can set from around 8 feet to 16 feet+ )are available free on the Tom Tom home site, and when you set them up as a POI, if you put the distance at 9999 yards, it equates to about 5 miles, and as long as the POI is activated, then you will get an audible warning that you are within the range of a low bridge. If you get into trouble after that, then you deserve everything you get.

I drive artics with trailer heights up to 16 feet in height, and have never got into trouble yet, and I use a TT1 that is about 3 years old.

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19/5/2012 at 9:25am
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We use a map and a sat nav only because we were given the sat nav for free it works ok I wouldn't spend that sort of money just to get caravan friendly routes it's easy enough to work out off a good map. I do find google earth and street view handy for new locations I can familiarise my self with the approach to the entrance to a site beforehand which in the past has tested the holiday spirit and caravan manovering to the limit


19/5/2012 at 9:42am
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i also use street level to familiarise the main parts of the journey. i suppose the only thing i miss about maps is all the new locations we used to find when we miss read the map we stumbled on some fantastic site's and villages that we would never of found otherwise.


19/5/2012 at 2:09pm
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£349.99 !!

Why so much ?

It can't be that different from a standard tom tom can it?

I will just stick with a basic Sat Nav and common sense.


19/5/2012 at 5:38pm
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Quote: Originally posted by clbewi on 19/5/2012

Makes me wonder how people got on before Sat Navs, common sense and a map has always worked for me and at that price some people have more money than sense!

Colin



My husband was the worst map reader I've ever met so I would never drive unless I knew where I was going. Now I'm on my own I can't read a map and drive. Sat nav is the only way for me and has saved me so much hassle.

I always check Google maps before going anywhere new and check that the smaller roads, particularly approach roads to sites, are OK. Basically, if it hasn't got a white line down the middle, it's probably best avoided. If they're not, I can tell the sat nav to avoid them.

I still wouldn't pay for this new one, though.

Nora


19/5/2012 at 10:18pm
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Hi, Sat/nav’s may be a good aid to driving most of the time, but they have blind spots, had the tom tom Go 6years ago and when testing it, I wanted a route from Luss (on the west side of Loch Lomond) to Balmaha (on east side of Loch Lomond), sat/nav must have though I had an amphibious vehicle, as I tried to take me straight across the loch, locals on the east side of Loch Lomond said that sat/navs were no use around here.

Now have the Garmin nuvi 765T, much better, but sill takes you roads not suitable for caravans, for anyone using the A84 from Stirling to Callander, when you come to Doune Bridge (Do Not Follow the Sat/Nav instructions to turn Left at Bridge) this will take you on the B8032 and is not suitable for caravans. I think I would like to see the Tom Tom in action before committing £350.00. Last year Government were talking of introducing legislation to make sat/nav’s more accurate, as there had been a vary high number of incidents with drivers using sat/nav directions(hitting low bridges/wrong way in traffic/narrow lanes etc) only hope these new generation sat/nav’s are much better. Up to date  Map for me are still a must have.



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25/5/2012 at 9:59am
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Quote: Originally posted by clbewi on 19/5/2012

Makes me wonder how people got on before Sat Navs, common sense and a map has always worked for me and at that price some people have more money than sense!

Colin


Do you also wonder how people got on before cars and planes and antiboitics and TV and computers and refuse to use any of them too ?

It's called 'Progress' and it's what the human race is good at.



29/5/2012 at 10:29pm
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Good idea. Too expensive. Ok if you have plenty of money and do a lot of driving abroad.

Fred.




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