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Sat Nav is a good tool.  The reliability obviously depends on the model you have.  Mine has not let me down......yet!!

Common sence has to be applied.  If you don't like the look of somewhere do not turn down there!

Just carry on and the machine will recalculate in seconds.

I agree though, you do get lazy and forget how to navigate yourself.  Last october we used it for the 1st time, puching in post codes for attractions and findin gour way back to the campsite.  We were down there a week and I still didn't have much of an idea where we were.

Quote: Originally posted by andy-ros on 05/9/2006

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hi nomes speak to me at stowford about sat nav

as you know i bought one recently and now have new car with it built in

 

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hiya andy!!

i will speak about Satnav... jamie gone a bit quiet bout it since wedding plans but enjoyed listening to lees on bank holiday monday... i wont forget...

hope the new car is going well...shame about your truck :O(  we still got your fire pit... we shall light that up a beauty on the weekend... if we see some firewood on our travels will pick up bag...

Nomes :O)

We relied on our sat nav but it got us one day in France. On the way following sat nav to the next site it took us down a country lane not to bad, it is when it told us to take the ferry and round the next corner the road went down a slip way OK we will take the ferry whats that sign say 2mtr height restiction and then we look across at the ferry they were right it had a small bridge going acroos the boat no way would we get on. Had to back up about 50mtr open a gate into a field and turne round Oh the cars behind us had to do the same so we could get out.

But we still use sat but check the Map as well

had the same problem in France, paid £140 quid for the software ti use it in France and it was worse than usingit in the UK, in fact i think if we had set it on the ferry it would of sent us of the wrong end into the water.

Come to think about it we got starnge dierection's in Rouen on the way down and on the way back Followed sign posts in the end But it did give a very good short cut from the site to Calais supermarket

I paid £69 for the French maps from Tom Tom on the whole not bad Always got us to centre of Towns and shows car parks. I think if you are just using the car they are fine just have to be a bit more aware with the caravan

I do'nt want to sound a fuddy duddy but when I hear people say " I hope another car dosnt come in front of me cos i cannt reverse" it makes me laugh a bit because they are taking a huge vehicle on the road that they cannot manouvre.Donnt get me wrong I know everyone has to learn and that it can be a horrible thing if someone is tooting their horn at you and you just sit there saying basically ,"sorry mate I dont now how to drive it that way yet.But you take this on the road. Seriously.what WOULD you do if an emergency vehicle came the other way.

I think people should have at least a basic idea as to how to reverse a van.

Phew thats off my chest

Sorry if I have upset anybody and like i said I DO realise we all have to learn sometime. 

Anyway what lovely weather we are having.

Quote: Originally posted by smh582003 on 06/9/2006

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 Seriously.what WOULD you do if an emergency vehicle came the other way.

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....let them reverse....after all, they're not pulling 20 foot of caravan behind them..

J

Quote: Originally posted by nickbux on 07/9/2006

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The wife had to stop me from getting out and offering to reverse her MICRA for her. Bloody hilarious!

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