Sat Nav Portable and In Car Manufacturer Fitted

[Axionknight]

I too have never understood why they are so dear, I know fitting them in will take a serious bit of work when the car comes without as standard..... But I'd never spec it as an option, my Garmin does me spot on, it is however an item of last resort, my brain and eyes serve me better still.

[Harvey1512]

Originally Posted by volvorocks

Thanks for that.

Its a Garmin 1340 Europe one I was thinking of. Very similar to the Tom Tom in use (well to me anyway!) that I got yesterday, although with the free updates for life.

What I liked about the Tom Tom is the 'smaller' and integrated suction pad which I am going to see if it fits upside down (as the Tom tom 'rights' itself) just on the 'sensus' shelf in the car. The older Tom Tom suction pads were dire and kept falling off the window, although this one is a twist dial and much better.

Regards

Did you get the 1340? My trusty Streetpilot i3 died last week after 8yrs of service. I was toying with the idea of getting a TomTom as they seem to be so popular but the Garmin 1340 looks great value and I am comfortable with the Garmin set up. There are so many different models that it gets hugely confusing but this seems to offer a decent package.

Incidentally I have used one of the satnav mats that you can get from Amazon/other online/Halfords etc for a few years and they are great. They genuinely do not move on the dashboard and it means that when you arrive at your destination you can simply put the mat & satnav in the glove compartment with no visible marks left for would be thiefs. It is much better than sticking the device to a windscreen.

[volvorocks]

Originally Posted by Harvey1512

Did you get the 1340? My trusty Streetpilot i3 died last week after 8yrs of service. I was toying with the idea of getting a TomTom as they seem to be so popular but the Garmin 1340 looks great value and I am comfortable with the Garmin set up. There are so many different models that it gets hugely confusing but this seems to offer a decent package.

Incidentally I have used one of the satnav mats that you can get from Amazon/other online/Halfords etc for a few years and they are great. They genuinely do not move on the dashboard and it means that when you arrive at your destination you can simply put the mat & satnav in the glove compartment with no visible marks left for would be thiefs. It is much better than sticking the device to a windscreen.

No.

I have a Mio and bought a Tom Tom although looking for another as well. I like the Tom Tom, although an annoying feature is you cannot delete just a single destination from 'recent destinations' - you can only delete the lot, which means you have to store any destination you want to keep in a favourites folder. My older sat nav allows deletion one by one from 'recent destinations'

Regards

[Rls1000]

I have just installed a 2012 map new disc in my 58 V70 and have lost the split screen map display. I found this very useful as it gave advance warnings of traffic probelms. Is there any way I can get it back