Sat Nav for caravanners

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  • davetommo
    davetommo Forum Participant Posts: 1,430
    edited December 2015 #32

    i forgot to mention that where i live in pr2 postcode are when tradesmen type in my postcode it often takes then to a street with the same name in pr25 are which is abot 10 miles away. and there swear that they typed in pr2 and not pr25

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #33

    I was born in 1959, there was no sat navs then. I can read a map perfectly well and I can use my brain too thanks.

     

    so no need to waste your money on a sat nav then

  • XTB 907
    XTB 907 Forum Participant Posts: 47
    edited December 2015 #34

    Are the people who do not use/want a Sat Nav the same ones who would never use a motor mover  - AKA dinosaurs Happy

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #35

    I was born in 1959, there was no sat navs then. I can read a map perfectly well and I can use my brain too thanks.

     

    so no need to waste your money on a sat nav then

    I'm not quite sure why I should be justifying to you what I choose to spend my disposable income on.

    i've already outlined why I find them more convenient.

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #36

    Are the people who do not use/want a Sat Nav the same ones who would never use a motor mover  - AKA dinosaurs Happy

    Well we have a mover too so possibly yes.

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #37

    Davetommo, when you need to find something out ,do you go to google or get your volumes of encyclopaedias out and thumb through them????Wink

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #38

    Depends if you want a machine telling you which way to go. I have one that is fitted in the car but often do not go the route it sends me. I also have a motor mover but the thing with that is it sends the caravan the way i want to send it. . On sites i dont
    use it as there is always plenty of room to reverse the caravan so why unhitch and mess about. When at home there is always cars parked on both sides of the road and no room to swing the front of the car to start a reverse witht he caravan hitched. So sometimes
    dinasaur and others my own man

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #39

    Huskydog google blows my mind you lots of conflicting answers

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #40

    must admit i do use google maps

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #41

    sometimes I do that with my satnav , I don't listen to what it says and deliberately go the wrong way ,just to confuse it Wink

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #42

    i dont go the wrong way to confuse it i go the right way because the sat nav sends me a stupid way

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #43

    i dont go the wrong way to confuse it i go the right way because the sat nav sends me a stupid way

    But ,if you know the way ,why do you need a satnav ??

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #44

    Correct husky, i wouldnt buy one, the only reason i have one is because it was fitted in the car as standard and you cant say take it out as they wont reduce the price of the car, plus if they do take it out you are left with a big hole where it was fitted

  • JaRT
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    edited December 2015 #45

    Correct husky, i wouldnt buy one, the only reason i have one is because it was fitted in the car as standard and you cant say take it out as they wont reduce the price of the car, plus if they do take it out you are left with a big hole where it was fitted

    Doesn't explain why you switch it on though, and set the destination.

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #46

    I like to see which way it wants to send me, and especially love to see the time it says i will arive which is usually way out because of traffic

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #47

    My car has a built in satnav, but it has an off modeSurprised

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #48

    more often than not i just set it to the compas setting and see which way i am going on the compas point

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #49

    Dave , is it a car or a yacht???Wink

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #50

    I like to see which way it wants to send me, and especially love to see the time it says i will arive which is usually way out because of traffic

    strange that, mine has live traffic updates which re calculates eta and re routes you if needed taking into account resulting delays.

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #51

    Husky its a land rover MJG thats another annoying thing with it, you keep getting it saying there is standing traffic 5 miles ahead and when you ge there the traffic is flowing nice and free. The eta does re calculate but the point is you never get there
    int the time that it says at the start

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #52

    Husky its a land rover MJG thats another annoying thing with it, you keep getting it saying there is standing traffic 5 miles ahead and when you ge there the traffic is flowing nice and free. The eta does re calculate but the point is you never get there
    int the time that it says at the start

    our experiences are clearly different.

  • davetommo
    davetommo Forum Participant Posts: 1,430
    edited December 2015 #53

    so can i take it that you get to your destination at the time the sat nav says at the start

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #54

    so can i take it that you get to your destination at the time the sat nav says at the start

    Well not to the second if that is what you mean but normally within a few minutes, what else did you think my reply meant?

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #55

    well you must have some super duper sat nav because when a chat to others they all say that the times are way out. or you are so lucky that you never get stuck in traffic

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #56

    well you must have some super duper sat nav because when a chat to thers they all say that the times are way out. or you ar so lucky that you never get stuck in traffic

    strange isn't it how people's experiences differ. 

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #57

    take it you also get all the traffic lights on green

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #58

    Satnav's , don't you just love em!!Cool

  • davetommo
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    edited December 2015 #59

    oh yes especially the truckers who get stuck down narrow lanes

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #60

    take it you also get all the traffic lights on green

    where did I say that please.

  • JaRT
    JaRT Forum Participant Posts: 177
    edited December 2015 #61

    oh yes especially the truckers who get stuck down narrow lanes

    That will generally be the fault of the driver choosing an inappropriate device.