Perhaps the end for Tom Tom Sat Navs?
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Hey BB, I thought you would have been in BP by now. My mate txt me this morning saying they are heavily overbooked and have a waiting list for gold pitches. Apparently, the site took a late booking for a large rally group that is causing ructions. BillC
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I had Tom Toms in the early days and I think that they may have been one of the first companies to supply affordable units. Don't regret my switch to Garmin which I have used successfully in both cars and boats.
Both of our cars are fitted with built in sat navs of different manufacturers but both cost a fortune to update.
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Hi could anyone tell me what sort of tablet i would need for co-pilot and also is co-pilot any good for abroad
Thanks
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Co-Pilot produce navigation software for all three of the major platforms but I would stick with either an iPad or an Android tablet with a memory of at least 16Gbs and preferable with an SD card slot. My own preference is for an Android tablet there being a wider choice of make, sizes and prices. With respect to size keep in mind any mount you use should not obstruct your view of the road. I find a 7 inch tablet a nice compromise but I am not sure these are available any more and you may have to settle for an 8 inch model.
Mapping is available for most countries.
Hope that helps.
peedee
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but you cannot input your caravan/motorhome size on a standard tomtom. just downloaded co-pilot caravan for £49 lifetime maps and 12 mths live traffic. already had a 10" tablet so going to make bracket to fit in front of car satnav so no blocking view. win win.
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Hi thanks for your replies i will keep a look out for a tablet thanks for the information
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BB
It sounds like a good buy. Can you add the Camper maps if you want to? One thing that concerned me, reading something on the TomTom forum was that you can download third party POI's but you can no longer download a graphic file so that the can group POI's under their name like, Archie, ACSI etc. It will be interesting to know how you get on.
David
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Hi all just been reading this discussion and would like to say as a truck driver and caravan er I have tried tom tom,garmin, Co pilot, Google maps but must say that a few years ago I purchased a caravan club edition snooper because I was told by other truckers how good they were and can honestly say I would not go back to any of the others a little more expensive maybe but never let me down worth every penny
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The somewhat arbitrary withdrawal of map updates on older models augurs ill for those who have an inbuilt satnav and are wont to keep their vehicles for a prolonged period. Eventually they could have a blank space on the dashboard where the sat nav should be.
My recently acquired MH has a built in TomTom and is, at the moment, able to obtain map updates, or at least it would be if I could get the wretched downloads to work properly. I've wasted three days this last week going backwards and forwards with a USB stick trying to get the latest map to download properly.
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Our Ford Mondeo built-in SatNav was out of date even when the car was bought new! There are roads around here which have existed for several years, but are not on the SatNav map which shows you driving across a grey space. One quite major road in Leeds is still in the old format of roundabouts - and has been non-roundabout for as long as I can remember driving on it! We've never bothered to buy a disc (£81.90) to update the files because how do we know the updates are any more 'up to date' than the original information. We very rarely use the SatNav anyway.
I have to say our cheap and cheerful £39.00 Garmin from Home Bargains was a godsend in Greece and is much more up to date than the Ford system and came with lifetime updates!
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Hi CY, have you tried TomTom support? Try emailing them and if necessary ask them to ring you. I have used them a lot and think it is vgood support. Drill down on their support pages to find the email option.
All,
Three years ago I bought the TT Caravan & Camper version satnav and whinged to TT for two years about the lack of correct speed limits for anything but cars throughout Europe. In the end they gave me a free brand new Truck Go 6250 worth £370. But again it did not show correct speed limits, so eventually I got to speak to a director in their development dept and he agreed it was a map programming issue and promised to get it fixed, so now I am waiting patiently for a major TT map upgrade to see if they have correct speed limits. Apart from that I am very happy with TT, especially their traffic.
Also, I have realised for some time that lifetime anything is impossible for free. These companies are not charity's!
BillC
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I have an inbox full of exchanges with the helpdesk!
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Hmmmmmmm ?
Every police car in reality series on tv seems to be festooned with gadgets on the windscreen to catch the bad guys.
car sat nav screens are placed down in the dashboard, so viewing them , the driver has to take their eyes of the road longer than having a screen at a higher level.
zAs said, most bbuilt in satnav systems are very basic, and have no ability to be updated usefully, nor react with traffic conditions.
that said, I have seen some sat navs virtually stuck at eye height directly in front of the driver.
Mobile cell phones are pretty useless once the signal drops away, the satellite chip does get enough signal and fails to provide any position.
Ask the mountain rescue teams, who have to go out and find the dick-heads that venture out with inappropriate equipment.
Garmin may make a better job of staying in business as they serve the aviation, marine and hiking fraternity. Not sure if Tomtom is in that league.
Rgds
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