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14/05/2008, 20:12 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,545 Re: Sat Nav "download traffic information via my phone"....gadzooks, what fantastic magic is this 'Personally' I think, was the key word in my comment, and I'm happy for whatever works for you - personally. You have my deepest sympathies on the M6 at any time, never mind a Friday night ! My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

16/05/2008, 13:09 Bannon Joined on 16/11/2007 Sancerre Posts 85 Re: Sat Nav We have used the Tom Tom 500 for a while now and found it superb. Only problem is it stille fitted with its original French map 'chip' (that blue plastic bit that slots in the front) and we now need a UK /or all europe one. Does anybody know where to get one or even better, any of you guys out there have one to sell?  Seems daft to buy a new one even if they have come down in price since we bought it as it works so well. True story ... a friend ours borrowed it to head north for Boulogne and ended up going west towards Bordeaux. They should have tapped in Boulogne Sur Mer in of course. Thankfully common sense kicked in and they got home OK. "The Bitterness of Poor Quality remains long after the Sweetness of Low Price is Forgotten" From Michael Palin's 'Hemingway Adventure'    Report

16/05/2008, 13:36 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,545 Re: Sat Nav  Bannon wrote: Thankfully common sense kicked in and they got home OK. ...albeit a day and 1000km later Fits in with what I said earlier about communes with the same name but different departments, sometimes it's quite hard to find a place because of both the spelling and the format of a name. Some places for instance appear on a map or are commonly written as St. but need to typed in as Saint or v-v. Another case is the use, or not, of a hyphen in a place name. The result is that it can often take several attempts to find the place you actually want.   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

16/05/2008, 13:37 J.R's gone native Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 1,828 Re: Sat Nav  Bannon wrote:  Only problem is it stille fitted with its original French map 'chip' (that blue plastic bit that slots in the front) and we now need a UK /or all europe one. Does anybody know where to get one    E-bay.fr or E-bay.co.uk    Report

16/05/2008, 14:15 Keith CHANNING Joined on 22/11/2007 northern Puy-de-Dôme Posts 52 Re: Sat Nav or TomTom.com If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan http://www.beaugut.com    Report

16/05/2008, 14:22 Pierre ZFP Joined on 12/11/2004 PdC(62)/Luxembourg Posts 1,774 Re: Sat Nav Ha! you beat me to it.  I was going to point out that tomtom.co.uk is a cigar shop.  Bet that upsets tomtom.com! Maps for Western Europe cost 60 quid. http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/select.php?D=1077&Language=1&P=1431   Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool me 3 times and you can see a statistical tendency    Report

16/05/2008, 16:41 Bannon Joined on 16/11/2007 Sancerre Posts 85 Re: Sat Nav 60 quid? "Good Grief" as a certain Chalie Brown would say. Thanks for the link Pierre, I'll have a look. "The Bitterness of Poor Quality remains long after the Sweetness of Low Price is Forgotten" From Michael Palin's 'Hemingway Adventure'    Report

16/05/2008, 16:47 Bannon Joined on 16/11/2007 Sancerre Posts 85 Re: Sat Nav Just had a look and the UK one comes in at £39 so not to bad..... I suppose. It tells me to check that my memory card has enough space but not sure how to do this. Maybe I will be 'told' when download starts? I had actually looked on the Tom Tom site but could not find the map download section so again, thanks for the link. "The Bitterness of Poor Quality remains long after the Sweetness of Low Price is Forgotten" From Michael Palin's 'Hemingway Adventure'    Report

16/05/2008, 17:11 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,545 Re: Sat Nav This harks back to the OP and a point to watch for when choosing is what's included. Often all you get is the map for the country of purchase and anything else is a ££/€€ addon which can bump the price above another apparently more expensive model which includes European mapping as standard.   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

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