Retroanaconda wrote:

It's a tool and they can be very useful. But I would never just go on a journey somewhere I'd never been before and rely on just the satnav to get me there. Far too many people do this I fear, and then when there is a problem they're screwed as they've no backup!

For me it's written directions, Google maps printouts, road atlas, a sense of direction, and if I do get lost I can plug in the sat-nav and see if it can tell me where I am

konabikes11 wrote:

I use the Sat Nav only but I also always carry an AA UK road atlas too in case needed. St nav is ideal for cutting down miles saving fuel and time and also getting direct routes. Mine also has fuel consumption and also logs your route's you've driven and can then be viewed later. Also give a fuel cost estimation.

Some very useful features there. I use Google Maps to find the best route and then a calculator to work out the cost of fuel based on 30mpg

My only issue with my big road atlas is it doesn't have a large enough scale for if you get lost in a town or a village or somewhere like that. No problem on the trunk roads, but for more detailed stuff I like to have a printout of my intended route and the surrounding area to cover any eventualities.

The beauty of the sat-nav is it's ability to adapt on the fly. If you hit a road closure due to an accident or the like, it will find you an alternate route, regardless of the grade of road or the complexity of the local network. Very useful

MartinK wrote:

Last year, we toured around California (San Francisco, Yosemite, Sequoia, Hollywood, Pacific Coast Highway) - we bought a new Garmin just for the trip...awesome! Found every hotel, no wrong turns, allowed us to be tourists and look around without having heads in maps all day

We did the same trip last year, ahhh The Big Sur, now that is an awesome drive !

Did the same thing, took our old Tom tom with us having bought the US maps off Ebay, made the whole trip a breeze ! Highly recommended (Sat Nav and the California trip )

leeds wrote:

Sat Nav is for the guidance of the wise NOT FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS


Driving anywhere?

As well as turning ignition key, engage BRAIN and use Mk 1 EYEBALLS


So if sat nav tells you to turn the wrong way up a one street ignore it!


Recalculating, recalculating!


Brendan

I'm not going to say all but useually women in Corsa's and Fords and such like As I said not blaming all but some let the car drive them

konabikes11 wrote:

I'm not going to say all but useually women in Corsa's and Fords and such like As I said not blaming all but some let the car drive them

Bit like the stupid girl that allmost became a trophy on the front of my Defender last night The only reason it wasn't a head on on a blind bend on a narrowish road out of our village was me visiting the hedge and her boyfriend in the passenger seat grabbing the steering wheel
It really amazes me that these eejits can squeeze between parked cars at speed in built up areas but out in the countryside they're unable to drive in a safe manner

JWL wrote:

konabikes11 wrote:

I'm not going to say all but useually women in Corsa's and Fords and such like As I said not blaming all but some let the car drive them

Bit like the stupid girl that allmost became a trophy on the front of my Defender last night The only reason it wasn't a head on on a blind bend on a narrowish road out of our village was me visiting the hedge and her boyfriend in the passenger seat grabbing the steering wheel
It really amazes me that these eejits can squeeze between parked cars at speed in built up areas but out in the countryside they're unable to drive in a safe manner

Well I've only been driving for just over two years and never behaved like it.I can't even understand how they even manage it. To be honest it's the countryside that takes it up a level with vehicle handling at a higher speed. My pet hate is people aproaching round abouts when your doing everything correctly and they don't even slow or stop