GPS car

which is the best navigation system to use?

i want easy user interface
runs on batteries as i have no cigarette thing

how do you not have a cig lighter in your car?

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Originally Posted by blackie

how do you not have a cig lighter in your car?

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It was a fire hazard?

Depending on it's make and age, Cigarette lighters are now an 'Option' as opposed to being standard in cars nowadays. ;)

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Depending on it's make and age, Cigarette lighters are now an 'Option' as opposed to being standard in cars nowadays. ;)

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Really :confused: I thought all cars had the ability to plug in a lighter... whether or not it actually comes with one is optional.

My car has an outlet but it just has a plastic cap covering it.

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Depending on it's make and age, Cigarette lighters are now an 'Option' as opposed to being standard in cars nowadays. ;)

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The lighter is optional, but the power socket that it plugs into isn't... my car has one, but it's in the most stupid position (under the glove box on the passenger side).

He probably has one, but it's damaged (or not working).

As for the Satnav, can't help you out on that... my car has it inbuilt (and I still never use it)

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Originally Posted by Autocon

which is the best navigation system to use?

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A Street Directory.

GPS navigation can be so annoying for several reasons:
+ They don't always know the best way to go.
+ They often tell you to break road rules (e.g. turn right at No Right Turn intersections etc.)
+ They often tell you to make "impossible" decisions, e.g. drive into roads that don't exist, drive off bridges etc.
+ They sometimes 'change their mind' during a trip and can get you driving round and round in circles cos they can't make up their damn mind as to which is the best way to go

GPS navigators have often gotten me lost! Also, if you enter an area where there's no reception, then it can stuff your navigator up too. My colleague's daughter only ever uses a navigator and refuses to learn how to read a map, but one time she drove into a long tunnel and her navigator lost reception, and she had no idea which exit to take - in the end she got lost.

I hardly ever use GPS navigators -- much prefer just using a street directory.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

GPS navigation can be so annoying for several reasons:
+ They don't always know the best way to go.
+ They often tell you to break road rules (e.g. turn right at No Right Turn intersections etc.)
+ They often tell you to make "impossible" decisions, e.g. drive into roads that don't exist, drive off bridges etc.
+ They sometimes 'change their mind' during a trip and can get you driving round and round in circles cos they can't make up their damn mind as to which is the best way to go

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This is why I don't have a GPS navigator - I already have a wife to do all that for me.

I own a TomTom.

It came with a charger and an USB charger.

I dont think any GPS units come battery operated.

You can always close the glovebox with the charger cord in between?

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

A Street Directory.

GPS navigation can be so annoying for several reasons:
+ They don't always know the best way to go.
+ They often tell you to break road rules (e.g. turn right at No Right Turn intersections etc.)
+ They often tell you to make "impossible" decisions, e.g. drive into roads that don't exist, drive off bridges etc.
+ They sometimes 'change their mind' during a trip and can get you driving round and round in circles cos they can't make up their damn mind as to which is the best way to go

GPS navigators have often gotten me lost! Also, if you enter an area where there's no reception, then it can stuff your navigator up too. My colleague's daughter only ever uses a navigator and refuses to learn how to read a map, but one time she drove into a long tunnel and her navigator lost reception, and she had no idea which exit to take - in the end she got lost.

I hardly ever use GPS navigators -- much prefer just using a street directory.

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I have used a few GPS devices from the humble mobile phone app to the dedicated high end model - They all suck equally.

Never rely 100% on a GPS as it has been already mentioned, they get confused very easily. One time one took me to a No Through road and expected me to drive through a house, another time a GPS got confused and it wanted me to circle all of Sydney to get to a place that was only 15 km away.

I also had a nightmare in Melbourne when I used one on a rented car. Due to the several Airports in Melbourne, it kept getting confused on which one I was going so you could see it endlessly correcting itself by changing the route to different airports every couple of kilometers.

The GPS as it is now is not refined enough to be used blindly. It's helpful if you have a good general idea of where you are going so you can use it to find the odd side street once you are in the suburb but otherwise you gamble every time you use it.

For some reason all GPS that I have tried seem to go nuts in the city.