[H1-GBV]

SATNAV! I thought built-in devices would be wonderful but the two which I’ve had both required a fee of over £100 to be updated every year. So I drive a modem car with out of date maps.

Gordon

 

[raynipper]

Our VW Tiguan is €199 for VW to update and even then it's still a year old. But my last two updates have been €29 from Lithuania. Works fine.

Ray.

 

[barryd]

Our VW Tiguan is €199 for VW to update and even then it's still a year old. But my last two updates have been €29 from Lithuania. Works fine.

Ray.

My Tom Tom is over a decade old and Ive never updated it. Works fine. €199 to update a sat nav? Ferkin ell! You can buy an actual decent sat nav for half that.

 

[raynipper]

Thats why I have 4 spare Garmins. Updated to 2021 and now sticking at that.

Ray.

 

[GMJ]

The Tom Tom in the MH is useless. Half the time it shows that we are driving in a field. I'll not be paying to update that especially as the screen is small and in the binnacle which means taking your eyes off the road to look at it.

 

[raynipper]

You have a poor signal G. Not sure where you antenna is but it needs attention.

Ray.

 

[GMJ]

Factory fitted Ducato so I'd have thought it would be in the same place on all of them Ray

 

[barryd]

I have a great big Garmin on my new bike. Not figured out how to use it yet. Im guessing it will be visual only unless it has blue tooth as ill never hear it. Good for calibrating the speedo though.

 

[H1-GBV]

You have a poor signal G. Not sure where you antenna is but it needs attention.

Ray.

Not necessarily. New roads are built but satnav maps are not automatically updated.
Certainly my 2018 car is happy driving through fields around the north of Norwich because the multi-million pound road (opened in 2017) doesn't feature on the satnav and I'm not paying to have it updated, because most (all, so far) of my journies have been along well-known routes. HOWEVER, whilst "rushing" to Norwich Crematorium, I discovered that a road through a housing estate was now blocked by the bypass and I had to make a very seat-of-the-pants diversion: could have been awkward!

I regularly update the TomTom (free lifetime updates) for the motorhome, given the potential for problems with bridges etc, especially abroad. I'm thinking of transferring it to the car in the same way that the dashcam moves between them.

For years I've had problems with friends and delivery drivers getting to the village green and then asking for directions to my house. I couldn't understand why. Eventually, instead of "knowing" where I live, I entered my post code into TT and it took me to the village green. It took me almost 3y to get TT to acknowledge that I knew where my house was: screen shots from Google, Garmin etc who had it correct were ignored. However, I accused them of potentially starving vulnerable OAPs when Lockdown started and supermarket deliveries couldn't get to us: suddenly my house was HERE! Sadly, many companies have TT-based devices and if they don't pay to update them then they still go to the green.

We didn't have this problem when we had to balance an OS map on our laps and remember instructions to take the second right after passing the pub!

Gordon

 

[raynipper]

Factory fitted Ducato so I'd have thought it would be in the same place on all of them Ray

Not saying that G. Many things can degrade the signal. When my roof ariel was taken off by an automatic garage door in Portugal I found that what I assumed was the radio ariel was in fact the GPS ariel. Therefore no signal to GPS. I bought a cheap Chinese replacement because supplies from Germany were unavailable. Crap signal and often put me in the field alongside the road.
Eventually I bought a second hand ariel from Poland thats worked perfectly ever since.
So it could be the position, type of ariel, corroded connections inside or below, etc.

Ray.

 

[GMJ]

Gotcha. Its no matter anyway as I don't use it as it has a tiny screen and in a low place as I mentioned. I rely on my Garmin Camper which is superb,

 

[raynipper]

I really can't believe Citroen has made a car like this.

Ray.

 

[dghr272]

The TT I bought years ago had lifetime European updates included, the main reason I bought it for our European travels.
Never paid to update the GB maps on it so I am often driving in fields at home 😆

Terry

 

[Glandwr]

Re SatNav updates I do it religiously but don't pay for them. About 10 years ago I discovered when researching buying a truck satnav to use for the van that buying direct from TomTom that although I could get the same model elsewhere cheaper. Direct I was able to buy for I think it was about £50 extra whole Europe updates for the LIFETIME of the device. I think that they still do the same deal although probably more tha 50 quid.

I'm also really hooked now on their "live traffic" that must have saved me hours on the road. Quite often taking me off a motorway and back on again a couple of junctions further on. It diverts instantly whenever there is a blockage or congestion. Wonderful, although it can be strange on routes you normally take giving you a different route every time depending on traffic.

Again horrendously expensive if you buy it annually but very reasonable if you buy it for the "lifetime" with a new device from TT.

Wouldn't be without either now and will go direct to TT next time rather than buy at a discount and have to shell out later.

 

[H1-GBV]

I agree but lifetime updates don’t seem to apply to built-in devices. The User Group for my SEAT gave instructions for fiddling a free update by pretending to be a Skoda BUT it had to be done live on to the original SD card, with the potential to lose everything. The official solution was at a cost of £150.

Gordon

 

[nicholsong]

HOWEVER, whilst "rushing" to Norwich Crematorium, I discovered that a road through a housing estate was now blocked by the bypass and I had to make a very seat-of-the-pants diversion: could have been awkward!

So late for your own funeral?

Well that is good because it means you are still with us.