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I have trust issues with my Satnav
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav?"
The satnav I have always takes me down a roads when a motorway would have been quicker but it's ok because I think I have a crush on the woman who voices it she has the sexiest accent I've ever heard! |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
is it the one that comes with the phone or is it a free app
there are various free satnav apps for phones that do the job really well...
I ended up getting a paid app (only cost me a tenner...) and they said it was better that the actual tomtom |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav?"
I think your satnav has a girlfriend down that cul-de-sac  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We were driving to Cornwall and sat nav thought we were driving through fields .kept saying do a u turn .We were on a new road .Then took us down a very narrow road .It did take 20 minutes off our journey,but arrived at destination with bits of trees and shrubs hanging off car . |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"is it the one that comes with the phone or is it a free app
there are various free satnav apps for phones that do the job really well...
I ended up getting a paid app (only cost me a tenner...) and they said it was better that the actual tomtom"
Its the one with the phone. Its not bad apart from the cul-de-sac issue and not always taking me on the "smartest" route. So its crap really lol. What's the one you brought? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav?
I think your satnav has a girlfriend down that cul-de-sac "
Maybe, it always happens in Reading  |
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I think your satnav has a girlfriend down that cul-de-sac "
Or maybe someone down there is on Fab, and your phone is trying to set you up with a meet? There's loads of stories about Fab and Facebook cross-linking, so maybe....
Besides OP, at least it's better than "ooh, that's the turning we wanted," as you zoom past in the wrong lane.... 
SatNavs are logic-based. Women on the other hand....
Mr ddc |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav?
I think your satnav has a girlfriend down that cul-de-sac
Maybe, it always happens in Reading "
I'll look out for your car  |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Sat Navs pah, buy a map  "
I found out, to my cost, map books and even Google maps don't get updated all that often. Just as likely to get lost in a new housing estate on those.
Yorks Millennium Bridge was built in 2000. It didn't show on Google Maps until 2004. It was even on Google Earth, but not Google Maps. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There used to be a five to ten mile stretch of the M2 between Rochester and Gravesend where my TomTom always thought I was driving in fields about 200m to the south of the motorway. I thought it might be Kent County Council's cunning plan to stop people from south east London visiting Canterbury. More likely it was my driving though |
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I use a free app called waze. Users can update it with traffic jams etc.
Its usually pretty reliable although it does sometimes give me the shortest route which is on 30mph roads when the slightly longer route on bigger, faster roads would be quicker but most sat navs do that. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
waze is really good for a free satnav app...
because i ended up using one a shed load i went out and bought co-pilot, which was 15 quid and i get unlimited updates and camera alerts and speed limits ect |
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Despite little glitches here & there on occasion with routing (use them as strong suggestions, not as gospel), does nobody find it incredible that a little slab in your car can bounce signals off satellites in space and rely on Einstein's general relativity to calculate your position on Earth to within 15 metres? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Despite little glitches here & there on occasion with routing (use them as strong suggestions, not as gospel), does nobody find it incredible that a little slab in your car can bounce signals off satellites in space and rely on Einstein's general relativity to calculate your position on Earth to within 15 metres?"
Incredible yes, but there's no way I'd describe my ex-wife as a little slab. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Satnavs are rubbish
I looked up on google earth a address in Farnham , me and my son drove there with me just using notes
he was amazed and is planning a hoolyaling the a31
Never hear of a sat av doing that |
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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago
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"My Satnav is on my phone. Its a Nokia Windows Smartphone. Only its not that smart. In fact its pretty stupid.
I'm driving along and all of a sudden the Satnav tells me to turn into a road that turns out to be a cul-de-sac, then its tells me to drive out of the cul-de-sac and continue my journey. I'm seriously thinking of launching my Smartphone off the nearest bridge
Anybody else experiencing trust issues with their Satnav?"
OP have you check for any updates to the app there regular updating such apps even the free ones with new speed camera positions and the like .
Could be your several updates behind and not getting the best out of the app |
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"Satnavs are rubbish
I looked up on google earth a address in Farnham , me and my son drove there with me just using notes
he was amazed and is planning a hoolyaling the a31
Never hear of a sat av doing that "
The thing about satnavs is they can reroute, and written notes, printed notes, or maps, can't. At least not on the fly. Road closure? Satnav handles it. Wrong turn off a roundabout due to unclear instructions? Satnav handles it.
They're not perfect, and they're frequently out of date - but I've done the printed-directions route and it sucks when one minor issue turns into a huge detour without you realising it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"waze is really good for a free satnav app...
because i ended up using one a shed load i went out and bought co-pilot, which was 15 quid and i get unlimited updates and camera alerts and speed limits ect"
Just trying it. Looks good. Thanks Fabio |
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I've used a variety of satnavs, including Tomtom, and currently use the Windows Maps, via Lumia too. I've regularly, but not too often, had prompts to drive in unusual or inappropriate places. Tomtom took me over the moors in Devon, one cold foggy night, using unmarked roads - that was the worst ever!
I've had Windows get mixed up, sometimes I think it's jumped ahead by a few miles, twice, in over a year. But it's routes have been as good as they get. There isn't one perfect system.
But free map updates for life on Microsoft Windows phones, worldwide maps, and free voice guidance is pretty good. It's integrated with my car now, so I can speak to the car and tell it what to do.
There are often updates to Nokia/Microsoft maps apps in the Store, so it's worth checking there: think I had one a couple of weeks ago. Also, remember to check for map updates, which will be small downloads: it doesn't download the whole of the UK again. |
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"My Garmin is brilliant, free lifetime updates, traffic alerts, shows which lane to be in etc. Far superior to built in phone software. "
The Microsoft maps do that too, with worldwide free maps for life. They update the route for traffic alerts, which lane to be in onscreen and via voice prompt. Nokia which developed it were great, but it's all run by Microsoft now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Satnavs are rubbish
I looked up on google earth a address in Farnham , me and my son drove there with me just using notes
he was amazed and is planning a hoolyaling the a31
Never hear of a sat av doing that
The thing about satnavs is they can reroute, and written notes, printed notes, or maps, can't. At least not on the fly. Road closure? Satnav handles it. Wrong turn off a roundabout due to unclear instructions? Satnav handles it.
They're not perfect, and they're frequently out of date - but I've done the printed-directions route and it sucks when one minor issue turns into a huge detour without you realising it."
Wasn't printed route,
Just the road names from Farnham
I can usually remember a route how to get to towns etc , no need for a sat nav
Still can't be doing with satnavs, I have a road map to refer to and also will use google maps on my phone .
But it's each to there own , and more importantly when you don't use a satnav , and use a map , your remember the places and roads , eventually knowing them without having to rely on sat nav
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"I use mine when I get lost for that last little bit of the journey.
They give instructions I don't understand.
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In my experience it's critical to actually look at the map on the screen, not just obey the disembodied voice.
And at least if you misunderstand and go the wrong way (which happens sometimes - UK roads can be complicated) it will reroute you |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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After the breakfast fiasco this morning because the satnav clearly didn't want us going where we wanted, we set off on our next destination, there was a sign for it and everything but could the twat I was with follow the sign, nope believe the bloody nav (remember it didn't want us entering this town we went!) who took us down a new housing estate and was half hour late!!!! Ffs!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've been given the otherhalfs navman mio, I think she's pissed off she's been dumped with me now...cos she's a total biatch! The cowbag works well for ben but always screws up with me!
I think it's my fault as I always call her names! Lol |
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