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Title: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Bionic on 05 July 2011, 09:57:06
Once again the annoying Traffic Master voice has started to come on with every time I try to start the car!
I have rang them on the number they gave to cancel the service but still it goes on and on......Or it did!
THis morning having had another vdose cof her bloody whining waffle I took out the dash switch and pulled gently on the wire until I had tracede where it led. Afetr removing the lower dash covers I eventually found the magic box and then CUT ITS THROAT.
I then cut the wires from the rear of the switch and put it back until I can get a proper blank for the hole.
 :y ;D ;D ;D Lovely, lovely quietness now when I start the car and no more pitiful whining of a frustrated boring 'lady'.
My TomTom has a far better traffic service anyway.......and a far more pleasing voice.... ;)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: RobG on 05 July 2011, 10:00:51
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Once again the annoying Traffic Master voice has started to come on with every time I try to start the car!
I have rang them on the number they gave to cancel the service but still it goes on and on......Or it did!
THis morning having had another vdose cof her bloody whining waffle I took out the dash switch and pulled gently on the wire until I had tracede where it led. Afetr removing the lower dash covers I eventually found the magic box and then CUT ITS THROAT.
I then cut the wires from the rear of the switch and put it back until I can get a proper blank for the hole. :y ;D ;D ;D Lovely, lovely quietness now when I start the car and no more pitiful whining of a frustrated boring 'lady'.
My TomTom has a far better traffic service anyway.......and a far more pleasing voice.... ;)
Would look better with a non TM piece of trim ;)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: TheBoy on 05 July 2011, 10:13:04
No need to cut looms, unplugging would have been easier ;)

It's normally a sign your battery is getting tired....
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Lazydocker on 05 July 2011, 10:16:30
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No need to cut looms, unplugging would have been easier ;)

It's normally a sign your battery is getting tired....

...and earnt you a few quid in the process as plenty of people like the TM service.

Personally I find the Tom Tom service adequate, but no better than TM, although it has the advantage of working further in advance.

But there's not really a lot in it TBH, hardly surprising really when you consider that it's using the same sensors for a large proportion of it's information ;) ;)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 17:53:20
i thought the TM Subscription wasn't available anymore? i was told it was an old system thats no longer in use??  :-/ :-/
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 18:57:15
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i thought the TM Subscription wasn't available anymore? i was told it was an old system thats no longer in use??  :-/ :-/


Where've you rather been?
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:01:49
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Where've you rather been?

 ;D ;D ;D ;D alright sheila.  :y

unfortunately my work have had me travelling round a bit so ive not bin able to get on :(

HOWEVER im delighted to say the bear is back!!!! ggggrrrrrrr
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:03:55
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Where've you rather been?

 ;D ;D ;D ;D alright sheila.  :y

unfortunately my work have had me travelling round a bit so ive not bin able to get on :(

HOWEVER im delighted to say the bear is back!!!! ggggrrrrrrr


Have you lost that 10 stone yet? ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:05:36
hahaha no afraid not - i is still a fat nacker  ;D ;D ;D ;D

so how you bin? i note your post count seems to have decreased lol
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:07:10
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hahaha no afraid not - i is still a fat nacker  ;D ;D ;D ;D

so how you bin? i note your post count seems to have decreased lol

I left and came back....the other members couldn't get on without me to keep them in check ::)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:09:29
Let me fill you in on what's been happening.

Nothing interesting.

It's still a forum for middle-aged men with a penchant for old cars and camping. ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:11:27
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Let me fill you in on what's been happening.

Nothing interesting.

It's still a forum for middle-aged men with a penchant for old cars and camping.

hahahahahaha nowt changes does it!!!!

so what happened after admingate and the roy tupper tapes? hahahahahaha
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:14:19
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Let me fill you in on what's been happening.

Nothing interesting.

It's still a forum for middle-aged men with a penchant for old cars and camping.

hahahahahaha nowt changes does it!!!!

so what happened after admingate and the roy tupper tapes? hahahahahaha


Roy Tupper turned out to be Albs.

The person who caused all the trouble with the admins was Albs.

The biggest arselicker on here is Albs.
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:15:43
hahahaha awsome. iirc though his post count stayed in tact did it not? lol

so... whats the next wind up? ;D ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:16:51
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hahahaha awsome. iirc though his post count stayed in tact did it not? lol

so... whats the next wind up? ;D ;D

That's what I said....arselicker.
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:18:19
Wind-ups are banned now. It upsets the natives who think buses are for more entertaining. ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:21:32
any body banned recently?
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:22:50
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any body banned recently?


It's getting that bad that they're all commiting suicide beforehand. ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:25:19
haha are you trying to say that its turned in to an informative forum full of good honest people???   :-/ :-/ >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: STMO123 on 05 July 2011, 19:29:04
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haha are you trying to say that its turned in to an informative forum full of good honest people???   :-/ :-/ >:( >:( >:( >:(

Not exactly. There are lots of people who want Banjax banned because he's a tw**. But, as I explained, he's Scottish, so he's bound to be....innit?
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 19:34:32
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But, as I explained, he's Scottish, so he's bound to be....innit?

well they produce some good tennis players... oh wait... no they don't  ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: TheBoy on 05 July 2011, 21:36:33
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i thought the TM Subscription wasn't available anymore? i was told it was an old system thats no longer in use??  :-/ :-/
Nope, still fully supported
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Amigo on 05 July 2011, 22:38:12
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Once again the annoying Traffic Master voice has started to come on with every time I try to start the car!
I have rang them on the number they gave to cancel the service but still it goes on and on......Or it did!
THis morning having had another vdose cof her bloody whining waffle I took out the dash switch and pulled gently on the wire until I had tracede where it led. Afetr removing the lower dash covers I eventually found the magic box and then CUT ITS THROAT.
I then cut the wires from the rear of the switch and put it back until I can get a proper blank for the hole.
 :y ;D ;D ;D Lovely, lovely quietness now when I start the car and no more pitiful whining of a frustrated boring 'lady'.
My TomTom has a far better traffic service anyway.......and a far more pleasing voice.... ;)
Save your hard earned & try one of those old fashioned things. I think they're called maps. They're made out of paper & look a bit like a book!!!! ;D :) :y
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Webby the Bear on 05 July 2011, 23:01:27
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I think they're called maps. They're made out of paper & look a bit like a book!!!!   

on a serious note... in my opinion there'll be no need for maps in the not too distant future. a sat nav tells you everything you need to know even down to what lane to get in and there's absolutely no planning needed. the young 'uns will have grown up thinking that sat navs have been about for centuries and will consider it inconceivable that people ever used to get lost by reading a map.
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 05 July 2011, 23:19:59
Wow. They've invented a Map with live traffic updates? Amazing. Where can I get one?  :D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: tidla on 06 July 2011, 00:09:47
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Once again the annoying Traffic Master voice has started to come on with every time I try to start the car!
I have rang them on the number they gave to cancel the service but still it goes on and on......Or it did!
THis morning having had another vdose cof her bloody whining waffle I took out the dash switch and pulled gently on the wire until I had tracede where it led. Afetr removing the lower dash covers I eventually found the magic box and then CUT ITS THROAT.
I then cut the wires from the rear of the switch and put it back until I can get a proper blank for the hole.
 :y ;D ;D ;D Lovely, lovely quietness now when I start the car and no more pitiful whining of a frustrated boring 'lady'.
My TomTom has a far better traffic service anyway.......and a far more pleasing voice.... ;)

depends what you like, ive seen the movies..
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Vamps on 06 July 2011, 00:12:17
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I think they're called maps. They're made out of paper & look a bit like a book!!!!   

on a serious note... in my opinion there'll be no need for maps in the not too distant future. a sat nav tells you everything you need to know even down to what lane to get in and there's absolutely no planning needed. the young 'uns will have grown up thinking that sat navs have been about for centuries and will consider it inconceivable that people ever used to get lost by reading a map.

To me that is a worry.... :( :( :(
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Vamps on 06 July 2011, 00:16:36
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Once again the annoying Traffic Master voice has started to come on with every time I try to start the car!
I have rang them on the number they gave to cancel the service but still it goes on and on......Or it did!
THis morning having had another vdose cof her bloody whining waffle I took out the dash switch and pulled gently on the wire until I had tracede where it led. Afetr removing the lower dash covers I eventually found the magic box and then CUT ITS THROAT.
I then cut the wires from the rear of the switch and put it back until I can get a proper blank for the hole.
 :y ;D ;D ;D Lovely, lovely quietness now when I start the car and no more pitiful whining of a frustrated boring 'lady'.
My TomTom has a far better traffic service anyway.......and a far more pleasing voice.... ;)
Save your hard earned & try one of those old fashioned things. I think they're called maps. They're made out of paper & look a bit like a book!!!! ;D :) :y

At the weekend I had a refreshing experience, some one asked me for directions, they had an OS map but could not quite plot their position, I was able to correctly guide them to where they needed to be...... :y :y
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Andy B on 06 July 2011, 00:38:23
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I think they're called maps. They're made out of paper & look a bit like a book!!!!   

on a serious note... in my opinion there'll be no need for maps in the not too distant future. a sat nav tells you everything you need to know even down to what lane to get in and there's absolutely no planning needed. the young 'uns will have grown up thinking that sat navs have been about for centuries and will consider it inconceivable that people ever used to get lost by reading a map.

To me that is a worry.... :( :( :(

Did I ever say about Emily (No 1 daughter) driving to Glastonbury last year? They set off from Lancaster with not so much as a diary map despite there being enough map books in our house to decorate it with them. When they saw signs for the Channel Tunnel they realised they weren't going in the right direction!!!!  :o :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

They both saw the funny side though.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Bionic on 06 July 2011, 05:36:03
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No need to cut looms, unplugging would have been easier ;)

It's normally a sign your battery is getting tired....

The battery is a brand new mega expensive intelligent 'Silver Alloy' 70amp/hr one and the TM looms were not cut at all. Everything was unplugged from the unit, the unit taken out and looms left in sit. I had to cut the plug off the end of the switch cable because it had been routed by an idiot and could not be pulled through otherwise.
As for selling it, I have tried to sell 3 of them before but they will not sell without them being  activated and I have no intention of paying for that then getting less than the activation cost for the unit! Too many people today are ready to rip others off or think sellers have no sense and are idiots. Its where is doing the most good - in the bin!
As stated previously, TomToms are a far better service and no doubt many other SatNav makers will follow suit. At least their voices will hopefully not be some stuck up cow with her tonsils infected ;D ;D ;D
 :y
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 July 2011, 09:12:06
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Wow. They've invented a Map with live traffic updates? Amazing. Where can I get one?  :D

Progress, eh?

Next they'll invent an NCDC2015 with tmc.. er. yes, anyway, where was I? ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 06 July 2011, 10:35:04
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Wow. They've invented a Map with live traffic updates? Amazing. Where can I get one?  :D

Progress, eh?

Next they'll invent an NCDC2015 with tmc.. er. yes, anyway, where was I? ;D
Yeah, the wonders of technology aye. Whatever next?  ;D
Played with tmc on a Saab the other day. Worth having.  :'(

Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 06 July 2011, 10:35:58
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Wow. They've invented a Map with live traffic updates? Amazing. Where can I get one?  :D

Progress, eh?

Next they'll invent an NCDC2015 with tmc.. er. yes, anyway, where was I? ;D
Yeah, the wonders of technology aye. Whatever next?  ;D
Played with tmc on a Saab the other day. Worth having.  :'(

TMC, not the Saab.  ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: TheBoy on 06 July 2011, 10:58:08
My traffic master was surprising quiet up the m6, seeing as I was sat on the bridge over the ship canal with handbrake on.

Think I must of upset it, an it was giving me the silent treatment...
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 06 July 2011, 11:02:08
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My traffic master was surprising quiet up the m6, seeing as I was sat on the bridge over the ship canal with handbrake on.

Think I must of upset it, an it was giving me the silent treatment...
Did you shout at it!  ::)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: TheBoy on 06 July 2011, 11:06:06
Maybe it thought I was following that rosy bint in the BMW all the way from brum to m62 too closely, as the ugly bitch wouldn't move over
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 06 July 2011, 12:46:51
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Maybe it thought I was following that rosy bint in the BMW all the way from brum to m62 too closely, as the ugly bitch wouldn't move over
of course not....  Bit nieave there TB, have to say.
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Richie London on 06 July 2011, 13:08:07
nothing like the soothing sound of a womans voice. im having to stay at my x wifes house for a while due to my health deteriating and it is a breathe of fresh air for me at the moment. apart from the dog keep trying to have sex with me all the time  ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Kevin Wood on 06 July 2011, 13:57:44
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nothing like the soothing sound of a womans voice. im having to stay at my x wifes house for a while due to my health deteriating and it is a breathe of fresh air for me at the moment. apart from the dog keep trying to have sex with me all the time  ;D

That's not a nice way to talk about your ex-wife. :o
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Richie London on 06 July 2011, 14:10:12
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nothing like the soothing sound of a womans voice. im having to stay at my x wifes house for a while due to my health deteriating and it is a breathe of fresh air for me at the moment. apart from the dog keep trying to have sex with me all the time  ;D

That's not a nice way to talk about your ex-wife. :o


no comment  ;)
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Amigo on 06 July 2011, 23:08:55
I know i'm alone in my dislike of these & can't justify my hatred of the pikey plastic things for some reason they just make my shit itch, finding your way around is'nt difficult???

  One day i'd like to order a brand spanking new high spec motor & insist it does'nt have satnaff or the dealer loses the sale & i'd want a discount.

   Rather have a cubby hole to put my baccy tin in!!!!!! ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: feeutfo on 07 July 2011, 00:15:03
Yeah yeah. My old man said that about mobile phones.
"I dint need those bloody things"

 Can't get him off the bloody thing now.  ;D

Same thing I reckon.  :-/
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: Bionic on 07 July 2011, 07:23:33
Dog keeps trying ;) or is it  the other way round ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: That Traffic Master bitch
Post by: TheBoy on 07 July 2011, 08:24:20
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I know i'm alone in my dislike of these & can't justify my hatred of the pikey plastic things for some reason they just make my shit itch, finding your way around is'nt difficult???

  One day i'd like to order a brand spanking new high spec motor & insist it does'nt have satnaff or the dealer loses the sale & i'd want a discount.

   Rather have a cubby hole to put my baccy tin in!!!!!! ;D
Satnavs do have a use. Well real ones do. Pikey portable units are only useful for throwing at Pedestrians in the centre of Brum.

The issue lies when, due to the incredibly stupid generation we bred in the last 25yrs, people take it as gospel.

Like any driver aid - TC, ABS, Traffic master, RDS TP, "Sally Traffic", cruise etc, its their to assist your driving/decision making, not to give instructions on how to wipe your arse.