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Title: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 December 2007, 18:41:35
I've just bought a TomTom XL Europe with a 4.3 colour touchscreen. I've only used it a couple of times to test it out, but what a fantastic peice of kit!!
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 December 2007, 18:42:37
£199 - reduced. Halfords.
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Crazydad on 15 December 2007, 18:45:25
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£199 - reduced. Halfords.
Saves me asking ;D ;D

Very nice piece of kit, I personally think the best on the market :y :y
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Elite Pete on 15 December 2007, 18:47:25
This one

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/984389/?int=xlge
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 December 2007, 18:48:50
Looks familiar...
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Elite Pete on 15 December 2007, 18:50:24
Ive got an old TomTom which I was thinking of upgrading so have been looking around ;)
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Post by: Danny on 15 December 2007, 18:57:41
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This one

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/984389/?int=xlge

is that an internet offer price or same in store??
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 15 December 2007, 19:00:35
That will be my next purchase as i need a new one .. :y
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 December 2007, 19:02:39
Nooo.... that one was £24 cheaper than mine!
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Post by: MikeDundee on 15 December 2007, 19:04:56
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Nooo.... that one was £24 cheaper than mine!

Take it back, then go to Dixons and get the cheaper one, alternatively tell Halfords Dixon are doing it cheaper and ask for a refund of the difference :y
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 15 December 2007, 19:07:13
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Nooo.... that one was £24 cheaper than mine!

Take it back, then go to Dixons and get the cheaper one, alternatively tell Halfords Dixon are doing it cheaper and ask for a refund of the difference :y

Hmm.. by the time I've spent a tenner in fuel running around, I'll probably just stick with the one I've got, and keep moaning about Halfords ;D ;D
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 15 December 2007, 19:26:26
We use more accurate and free GPS ...

We simply ask where are we  ;D

And then we are lost  ;D ;D
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Martin_1962 on 15 December 2007, 20:15:45
My next purchase depends on bonus - I officially now have no credit - moved my mortgage payment by two days to cover food!!!!

THis causes panic working - fixed the Windows document batching today
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: donut82 on 15 December 2007, 22:34:33
I have a Navman which I use everyday but usually take no notice of until I'm near my delivery.

Brilliant round London and the south west but head towards Cromer and it looses signal. Maybe it just doesn't like Cromer?!?

Oh and I have to remember my satnav doesn't realise I'm 13ft 3 and 26 ton (and I will now point out thats the height and weight of my truck, not me! I know what you lot are like) ;D ;D
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Post by: TheBoy on 15 December 2007, 23:13:43
Been a TomTom user for around 4yrs now, always PDA based though.  Still think TomTom is the market leader on merit...
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 15 December 2007, 23:40:36
I like my tomtom 510.........but a £4 upgrade on a Swindon A2Z knows a lot more on new build streets than my tomtom knows  :y
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Post by: donut82 on 16 December 2007, 00:17:55
Got to admit, when all else fails grab the old trust a to z :y
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Post by: CaptainZok on 16 December 2007, 00:20:09
Manchester AtoZ on my pda, best of both worlds as it links up to gps too.
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 December 2007, 00:21:47
I got a Tom Tom before we went to Italy this summer. Only thing that lets it down is the rubbish PC software that just gives you a mini tom tom "emulator" on the screen to plan routes, etc. May as well struggle on the unit itself for all the help it is. It really wasn't good for planning a whole holiday and I ended up wishing I'd taken my PocketPC with CoPilot on and stomached the instability.

But.. for just finding postcodes and navigating around the UK it's great. Pocket PC has always discharged its batteries when I want to use it, which means re-installing and registering the software again. Just reaching for the map book is less hassle. The TomTom is way better for that. No cables to lose, no hassle with the underlying OS bleating at you, because it can't see your bluetooth GPS anymore, just switch on, post code in and off you go.

Kevin
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Post by: Jimbob on 16 December 2007, 12:11:07
I just got the UK one XL for £150, love it  ;D
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Post by: bertiecbx550 on 16 December 2007, 13:12:21
i use a tom tom 1 everyday and it does struggle sometimes with certain postcodes i.e. it sent me to clive in shropshire when i wanted pontesford not much difference in distance...only 25 miles!!! worse still i had delivered to this lady before... ::) ::) but on the other hand its found places i would not find in a million years like a house upm on the approach to the long mynd in shropshire we then had to go all the way over into church stretton to do another delivery not advisable in a 7and alf me mate used his camera phone to record his last will and testament ha ha ha..its along drop into the valley below and a narrow road.... :P :P
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Post by: TheBoy on 16 December 2007, 14:20:38
Yes, I use my (PDA based) one every day if in the MV6 (no cradle set up in tractor), though usually with directions turned off, so I just get the camera warnings...
Title: Re: I've just splashed some cash!
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 December 2007, 16:40:08
I have well over half of the UK on 1:50,000 OS maps and most of the South West on 1:25,000 maps