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[TheBoy]

The inbuilt one will always work better, even though it lacks some features.

I bought Tomtom for the phone, and its been updated to the latest version, and the phone is the latest iPhone 6s.  I still use the built in car one as a preference.

I had a Tomtom standalone unit, which as everyone knows is somewhere at the end of the Aston Expressway, as they are utter shite, like all portable units.

[TheBoy]

or on a country road that doesn't have house numbers.

Postcode won't help in that scenario, it will be exactly the same as entering town/road

Additionally, its was admitted (a few years ago) that 20% of Tomtom's postcode data was wrong. Obviously things have improved, but I still tend to use town/road/number.

[STEMO]

Wifey has been the length and breadth of the country with the Tom Tom fitted as standard in her megane.

[Nick W]

or on a country road that doesn't have house numbers.

Postcode won't help in that scenario, it will be exactly the same as entering town/road

But I use mine all the time for that; farms, cottages and other weird addresses. Rarely have a problem. House numbers tend to pretty accurate too, which helps on long roads that you might be accessing from the middle.

[STEMO]

I have used quite a few sat navs, all of the got me close enough. Then I used my brain. People should try it, it's what we did in the past.

[TheBoy]

or on a country road that doesn't have house numbers.

Postcode won't help in that scenario, it will be exactly the same as entering town/road

But I use mine all the time for that; farms, cottages and other weird addresses. Rarely have a problem. House numbers tend to pretty accurate too, which helps on long roads that you might be accessing from the middle.

The numbers and roads come from the digital maps, so accuracy tends not to vary between different devices .  Hence the NCDC house numbers tend to be equally as accurate as Tomtom or any other device

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Did I read on here once that the inbuilt navs have tilt sensors and the like in... Such that you can disconnect the aerial and it will still be accurate after a few journeys? Or, like the night I spent with Charlotte Church and a bucket of chocolate sauce, was I dreaming?

[TheBoy]

Did I read on here once that the inbuilt navs have tilt sensors and the like in... Such that you can disconnect the aerial and it will still be accurate after a few journeys? Or, like the night I spent with Charlotte Church and a bucket of chocolate sauce, was I dreaming?

The old CARiN units fitted to MFL Elites were particularly impressive in that respect. Even without an aerial, it would remain accurate for an impressive amount of time, gathering its data from gyros, electronic compasses and speed pulses.

[henryd]

I use the Nokia maps (Here) on my Android phone,very good it is too,over speed alerts and camera locations all for free !

[Sir Tigger KC]

I use a 8 year old Garmin that cost £50 from Halfords.  Occasionally it throws a wobbly when driving on new roads that arn't on the maps and it thinks I'm driving across fields! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Did I read on here once that the inbuilt navs have tilt sensors and the like in... Such that you can disconnect the aerial and it will still be accurate after a few journeys? Or, like the night I spent with Charlotte Church and a bucket of chocolate sauce, was I dreaming?

I've had her......and had better.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Not sure about these sat nav things you speak of... I got given a used 2013 AA map and have a girlfriend in the passenger seat. And she's never wrong.


(the side of my head starts hurting for some reason if I suggest any different) 

[zirk]

Not sure about these sat nav things you speak of... I got given a used 2013 AA map and have a girlfriend in the passenger seat. And she's never wrong.

(the side of my head starts hurting for some reason if I suggest any different) 

SatNavs are a lot more versatile, you can turn the volume down, switch them off, shout and swear at them when there talking bollards without any recompense in return, and in extreme circumstances unplug them and chuck them out off the car.

For long boring journeys you can even change the language, just remember how to switch them back to English, something I have to admit to doing, it was all quiet entertaining until 'her indoors' phoned to see how I was doing combined with a very firm 'who's that Polish Girl you've got on the car?'.

[ronnyd]

Oh, she understands Polish then!

[zirk]

Oh, she understands Polish then!

Yep, also Czech, Russian, some German and of course English.