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mantahatch

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Carin sat nav
« on: 05 October 2008, 09:11:07 »

Morning everyone
What is a fair price for a complete Carin sat nav system, all removed inc loom and delivery ?
Only bit I am not sure of is if it comes with the disk.

Thanks

Mike

P.S. should add I am buying, not selling.
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #1 on: 05 October 2008, 09:56:08 »

£50 to £75 Pounds is fair
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #2 on: 05 October 2008, 11:11:53 »

I recently was given an X type diesel while mine was being repaired (again).

The factory fitted SAT NAV was useless. It missed out a lot of junctions and islands, and if I hadn't known where I was going I would have become lost. >:(

I think a TOM TOM system for £200 would have been much better. :-* :-* :-*

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« Reply #3 on: 05 October 2008, 11:34:31 »

I am astonished how new cars manage to charge around a grand for optional satnav when you can get a tomtom for a hundred quid (allbeit stuck on top of the dash).  Then again, I don't buy new cars at all..

The Carin system is very clunky by todays Satnav standards.  Unless you especially want it to be original, I would put the money towards a Tomtom or similar.
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #4 on: 05 October 2008, 13:28:44 »

Thanks everyone, should add I already have a tomtom go700.
But with a 2 car household and the wife needing my TT more I thought I would have the original equipment in the Omega.

Mike
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #5 on: 05 October 2008, 16:12:13 »

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Thanks everyone, should add I already have a tomtom go700.
But with a 2 car household and the wife needing my TT more I thought I would have the original equipment in the Omega.

Mike

The carin is great once you have the route set, but its quite a task inputing the address
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #6 on: 05 October 2008, 18:03:47 »

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Thanks everyone, should add I already have a tomtom go700.
But with a 2 car household and the wife needing my TT more I thought I would have the original equipment in the Omega.

Mike

The carin is great once you have the route set, but its quite a task inputing the address
I agree with that, but if you miss the turning it can take a long time for it to re-calculate a new route
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #7 on: 05 October 2008, 21:35:35 »

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I recently was given an X type diesel while mine was being repaired (again).

The factory fitted SAT NAV was useless. It missed out a lot of junctions and islands, and if I hadn't known where I was going I would have become lost. >:(

I think a TOM TOM system for £200 would have been much better. :-* :-* :-*
Any satnav is only as good as the map.  Seeing as there are only 2 digital mapping companies, most (with same age map) are pretty similar.


The big advantage of fitted systems is they work better.
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« Reply #8 on: 05 October 2008, 21:44:19 »

I had a tom tom 900, it was absolutly brilliant, never got it wrong, very fast on alternative routes if wrong turning was taken and it gave plenty of time for the next turning etc...........far better than this thing i have in the A8....  :y
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« Reply #9 on: 05 October 2008, 21:49:13 »

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I had a tom tom 900, it was absolutly brilliant, never got it wrong, very fast on alternative routes if wrong turning was taken and it gave plenty of time for the next turning etc...........far better than this thing i have in the A8....  :y
Trouble with TomTom (and most portable ones), is it takes them ages to get a gps fix, and lose it too easy, esp in London, or particularly Birminghams inner ring road!

The Carin will keep working even if it loses its gps signal for long periods.
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« Reply #10 on: 05 October 2008, 21:55:02 »

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I had a tom tom 900, it was absolutly brilliant, never got it wrong, very fast on alternative routes if wrong turning was taken and it gave plenty of time for the next turning etc...........far better than this thing i have in the A8....  :y
Trouble with TomTom (and most portable ones), is it takes them ages to get a gps fix, and lose it too easy, esp in London, or particularly Birminghams inner ring road!

The Carin will keep working even if it loses its gps signal for long periods.

There are good and bad points to all, say as i find, tom tom has been good, each to his own i suppose. :y
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« Reply #11 on: 05 October 2008, 21:57:44 »

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I had a tom tom 900, it was absolutly brilliant, never got it wrong, very fast on alternative routes if wrong turning was taken and it gave plenty of time for the next turning etc...........far better than this thing i have in the A8....  :y
Trouble with TomTom (and most portable ones), is it takes them ages to get a gps fix, and lose it too easy, esp in London, or particularly Birminghams inner ring road!

The Carin will keep working even if it loses its gps signal for long periods.

There are good and bad points to all, say as i find, tom tom has been good, each to his own i suppose. :y
And functionality aside, one less thing to cart about (though I use my phone + tomtom).

Also, thieves know to look for the telltale mark on windscreen, knowing there will be a satnav in glovebox...
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« Reply #12 on: 05 October 2008, 22:01:00 »

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I had a tom tom 900, it was absolutly brilliant, never got it wrong, very fast on alternative routes if wrong turning was taken and it gave plenty of time for the next turning etc...........far better than this thing i have in the A8....  :y
Trouble with TomTom (and most portable ones), is it takes them ages to get a gps fix, and lose it too easy, esp in London, or particularly Birminghams inner ring road!

The Carin will keep working even if it loses its gps signal for long periods.

There are good and bad points to all, say as i find, tom tom has been good, each to his own i suppose. :y
And functionality aside, one less thing to cart about (though I use my phone + tomtom).

Also, thieves know to look for the telltale mark on windscreen, knowing there will be a satnav in glovebox...

Not a problem, the wife has a big bag ;D and mine dont leave marks on the screen :y :y :y and as said it works better than the one in the A8
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Re: Carin sat nav
« Reply #13 on: 05 October 2008, 22:30:51 »

I still use Map's, or a computer print out from Street Maps, and never been lost........ ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 06 October 2008, 09:31:48 »

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I still use Map's, or a computer print out from Street Maps, and never been lost........ ;D ;D ;D
I love looking at maps. But rarely carry one in car, or if I do, its under all the luggage!.

I use Satnav all the time, even on destinations I know. Rather than keeping an eye on roadsigns and thinking about where to get go, it allows me to concentrate more on driving.  Its a laziness thing.  I know other people get distracted by it (inc Mrs TheBoy, hence another buckled wheel on MV6 last year coming back from Drax ::))


Started using TomTom on my PDA around 2003 - imho was the best portable device then, and still is now.  Running on PDA gives more flexibility than the standalone units due to the better POI add-ons.

BUT, and its a big one, it is utterly reliant on satellites.  Absolutely bloody useless in the centre of the big smoke - lack of satelites makes accuracy poor, and it frequently has you on adjacent road.  Birmingham inner ring road is another it has let me down on. Forest of Dean, well, nearly threw it out of window.

The factory fits do not suffer this problem, with primary (on Carin, Secondary on Siemens) location being determined by vehicle speed and changes of direction.
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