Hatch Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Right, I'm looking to buy a Sat Nav for the missus, 1. About £70 - £100 2. Needs to be completely idiot proof 3. Are they just 'Plug in and play'? Any thing to avoid, or at this sort of price is just OK to walk into Halfords and say 'I'll have that one' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Tom Tom is the best I have used...so easy and straight forward even my technophobe Mrs can work it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonibell Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Hi Im a girl an l brought a Tomtom XL IQ routes very easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Right, I'm looking to buy a Sat Nav for the missus, 1. About £70 - £100 2. Needs to be completely idiot proof 3. Are they just 'Plug in and play'? Any thing to avoid, or at this sort of price is just OK to walk into Halfords and say 'I'll have that one' You mean you let her drive the car unsupervised?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeem Hardison Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Hi Im a girl an l brought a Tomtom XL IQ routes very easy to use. I am also a girl and have the same one and I find it simple to use. If dumb girls like me and toni can use them then I'm sure that your wife will be ok with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 get a tom tom, reconditioned off there site are cheapest. Halfords is full of moron students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al de Man Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 get a tom tom, reconditioned off there site are cheapest. Halfords is full of moron students Is that supposed to be ironic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Not at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Right, I'm looking to buy a Sat Nav for the missus, 1. About £70 - £100 2. Needs to be completely idiot proof 3. Are they just 'Plug in and play'? Any thing to avoid, or at this sort of price is just OK to walk into Halfords and say 'I'll have that one'Tomtom is ok, but the best according to a Auto-express test is the Garmin Nuvi 200. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 Are those add on things that update traffic and roadworks expensive? I too am after a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 (edited) Tomtom is ok, but the best according to a Auto-express test is the Garmin Nuvi 200. HTH Mods am I allowed to link to the fact that I have a Garmin Nuvi 200w for sale for £40 on ebay? If so http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110489342368&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1182 if not - sorry Edited 2 February, 2010 by Red Alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 Garmin p;ss all over TomToms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 I've had both Tom Tom and Garmin and although Tom Tom is slightly more user friendly, the Garmin had much better coverage for what I wanted. I bought a Nuvi 265WT which comes with live traffic for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 Garmin Nuvi reconitioned £60 on Amazon, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sev Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 I've had both Tom Tom and Garmin and although Tom Tom is slightly more user friendly, the Garmin had much better coverage for what I wanted. I bought a Nuvi 265WT which comes with live traffic for life. I've got a Nuvi 255WT and do prefer it to the TomToms I'd borrowed before that. My Mrs doesn't seem to have any problems with the Garmin either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 2 February, 2010 Share Posted 2 February, 2010 I've got a Garmin Nuvi 200W the 'w' means widescreen, and yes it's completely idiot proof, i even managed to get a chip for it when i went to Australia over Christmas. Should be able to pick one up for £100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 3 February, 2010 Share Posted 3 February, 2010 I saw a great deal on a TomTom the other day but when I went to buy one I couldn't find the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 3 February, 2010 Share Posted 3 February, 2010 For complete idiot proofness, you'll probably want a feature called Lane Assist. This not only tells you where to go, but in which lane you should be, to go in your chosen direction. Pretty useful, for those occasions when you're going somewhere fairly strange and you're approaching a large and busy junction, with many lane options. There still aren't many Sat-Navs with this feature, by my memory, but I know one manufacturer who does offer it in their range - Becker. Good enough for Mercedes and Ferrari, as standard equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 4 February, 2010 Share Posted 4 February, 2010 Right, I'm looking to buy a Sat Nav for the missus, 1. About £70 - £100 2. Needs to be completely idiot proof 3. Are they just 'Plug in and play'? Any thing to avoid, or at this sort of price is just OK to walk into Halfords and say 'I'll have that one' Hatch, is your missus a Polish taxi Driver by any chance? If so get her a language course while you're at it mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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