Sorry Roger no advice. We have a Ventura Snooper which was bought 3 yrs ago at the NEC show. Expensive but we like it - now.. Good luck.

Go for the bigger screen.........your headmaster's threats have come true!

I bought a similar tomtom to the first picture a couple of years ago with free lifetime updates
To claim the updates I had to send a photo of the till receipt to them to prove I was the original purchaser............so don't throw it away on the way out of the shop.

Updates are indeed free but be aware that they are downloaded direct to the unit so it needs to be plugged into a pc that is online

Also you need a good connection as the download file is several Gbt in size (about 4 Gbt if I recall right) so will take a long time to update
Speed camera position updates are not included in the free updates and are sold separately

Maps are very accurate in the UK .............. I can't comment about the rest of Europe.

Zitat

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I'm not anticipating sticking it on the front window.

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I found that the sucker thing kept falling off the window ........................specially in hot weather so this year while I was away I bought a heavy rubberised pad that sits on the dashboard which works well and is easy to just pick up and put in the passenger foot-well away from prying eyes and stops it cooking in the heat on sunny days..................also stops the telltale ring on the window that thieves look for.
it only fell off the dash once so far when going round a roundabout at a good speed .

I have a Tom Tom like the first one and is great and very easy to use and it tells you which lane to get into when on a motorway, the only problem I find with satnav systems is when your dragging the Eriba, it will try and take you down some narrow lanes. I would be tempted to go for a dedicated caravan one next time but they are expensive.

http://www.capitalstores.co.uk/snooper-s...edition-sat-nav

I've always used a Garmin GPS either on the motorbike (a Zumo 660) or in the car with the latest being a nuvi 3597LMT EU - a beautifully light model with a clear and bright touch screen. Garmins best model to date in my opinion. And even better, you don't have to touch it as it recognised your voice and the instructions you give it - brilliant. That said, it does cost a bit more than 80 big ones LOL.

As regards maps - to the best of my knowledge all maps are produced by NavTeq, a subsidary of Garmin so shouldn't be much difference across different GPS units.

One word of caution though - purchase a relatively new model because if you read the small print on the Lifetime updates. These are available up to 4 times a year...........note 'up to' which means you may well get less. Another condition is that the updates are available during the lifetime of the unit itself and what this means is when the manufacturer releases a new model and deems your unit to be at the end of it's life so to speak, that's it - no more updates.

I had the loan of a Touran last year whilst mine was in for repair and it came with one of these built-in jobbies which also gave a reading on the instrument display. Got to say that I was pretty much taken with it - found the count down to junctions etc and other bits and pieces very nice and to be quite honest, in your position I'd probably opt for the map update for it.

Edit - if you do go for a standalone unit I'm sure that TomTom have their own mapping programming that you can download to the computer much in the same way that Garmin have BaseCamp. I can't remember the last time I actually input an address into the GPS because most place I frequent often I already know where they are. On the other hand, for the past few months I've been working on routes (36) for our upcoming trip to the UK and have now downloaded them to the SD card of my unit. This way I can be sure that I am travelling on the roads that I want to, stopping at points of interest that I want to see blah blah and not travel the roads that Garmin think I should be travelling on. For holiday planning this is by far the best way of using a GPS in my opinion.

I'm old skool on this, we have it in our current car (which we've had for just over a year) I don't need it, to find Barcelona or Leeds! What I need it for is final dedtination guidance, I have it on all the time and can zoom in and out etc. I've been used to traversing Europe since the very early 70's and have built up quute a good sense of direction. I never listen to "her" (I have voice turned off) when we are towing, I know where I'm going and have never not managed to get there. I do however like the reassurance they give. Updates at just under £400 for me this won't be happening on my watch.

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You have to update your watch?

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Agger may have to - Summer/Winter time ?????

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Agger may have to - Summer/Winter time ?????

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if you do get a tom tom make sure it has free updates for life, qvc had them on offer with the life time updates and a few extras http://www.qvcuk.com/CatalogSearch?langI...tom+tom&x=0&y=0 they have a 30 money back if cant get on with item
the Australian voice is so funny hehehe oh uses his and the folk always break out into a giggle.