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Getting a GPS
- Thread starter moyboy
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I like the TomTom units, I got my wife the XL model.
A quick search on the net brings up heaps of extras for them. Voices POI's etc.
A quick search on the net brings up heaps of extras for them. Voices POI's etc.
Does this help? http://reviews.cnet.com/best-gps/
i bought the cheapest i could get $99 before i left on the big tour in January. It worked brilliantly giving short cuts through all the small towns from here to Dubbo on the 900 kms of first day - but then it crapped out & found out nearest store was on the way home again. Spewin because I only really got it to get me through Sydney (spit)
Anyway when i took it back was able to pay a little more (another 80) & get a Uniden. Its the bees knees. If your going above $200 mark, make sure you're able to update the maps every year for a while and if its going to crap out on you it'll do it within a week of using it solid so dont get the extra warranty option - these things are going to be as low as $50 next year so don't go blowing the budget.
apart from all that, never leave it in sight in the car while you're not there, cracking the window & ripping it out of the holder is common fodder for junkies
good luck & have fun
Anyway when i took it back was able to pay a little more (another 80) & get a Uniden. Its the bees knees. If your going above $200 mark, make sure you're able to update the maps every year for a while and if its going to crap out on you it'll do it within a week of using it solid so dont get the extra warranty option - these things are going to be as low as $50 next year so don't go blowing the budget.
apart from all that, never leave it in sight in the car while you're not there, cracking the window & ripping it out of the holder is common fodder for junkies
good luck & have fun
bentalphanerd said:i bought the cheapest i could get $99 before i left on the big tour in January. It worked brilliantly giving short cuts through all the small towns from here to Dubbo on the 900 kms of first day - but then it crapped out & found out nearest store was on the way home again. Spewin because I only really got it to get me through Sydney (spit)
Anyway when i took it back was able to pay a little more (another 80) & get a Uniden. Its the bees knees. If your going above $200 mark, make sure you're able to update the maps every year for a while and if its going to crap out on you it'll do it within a week of using it solid so dont get the extra warranty option - these things are going to be as low as $50 next year so don't go blowing the budget.
apart from all that, never leave it in sight in the car while you're not there, cracking the window & ripping it out of the holder is common fodder for junkies
good luck & have fun
Thanks Bent....All good points.
I mainly want it for driving around sydney as well.....and also for the Motor bike as I'm planning some long distance trips over the next few months...
I've driven through sydney a few times and I HATE it....the only thing that saved me a little was that My dirt bag ex knew sydney really well....
well i'm a criminal in Sydney because I followed the map to the tunnel & wound up on the recently toll-less harbour bridge. Having done Gallipoli bridge 5 times already, it was a good option 
No right turns are a laugh too
No right turns are a laugh too
bentalphanerd said:well i'm a criminal in Sydney because I followed the map to the tunnel & wound up on the recently toll-less harbour bridge. Having done Gallipoli bridge 5 times already, it was a good option
No right turns are a laugh too
The first time I ever drove in Sydney about 10 years ago I ended up going the wrong way down HAY street which at the time was mostly a one way street, and to add a little stress to it all I turned to early and ended up on the tram line.....So here I am going the whole way down the tram line in Hay street with people looking at me like I was from Mars....
By the time I got to the Hotel I was white knuckled very stressed and in need of a very strong drink......The girl I had with me strangly went very silent when I threatened to drive over some random guy that pointed and laughed at me when i ended up on the tram line........I think when he saw the whites of my eyes and the look on my face, he realised i wasn't planning on stopping in a hurry when I started to speed up in his direction........
Its a city designed to mock everyone who isn't an inhabitant.
Great! Now punch in the coordinate's for the UDS!
Salute',TB.
Salute',TB.
texas blues said:
"Unknown destination"
whats the ETA on that?
bentalphanerd said:
About 647 years.
Never tried a Tomtom But hear good things about them if you want simplicity.
I myself use a Garmin 760.. Expensive as hell when i bought it but has never done me wrong & has all the features I wanted.
I myself use a Garmin 760.. Expensive as hell when i bought it but has never done me wrong & has all the features I wanted.
moyboy said:
I think it's a perfect way for the government to track you.
Sickmont said:
+1! People have driven around for thousands of years without the need of a GPS. All they had was a nagging wife to tell them they were lost and a baby dinosaur in the back seat that occasionally needed to be let out to use a public rest room.
