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moehat

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Given that my old Yaris is still going strong can I still get a satnav that would plug into the cigarette lighter? I tend not to go anywhere these days as the old sat nav stopped working years ago.
 
My first car was a Hillman Hunter don't even remember the year. I was a Toyota Celica man and used to trade one in every year with the same dealer....loved that car
 
Download Waze app onto your phone. I use that and keep it plugged into my lighter socket as I have a 20yo Saab convertible.
Waze is excellent and I think better than Google Maps as Waze users update constantly so hold ups are flagged immediately. I have rashly ignored the instructions to take the next left only to run into a huge traffic jam minutes later.
 
My daughter uses Waze in her 2006 Honda Jazz pluggged into the cigarette lighter as Jinnyj suggests and agrees it’s much better than google maps. You may need to invest in a phone holder that clips to the dashboard
 
Tanlic said:
My first car was a Hillman Hunter don't even remember the year. I was a Toyota Celica man and used to trade one in every year with the same dealer....loved that car
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......and when other car manufacturers were trying to tempt you with all their latest additions, the Celica would have had them all fitted as standard
 
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My brother had a 1 year old Celica and ran into trouble and Signed trust deed
The people after him sent an accesor to value his business equipment and car. His machinery was specialized so they valued it as scrap...as for the car he found one in the scrap yard that was to be written off...towed it up to his premises and switched the number plate and the replacement was valued as scrap as well..my brother is dodgy 😄 and not for small boys to play with...😄
 
Tanlic said:
My brother had a 1 year old Celica and ran into trouble and Signed trust deed
The people after him sent an accesor to value his business equipment and car. His machinery was specialized so they valued it as scrap...as for the car he found one in the scrap yard that was to be written off...towed it up to his premises and switched the number plate and the replacement was valued as scrap as well..my brother is dodgy 😄 and not for small boys to play with...😄
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Can’t possibly believe that you are related to someone dodgy......a fine upstanding member of the community such as yourself? Never.......😂
 
Most of the drivers that take me to London for hospital appointments use Waze. They all seem to be very against manufacturers built-in Sat Navs. Some do use Tom Tom as well as Waze.
 
Why not use the SatNav on your phone, Moehat?

I'm fortunate enough to have a decent and recent car and I never turn on the Sat Nav - always the phone.
 
an capall said:
Why not use the SatNav on your phone, Moehat?

I'm fortunate enough to have a decent and recent car and I never turn on the Sat Nav - always the phone.
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I’m a complete technophobe. I use my iPad all the time but only have a rather useless phone. My partner is even more of a technophobe than I am.
 
My car is only a year old and the SatNav isn't as good as the iPhone app. I attach the phone via the USB connection.

As an aside, this newish car of mine has no shortage of bells and whistles and, to me, they amount to shortcomings.

Do I really need my car to ping me when I'm doing 31mph in a 30 zone, or 25mph when passing a school at 10pm?

Do I need a klaxon sound and a warning to brake when I can clearly see there's no danger other than a parked car sitting a foot too far out?
 
I imagine your location has a lot to do with it. we use the google maps app in Thailand and it talks you throughout your journey and is very accurate unless you go looking for quarries forests or something else in the middle of nowhere
 
I like the fact that "Darlene" as I call her, my voice from Waze, lets me know when there are impending dangers to life such as a pothole or a car on the side of the road and I thank her as a result. She also reminds me that I am over the speed limit so I should be careful to not get a ticket.
 
I once got irritated with mine and said “for God’s sake, shut up”. To my surprise she said “Alright, I will” in a petulant voice.
 
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