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Sat Nav

Lexus1976 · 2008-11-13 18:05:25

Doing a lot of driving lately. Anybody know any good deals on Sat Navs? And can I get the sat nav built into my car. Audi A4 or would it be better to leave it as a stand alone device? Dont really want to spend too much money on it. All advice appreciated. Thanks

13-11-2008 6:05pm

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Lexus1976

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Doing a lot of driving lately. Anybody know any good deals on Sat Navs?

And can I get the sat nav built into my car. Audi A4 or would it be better to leave it as a stand alone device?

Dont really want to spend too much money on it.

All advice appreciated.

Thanks

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#2 13-11-2008 8:15pm

tossy

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You could pick up a sat nav unit on ebay that was an audi factory unit from a broken A4 etc but factory sat navs are usually some of the worst and can be quite expensive.

Stand alone is better as you can take it from car to car.

If you have a nokia N95 8gb you can get garmin mobile XT which is satnav for your phone,this is what i have and i find it excellent,i recently did a european road trip and it never let me down.the main plus bit is you can set it to calculate for pedestrian as well as car so you can take it on foot around foreign cities with you.

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#3 13-11-2008 8:17pm

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I got one in Tesco a few weeks ago for 80 quid! And it does the job great. Only UK and Ireland on it. You sould check out if they still have em

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#4 13-11-2008 8:32pm

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I saw a Garmin 310T for STG£99 in the Carphonewarehouse in the UK. It costs €170 here.

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#5 14-11-2008 8:13pm

Lexus1976

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Thanks for the suggestions

Any where else selling sat navs at a reasonable price?

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#6 14-11-2008 8:31pm

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Id advise you to get the rac unit that is for sale on the O2 shops, its €150, comes with the most up to date 2008 route 66 maps, easy to use andgood quality

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#7 14-11-2008 8:37pm

Derek C

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just buy a map

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#8 14-11-2008 9:43pm

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I bought a Garmin Nuvi 200 in Halfords on monday for €120. Been away for the last 4 days in Limerick and Claire and it did it's job very well, highly recommended!

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#9 14-11-2008 9:59pm

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Aldi have this one from next Thursday:
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/58_7528.htm

No idea how good it is though, might be better to stick with the more better known brands lime Garmon or TomTom for map updates, etc.

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#10 14-11-2008 10:25pm

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just to point out that there is a dedicated GPS forum

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#11 15-11-2008 2:07am

galwaytt

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forget built in units - not as good as standalone, and expensive.

has some good pricing on Tom Tom's, etc.

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