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Mon 19 Jun 2017 14:50
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - skidpan

Car Compass, not seen one for years. The current piece of kit people use is a Sat Nav, try Googling Garmin or TomTom.

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 15:10
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - nellyjak

I just use my satnav/drive app. on my phone...good satnav..with compass.

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:36
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - frankly

You could try a marine chandlers, maybe expensive but you will get a good one.

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 19:17
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - RichT54

I notice there are a few car compasses for sale on Amazon, but they all appear to be simple magnetic devices, not electronic/digital. They also get a lot of poor reviews with many saying they are useless.

Edit: there are several Chinese companies advertising digital units on Ebay, if you search there for

"Car Digital Compass With Clock In/Out Thermometer Calendar Function Luminous".

I have no idea if they are any good, however, as I couldn't find any reviews for them. Not that I would be interested in one myself.

Edited by RichT54 on 19/06/2017 at 19:28

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 19:36
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - Manatee

I've had a couple in the past, you have to calibrate them, i.e. put the compass where you want it and then orientate the car in known directions and adjust some screws to get the compass to read correctly. A magnetic compass without any adjustment is not going to work in a car which has its own magnetic field going on. `

For practical purposes I can do about as well without one if I can see where the sun is!

Sat nav or google maps on a smartphone, with a small compass display, has rendered them redundant anyway.

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Mon 19 Jun 2017 20:24
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - badbusdriver

A quick Google search for digital car compass, and select 'shopping' reveals a few, possibly of most interest to you is one I saw from 3 different suppliers ranging from £13-£27.

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 00:49
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - Avant

All my Octavias had a direction indicator as part of the instrument panel. Very useful if the sun wasn't out or at night. I've never seen this on any other car, although I'm sure it's not confined to Skodas.

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 08:01
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - Happy Blue!

My E-class has a rudimentary one in the dash display if selected. Only shows eight points of the compass though.

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 16:54
Car compass. - M.M - Car compass. - M.M - dadbif
There is already one installed on an iPhone, works from satellites and phone masts rather than magnetic, but it's very accurate
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