Just saw end of TV ad, with this offer.
Cliked on their site & it shows 'selected' models, only, but some reasonably attractive deals.
As I've not got one yet, wondered if their choice matched other Broomers ideas of a 'good' one to buy?
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Well I need Eurpoe mapping. My old TT5 on IPAQ is getting touchy so I am looking at TT1XL Europe or TT720 if I want the blue tooth
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I wouldn?t mind having one solely for UK motoring, but know little about them.
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Saw the ad.today-seems to have the weasel words "up to" in. Anyway, I can recommend the Tom-Tom One with UK/ROI mapping. Excellent in every way.
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"Up to 50% off all......." that's misleading in my book - I can accept "up to 50% off..." but that one word "all" gives a different meaning, the implication that there's some offer on all products.
Edited by Ruperts Trooper on 15/12/2007 at 19:35
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there is UP TO 50% off ALL sat navs in Halfords. Ok some are only 10 or 20% off, but all of them are discounted in some way.
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Edited by Altea Ego on 15/12/2007 at 19:45
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Just checked out their website, legally it does what it says, some items are at 50% of retail, some are at less than 50%, no great commercial shock there then !
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Having "Sat-nav" leads to a boring and insular lifestyle, with occasional attacks of pure panic, and utter confusion when the thing's not available". Discuss.
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Quite so. Relying on gizmos to do your journey planning for you is passive behaviour which is a bad idea behind the wheel.
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I firmly believe in the sextant and stars technique, but that does involve driving everywhere on clear nights :)
Seriously though - satnav can take a lot of the stress out of tricky journeys, especially when your passenger hates reading maps and tends to get extremely uppity should you suggest it :) I find it invaluable when making multiple journeys each day related to my work, but only alongside the knowledge I can read maps should it break down :)
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Quite so. Relying on gizmos to do your journey planning for you is passive behaviour which is a bad idea behind the wheel.
I agree entirely although satnavs are extremely useful should you be driving in unfamiliar territory. Certainly, plan the bulk of the journey by conventional map just to confirm that you're not going to be taken down a railway line/canal/two foot wide bridleway. But nothing can beat satnav for getting you to exactly where you want to be. I wouldn't be without mine (TomTom One) for all the curry in Bradford. I had to do a guided tour of London recently and I'd have been scuppered without my satnav. I looked at a paper map then programmed the route into the itinerary. Wouldn't have been able to keep looking at the map as I was driving. That's where satnavs come into their own.
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I see where you're coming from about the last half mile, but when you see all these cars on motorways and A-roads with the little blue screen lit up you tend to feel that if they are incapable of remembering something as simple as a junction number then what else can their little brains not cope with? That's why I give them a wider berth.
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don't know much about Sat Nav but i wouldnt trust Halfords sales
Common practice with their bikes is to put the price up for a few months before a sale, making it look like a bargain
i paid 450 for a bike in July, which went up to 550 for 3 months until their massive bike sale where the price was 'slashed' to 425 - a real saving of 25 quid!!
you'll still save money i'm sure, but it wont be the steal it appears to be unfortunately as i'm sure these tactics will be common across the store
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If you buy a sat-nav from Halfords online you can opt to 'reserve and collect' it from the store of your choice. Certain models are being sold on their website as 'web price' which can represent a saving over the instore price. You basically end up with the same sat-nav but it can be £30 cheaper (in the case on the Tom-Tom One Europe V3), just by ordering it online first.
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if they are incapable of remembering something as simple as a junction number then what else can their little brains not cope with?
I tend to plan the entire journey with the satnav in advance, study the route it suggests, make any corrections I feel are worthwhile bearing in mind roadworks, bank holidays etc and then just leave it running. If a bizarre diversion comes up that might take me miles out of my way then I know it'll pick up the pace, and I also know that if I'm struggling to turn it on for the final inner city leg then it might take time and calculate I route I haven't familiarised myself with to some degree- that's just a distraction, and I don't need that when I'm trying to concentrate on the road.
I generally find that people tend to drive like complete muppets around you when you are using a satnav because they make assumptions about your ability. Fortunately I think I'm sharp enough to work around their often crass/dangerous behaviour - I consider it my gift to them, so they don't have to engage their thinking gear on my behalf ;)
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>>people tend to drive like complete muppets around you when you are using a satnav<<
I'm not sure I follow, please expand.
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I've noticed that when I have the satnav on and visible I'm tailgated constantly (despite no change in my driving behaviour) and people tend to overtake dangerously - presumably under the assumption that I don't know where I'm going and may choose to start dithering at any point. On one occasion I placed the satnav on the right of the windscreen because I couldn't get it to stick in the centre following a bad freeze, and noticed a lot less less tailgating - the satnav itself wasn't as visible from behind in that position and I would imagine that had a lot of tdo with it. I've been in cars with other people who spot satnav users ahead and drift in to 'tourists' mode.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 16/12/2007 at 18:29
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