If I wanted to buy a GPS for my car what would you recommend? All advice appreciated.

Jim I bought a Navman. I liked it But.... when scrolling through, I had problems with getting the page to scroll up.

When I did the reserch, either Navman or tomtom seemed to have the best raves.

I decided on Navman because of the way they had supported me with my boat GPS (the card had a problem and although Navman only used the C-map system,when the C-map had a problem they helped me get a replacement at no cost)

I belive that they have made the scrolling feathure better now but I strongly recomend that you try before you buy.

One of the tests would be to look for a common street (say Queen St) but instead of looking for it in Taupo (Im guessing there is one there),look for it in sat Onehunga.

Another "problem" is looking for a street in say Onehunga that you know is there but as it may well be called by say Tepapa now days so scrolling is the way to find it.

If your going to the Killi Show, I will have Brendas with me as I have had my one donated to some person that beilved they needed it more and couldnt afford one. On that note, do not leave it or the cradle in your van/car as the cradle alone is enough to encourage those poor needy souls to have a look through your glove box after making sure that you dont have to clean your window untill its been repaired.

I bought a tom tom one 140. The most basic one. $198 from jb hifi. Easy to use, easy to update. shows heaps of info, including things such as the speed limit at your current location etc etc..

We have a Navman. We have had trouble twice now but each time service has been excellent with a 3 day turnaround and total replacement.

Friends took their Tomtom to the UK and it went nuts every time they went anywhere near an airport :-?

my dad bought a navman my55?? which has the bluetooth option. I have used it & it works very well. i believe they give live traffic updates to.

I have had a Uniden Maptraxx for 1 1/2 years ,never had any problems with it,awesome piece of kit

I've got a garmin nuvi 1390 "widescreen" - had a 265 "standard 4x3" and liked them both - they are easy to use and someone at jbhifi once told me they are ideal for old people cause they are so easy to use - hehe.

for non technical people they are the easiest to use out of all of the gps units i have tested, ive tried the navman S100, and one of the tomtoms.

also you can get free map updates from an opensource website for - and another site has free maps for alot of other countries...

HTH

Skip

Navmans were developed in NZ (software still made here I think).

When I worked in rental vehicles, we had these for rent & didn't have problems with them. So easy to use, I'd often teach people who barely spoke English to use them (Although they did have most of the other languages)

Jim R

You have a wife, make the most of her :lol: :lol: :lol:

Like that is going to work, you guys never listen to what we say, or argue about which turn off to take when we suggest it...

Like that is going to work, you guys never listen to what we say, or argue about which turn off to take when we suggest it...

Whats your point? :roll:

It is just as easy to ignore a GPS as well. They at least come with mute buttons :lol:

OOOH! Carefull Wok Killie AGM just around the corner and so is the pointy stick :lol: To everyone else thanks for the input guys.

Had a navman ..... never held charge well and was clunky

Moved to a garmin ..... not bad but sound would go all distorted randomly and dealer could never find cause

Now have a TomTom (model with bluetooth) and it is fantastic ... tells me when I go over speed limits, warns me of static speed cameras and gets regular updates from the net ... would highly recommend the TomTom (even a lot easier to use than the others).

regards

dcase