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rinkerdink Oct 5th 2011 8:02 pm
satnav maps
 
Hi,
Heading to oz on our recce soon, thought about getting a map pack for or Garmin Nuvi 310 but I think £125 is a bit steep!

Does anybody know where i might be able to down load the maps 'cheaper' anywhere else.

Cheers

scrubbedexpat020 Oct 5th 2011 8:10 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
How cheap?

Ask here http://www.austech.info/garmin/

Amazulu Oct 5th 2011 8:10 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by rinkerdink (Post 9660592)
Hi,
Heading to oz on our recce soon, thought about getting a map pack for or Garmin Nuvi 310 but I think £125 is a bit steep!

Does anybody know where i might be able to down load the maps 'cheaper' anywhere else.

Cheers
I tried to do this on a Garmin that I bought in the UK last year. We stopped over in KL on the way back and I went to a Garmin 'expert' in the Low Yat technology mall. He said he could put Australia and NZ maps on it for about $20. He did but he totally f**ked up the satnav and it is now unusable. So I would recommend not trying to do this on the cheap.

I recently bought a 5" screen Garmin 1490T with a free bonus of lifetime AU and NZ map updates for $229. You can get decent units for a lot less than this. Buy one here.

PaulandNic Oct 5th 2011 9:46 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Jailbreak an iPhone and you can have the worlds maps for free!

Wendy Oct 5th 2011 10:06 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
just buy a cheap one here from Dick Smiths. Cost you less than $150

PaulandNic Oct 5th 2011 10:53 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 9660732)
Cost you less than $150
I think i've seen em given away with cereal packs you know.

Wendy Oct 5th 2011 11:04 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by PaulandNic (Post 9660806)
I think i've seen em given away with cereal packs you know.
probably! :lol:

PaulandNic Oct 5th 2011 11:06 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 9660816)
probably! :lol:
Altho in all honesty def under $100 ... $89 I think.

Wendy Oct 5th 2011 11:14 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by PaulandNic (Post 9660820)
Altho in all honesty def under $100 ... $89 I think.
Yeah, I'm sure I've seen some at around that price too.

DotSpot Oct 5th 2011 11:43 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by rinkerdink (Post 9660592)
Hi,
Heading to oz on our recce soon, thought about getting a map pack for or Garmin Nuvi 310 but I think £125 is a bit steep!

Does anybody know where i might be able to down load the maps 'cheaper' anywhere else.

Cheers
You can find TomTom maps for a very reasonable (lack of) price if you look around on the web, but I think Garmins are more difficult to do (in my experience at least).

You could pick up a cheap TomTom from eBay, the Australia map is only 134MB and will fit on any TomTom.

spottydog Oct 5th 2011 11:55 pm
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by PaulandNic (Post 9660699)
Jailbreak an iPhone and you can have the worlds maps for free!
NavFree is a free iPhone sat nav available on iTunes so no need to jailbreak. Used it today around Perth and it got me to where i was going with no problems

PaulandNic Oct 6th 2011 9:41 am
Re: satnav maps
 
Originally Posted by spottydog (Post 9660885)
NavFree is a free iPhone sat nav available on iTunes so no need to jailbreak. Used it today around Perth and it got me to where i was going with no problems
But does it do dirty girl voice like TomTom? ... :rofl:


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