GPS do you use it?
 

GPS in the Uk is good and works...GPS in Dubai doesn't work because there are no postcodes, so much construction and half the roads don't exist on it, and if they do you are always sent down roads that turn into sand....and then get stuck...you kinda need to know where you are going first which defeats the point here....;(


I know Oz is not the UAE but if you use it anywhere esp Sydney does it work well, is it useful and is it better to buy a tom tom go type separate and install in a car, or to get on already in a new car? (thinking cost point of view)..

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Yeah, it works OK in Sydney apart from the usual right turns that you're not allowed to do... :lol:

I'd get a Tom Tom or equivalent so you get the most up to date maps, etc...

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Yep Tom tom works well for me in Qld - Brisbane/Gold Coast areas.. use it everyday for work. Good prices on them now, around $280 on special recently.

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TomTom worked fine for us on our recce

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Apparently you do have to watch out in the bush - there were reports of people having to be rescued because the tomtom took them down fire trails that their cars were not equipped to deal with. City driving no worries.

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With the latest Tom Toms you can update the maps yourself so you can fix things like that as you come across them. You can also accept amendments made by other people.

We have two Tom Toms and they have been invaluable....

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Mine is great for around Adelaide. It did once take us down a dirt track which we were a little concerned about, but it did save us a fair bit off our journey. :D

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Yes I have a new LC 200 and have Sat Nav in it. Mind you its more use to me 400 kms from the nearest letter box than post code.

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We use it on and off depending if we no the location and also to remind of fixed cameras for speed and redlights, although unlike someone we know I don't jump red lights.

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I use tomtom or garmin on my nokia n95 phone for australia,uk and europe.

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Hi plantpot, we use tomtom in Australia, it's fine. Husband drove from Queensland to Western Australia with it and didn't have a problem. He's bought Garman for UAE though as no maps on tomtom. I hope it works okay, otherwise I'll be up the creek, the kids are gonna be late to school for the first few weeks.

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A Tom Tom was the first thing we purchased on our arrival in Sydney, after spending about one and a half hours looking for the shopping mall 20 minutes' drive away.

Seriously good investment. :thumbup:

We bought a separate one because we had hire or courtesy cars for the first 3 months.

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Couldn't live without my Tom Tom, although sometimes it doesn't recognise certain roads but thats only because they are so new and building highways and housing developements that cross some of the old roads.

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Did you get offline maps free off nokia, when I looked on the site the other day it said you could but then didn't seem to link to them?

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Garmen should be fine, only thing is if you go further than a few kms away sometimes the roads are shut and you have to do a u turn and that is not recognised...did I mention that u turns are perfectly legal, and it would seem everyone using their mobile phones whilst on roundabouts ?!! Oh and I didnt mention when you queue on a one lane lead up to a roundabout someone always drives up on the sand and tries to crunch your wing trying to get in front....yea..that and dont leave a gap between your car and the one in front unless you want three vans with too heavy loads and 4 Nissan Sunnys in the gap....indicators are optional, in fact they are usually left on...and hazard lights are used in a random way...

Oh yea, use your horn and don't EVER gesture with your hands or fingers....a friend nearly ended up in Jail for the night because she yelled and did a finger gesture that offended someone who cut her up on the HARD SHOULDER, she got off because she was connected to an important embassy....;)

....apart from that you will be just fine...

Thanks everyone else for replying...GPS it is then....

PP

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I might have to tie my hands to the steering wheel as I don't give the finger but taking after my irish/italian granny, do tend to wave my hands around a lot.

The removalists are in the second day of packing and cart away tomorrow, then it's off on flight to Dubai next day. Excitement is buidling.........

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Oh how exciting for you all....remember its hot like you annot imagine here right now...let me check the temp...32 degrees and it's 8.28am so by 12 its usually 42...humidity very high, take kids to Mall of Emirates to Ski Dubai to cool down....BUT it does get better around beginning October...

Sorry that took that thread right out of context....back to GPS....Garmen good UAE, hand gestures BAD.....Tom Tom go etc Oz good hand gestures optional...;)

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I won't be in Perth so thats fine...however even if I were, I would still have the ability to be chronically lost and suffer directional dyslexia so a GPS is a must for me I am afraid...;)

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No Nokia maps are crap,

I just downloaded tomtom and loaded it on to my n95 and use it with the built in gps its just the same as having a tomtom sat nav but it is on your phone.

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I'm glad it isn't just me :)

One thing I did think of, my dad has the tom tom xl in the UK, which you fix to your windscreen by twisting a thingy (very techical), anyway, seems to work well. We however bought the smaller tom tom (better eye sight than my dad) and it just has a sucker to put it on the windscreen. In the heatwave here in Adelaide it fell off rather regularly. Now it is cool it is fine though.

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we love Jane (our TomTom)! I can't imagine life without one.

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And you don't have to pay fees to go online on your phone every time you want to use that way?

Do you have to own a tomtom to do that as we only have Garmin?

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Careful, cranston - they all laughed at me when I said I talk to Simon. :o

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No fees as you do not go online to use it. It is just the same as using a tomtom unit you are using the built in gps on the phone.

No you do not have to own a tomtom.

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Heard somebody else on about that N95 the other day they seem a common phone.

What's it like to hold, the other half has a 6120 Classic and it's too slippery to hold half the time keeps getting dropped because you can't get a grip on it?

Plus what's it like for reliability a lot of the 6120 Classic were having problems with dogey hardware and screen kept dimming to black and phone had to be switched on and off a few times to get going?

I need a new phone as my last one had a slight accident and imploded...:blink: Had been thinking of a Nokia 6210 Navigator which is a similar principle I think.

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N95 much better phone than the navigator,

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we would have been lost without our tom tom in Sydney and its been invaluable at trying to find a rental home.We brought ours with us from the UK and hubby uploaded australian maps on it, think he bought a chip from someone on ebay.Works great apart from as someone said befor ethe occasional right turn you can't do.

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The price however is not so good...:rofl:such is life.

I don't spend a fortune on the actual calls so was looking to get it on as a pay as you go phone as they all cost so much here on plans.

The one I mentioned is the new Navigator don't know however if it's any better than the old one.

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You can get a new Nokia N95-3 from ebay i paid $450 for mine brand new unopened box, I am only on pay as you go, Don't buy the N95-1 or the N95-2 if you want to use it on Telstra next G as they will not work.

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Sounds a good price.

Can you remember who you got your phone off as if they are a reliable seller and your phone works I'd much prefer that as although I use Ebay more than your average Aussie I still try and stick to safe sellers?

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Mine was a private seller and was local pick up,

I only use ebay this way if i can unless the seller has a 100 plus feedback with 100% feedback at selling,
I would sooner pay more and know i will get the item.

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I tend to stick to power sellers and as you say localish not hong kong etc..