Hi
ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
thanks
.G

    > Hi
    > ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    > location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    > thanks

I recently hired a BMW 3 Series from Hertz out of FRA, which came with Sat
Nav, only trouble is I couldn't get it to work in English.

Thomas wrote:

    >>Hi
    >>ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    >>location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    >>thanks
    >
    >
    > I recently hired a BMW 3 Series from Hertz out of FRA, which came with Sat
    > Nav, only trouble is I couldn't get it to work in English.
    >
    >


Which points out that you need to get everything that you want to work
working before you leave the lot.

George ha escrito:
    > Hi
    > ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    > location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    > thanks

Provided you rent an E class or over, you will get it in all of the
usual Avis, Hertz, Europcar, etc. either free or as an option.

For a smaller budget, it is worth e-mailing every individual office and
maybe you will be lucky.

For some time, the Hertz website allowed to tick GPS navigator as an
option in C class cars although none is (was?) equipped with them. The
result is that if you whined loudly enough (for best results, go with a
prepaid reservation), you got a free upgrade to E or special class.

I never had the chance to use it (at that time I always took europcar)
but my mate got to drive 3 and 5 class BMW, Z3, A6 Audi, etc.

J.

Jordi wrote:
    >
    > Provided you rent an E class or over, you will get it in all of the
    > usual Avis, Hertz, Europcar, etc. either free or as an option.

We'll be renting a Mercedes C-class through AutoEurope and we've
requested GPS, but were told it would be a matter of luck to actually
get one. Dissatisfied, we dug a bit deeper and discovered that
InItaly.com rents portable GPS systems that get mailed to US customers
before they leave for their trips. Interestingly, InItaly downplays the
utility of the units they rent. They say they can't imagine the unit
would work well. Pressed, they add that every customer who has rented
one of their GPS units has praised it extravagantly.

I'll report on this when we get home.

Karen Selwyn

George wrote:

    > Hi
    > ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    > location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    > thanks
    > .G

Thank for replies, I just contacted Hertz Paris , and they have it in
peugeot 407 in Zurich it comes with car by default in S class :-( which
is too expensive, I still need to confirm if they have it in any other
car

Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week
for countries beyond the first. Expansive but available.

You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra maps
for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added
the detailed maps that should be OK.

Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then.

George wrote:

    > George wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Hi
    >>ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    >>location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    >>thanks
    >>.G
    >
    >
    > Thank for replies, I just contacted Hertz Paris , and they have it in
    > peugeot 407 in Zurich it comes with car by default in S class :-( which
    > is too expensive, I still need to confirm if they have it in any other
    > car

"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week
    > for countries beyond the first. Expansive but available.
    >
    > You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra
maps
    > for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added
    > the detailed maps that should be OK.
    >
    > Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then.
    >
    > George wrote:
    >
    >> George wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Hi
    >>>ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    >>>location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    >>>thanks
    >>>.G
    >>
    >>
    >> Thank for replies, I just contacted Hertz Paris , and they have it in
    >> peugeot 407 in Zurich it comes with car by default in S class :-(
which
    >> is too expensive, I still need to confirm if they have it in any
other
    >> car
    >

actually if one already had a pocket PC or Palm they could get a gps
receiver and the load up Mapopolis trial maps good for 9 days. at a cost
of about $150

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

jcoulter wrote:

    > "Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    >
    >>Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week
    >>for countries beyond the first. Expansive but available.
    >>You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra
    >
    > maps
    >
    >>for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added
    >>the detailed maps that should be OK.
    >>Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then.
    >>George wrote:
    >>>George wrote:
    >>>>Hi
    >>>>ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    >>>>location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    >>>>thanks
    >>>>.G
    >>>Thank for replies, I just contacted Hertz Paris , and they have it in
    >>>peugeot 407 in Zurich it comes with car by default in S class :-(
    >
    > which
    >
    >>>is too expensive, I still need to confirm if they have it in any
    >
    > other
    >
    >>>car
    >
    > actually if one already had a pocket PC or Palm they could get a gps
    > receiver and the load up Mapopolis trial maps good for 9 days. at a cost
    > of about $150
    >


The comparison indicated that the OP wanted a system that would compute
and recompute routes.

You have to be check that the system you buy has European coverage
available. I don't believe that TomTom, for example does. You can buy very
compact units from Garmin, such as the iQue 3600, which I have. These are
quite good, and also are fully funcitonal Palm pda devices and can even be
used for the internet (though you need to drag an external modem with you).
The drawback is that the European maps are around C$500.

Michelin offers some units on its website and their map come complete with
Red Guide and Green Guide coverage. However, again I'm not sure if there
North American maps available, and you would have to check this. The units
are expensive enough that you don't want one that won't work everywhere.

Microsoft (through Costco) sells a very inexpensive unit that plugs into
your notebook's USB port. If you're going to take it anyway, and don't mind
the clumsiness of using a notebook while driving, it is a possibility.
However, I believe they use TomTom again, so that leaves out Europe, unless
Microsoft has another source for the maps and database there.

"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week for
    > countries beyond the first. Expansive but available.
    > You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra maps
    > for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added the
    > detailed maps that should be OK.
    > Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then.
    > George wrote:
    >> George wrote:
    >>>Hi ANy Idea which car rental provide GPS like Neverlost of Hertz in
    >>>location like zurich , paris brussels, Amsterdam
    >>>thanks
    >>>.G
    >> Thank for replies, I just contacted Hertz Paris , and they have it in
    >> peugeot 407 in Zurich it comes with car by default in S class :-( which
    >> is too expensive, I still need to confirm if they have it in any other
    >> car

"Mark Fagan" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

alt.satellite.gps is the place to go. and I believe that there is a
separate Tom Tom for Europe as there is destinator.

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

In article <[email protected]>,
"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Auto Europe offers a system for $100/week plus an additional $30/week
    > for countries beyond the first. Expansive but available.
    >
    > You could buy a cheap US system for $400 or so and add on the extra maps
    > for your trip. It wouldn't have the right base maps but if you added
    > the detailed maps that should be OK.
    >
    > Again expensive but you would have an US system as well then.

Didn't the EU put up some satellite network for their own counterpart to
the GPS?

Do those navigation systems show all points of interests or just
restaurants, gas stations and the like?

It seems at least in the US market, European cars are known for having
poor nav systems compared to the Japanese cars.

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:47:41 -0400, "Mark Fagan" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Microsoft (through Costco) sells a very inexpensive unit that plugs into
    >your notebook's USB port. If you're going to take it anyway, and don't mind
    >the clumsiness of using a notebook while driving, it is a possibility.
    >However, I believe they use TomTom again, so that leaves out Europe, unless
    >Microsoft has another source for the maps and database there.

Microsoft's USB GPS works with both Streets and Trips for the US and Autoroute
for Europe. We've been using both for about eight years. Nothing clumsy about it
if you have another person for a navigator.

The same two sw packages also work just fine with the Earthmate and Deluo GPS
units.

-- Larry