Garmin Nuvi 250 Widescreen

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Just a quick one what is peoples views on this? I have the european mapping which Im planning on using later this year - a hoon out to Bulgaria!

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MrMoonyMan said:

Great unit, got one.

Apparently they use the same technology as planes.

Wow! we said to the spotty little ginger oik in Halfrauds.

Amazon have these on sale currently - RSP is £155 but they are selling them for £104!!! Its wide screen and has european maps, POI, safety camera, ATM, Petrol stations.

Frankly at the price it seems very good.

One question can you buy South African maps for it?

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hmm not good reviews so far!

Does the Tom Tom do eastern European Maps? (Bulgaria specifically).

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pdV6 said:

Welshbeef said:

hmm not good reviews so far!

Does the Tom Tom do eastern European Maps? (Bulgaria specifically).

The Garmin Nuvi 250W with the European maps has detailed coverage only of Sofia in addition to major roads in the country. I can't see an option on their website for buying detailed maps of the whole country.

All I need is to be able to drive from Sofia Airport to Bansko. Getting round Sofia is very tricky but once out on the open road it will be fine.

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pdV6 said:

Should be ok out of the box then.

Excellent - thats my xmas box sorted then.

Stunning VFM.

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pdV6 said:

Saying that, I guess it depends how far off the main road system Bansko is; Multimap just has it as a dot on the map about 15 miles east of the E79, so it may not show up at all on the map in the Nuvi.

Hmm so this is the dilema - when you go into Comet etc and ask noone really knows. You look at the Tom Tom or Garmin website and there are no numbers. The FAQ has nothing relating to my query.

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pdV6 said:

I have a 250W at home; if I remember I'll spark it up later and see what kind of detail is available in Bulgaria.

Cheers that would be excellent.
Can you just do a route to bansko from your home postcode 7 then fast fwd through the trip?
Or simply to sofia airport to bansko?>

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pdV6 said:

I'd try the airport to Bansko route to see if it even knows where Bansko is first

Failing that, I guess the best bet would be to use a paper map (shudder!) to find the nearest town to Bansko on a major road and route to there, hoping to pick up local signs once you get close.

Thats the other problem - where doyou buy good road maps of Bulgaria (which have the town names in English? - as they have greek & Russian symbols in the language and often its impossible to take an educated guess at the translation.)

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Yes thats a pretty good map. I guess all its lacking is road numbers & then the biggy the detail for sofia airport to the M way.

Its the best I have seen to date BTW 0 thanks.