Lotus Sat nav??

[miro]

Do lotus do a sat nav system? one that will avoid boring roads, guide you on routes without speed bumps and instead of just telling you about speed cameras actualy planning your route to avoid them.

It would surely sell well could even program co-driver style instructions and Reminders warm up and cool down the engine for the first and last parts of your trip

[whygee02]

You expect to be able to hear a sat nav in a Lotus?? - good luck.

[RobM77]

whygee02 said:

You expect to be able to hear a sat nav in a Lotus?? - good luck.

I can hear mine no problem! It's on a bit loud though, as everytime I stop it announces to the whole town which junction I'm taking next

[whygee02]

lol. I tried one in mine once, just a cheapy Garmin something or other, and couldn't hear a damn thing. Had to keep staring at it to work out where next, so quite a distraction.

[RobM77]

I love my Sat Nav actually! I use it all the time. In fact I think it's more relevant in the Elise as you can't often hear your passenger. From my point of view it's the single best invention of the last ten years - it makes such a difference to my journeys, especially in towns.

[kevin ritson]

I can hear mine even without plugging it into the stereo. Besides the instructions appear on screen.

Nearest thing to SatNav Lotus do is the crappy Blaupunkt system that comes with the Europa

[VladTheDad]

I can hear my TomTom ok as long as I stick it on the closest bit of the windscreen on the right - and have it at top volume - and listen carefully when approaching a junction.

[Gooby]

Speedyellow has a system that folds out of the head unit and has full sat nav, digital radio and rear view camera.

Awesome bit of kit

[miro]

but does it navigate you round speed bumps and boring roads??

[Gooby]

miro said:

but does it navigate you round speed bumps and boring roads??

With the size of the wing on the back, he uses speed bumps to get him airborne.

Speedyellow, sponsored by airbus.

[d1bble]

RobM77 said:

whygee02 said:

You expect to be able to hear a sat nav in a Lotus?? - good luck.

I can hear mine no problem! It's on a bit loud though, as everytime I stop it announces to the whole town which junction I'm taking next

Ha. Do you have your speaker phone on the in the car at mega volume? so when you pull of you can hear the dialing tone..

[Philygumbo]

I can hear my Tom Tom most of the time, but the on screen 3D view gives you the info anyway.
It also helps to see where the road ahead is going when you are following someone like Gooby or Lotustuart and you dont know the road.
You get to know how tight the bend is from the screen.

[DucatiGary]

i cant hear mine, tomtom 900 thingy.

or the one on the blackberry 8800

but that doesnt mean much as I cant hear the radio either too well and its a top of the shop pioneer thingy with uprated speakers.

I can however hear the decatted zorst . . . . . . .

also S2's being softer and more girly are naturally less noisy than the real elise (the S1)

[MiniDiva]

miro said:

but does it navigate you round speed bumps and boring roads??

I don't think you'll find a sat nav unit where you have settings to avoid speed bumps & 'boring' roads, can you imagine:

MENU>AVOIDANCES(please select):
- Boring roads
- Speed bumps
- traffic calming
- 30 zones
- speed cameras
- Horses
- Chavs
- Schools
- Potholes

If you're that concerned about accidentally slipping onto a dual carriageway (heaven forbid), plan your route at home with an ordnance survey map, you can then analyse the contours to see where you've got hills up & down and how steep, you can find wooded areas, avoid anywhere near bridle routes, see acurately how windey the roads are etc... The just plumb the route into your sat nav.

OR

I personally find it nice to go for a drive off the cuff and see where you end up - I found some amazing roads the other day on what I thought was going to be a boring drive between Farnham & Chichester - and that was all thanks to the Garmin ironically!
You'll gradually learn your own routes and what's good & not.

[miro]

Would be nice though mine directed me onto a nasty road full of speed bumps and coated in gravel. I drove at walking pace and the focus behind me was not impressed

[VladTheDad]

Can you get a Norfolk voice for the TomTom?

[whygee02]

Got a mobile contract upgrade to a Nokia N95 and have got the gatso database in there. Sit it in your shirt pocket and gives you a useful buzz as you're approaching cameras.

It can also be switched to alert you when you go over the speed lmited, although I promptly switched this off.....I never speed ;o)

Very nice as a freebie (kind of)