Please help me before I kill someone
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DIW35 said:
Hope you enjoy it. However, don't rely on Garmin's supplied camera database which I believe you can trial before subscribing to. I found it to be quite inaccurate, and therefore not worth the subscription price.
I would absolutely second that.Just bought a 760 for the Mrs and the trialled camera database is dire, will not subscribe, may even remove the camera database before the trial runs out. It's easier just to behave.
Having said that, though the 760 is a fine piece of kit it does not even come near in functionality and ease of use compared to the inbuilt RTI satnavs in our Volvos. Not even half way close.
Have used the 760 a couple times - one for a pleasantly messy work trip from Manchester to a number of locations in and around Nottingham, then a half a dozen more locations in Cheshire - it was great, although based on one day's experience works better on street name and number than it does on post code...
Unexpected bonus - it also picked out for me a previously undiscovered route from one side of the southern peak district to the other - and I thought I'd pretty much found every possible option over the past few years.
Regarding speed cameras - I've actually found it pretty accurate on fixed cameras, but all my previous points have come from mobile ones, so am not intending to subscribe to the database, but will just keep my eyes peeled for yellow boxes and suspiscious looking vans..!
Unexpected bonus - it also picked out for me a previously undiscovered route from one side of the southern peak district to the other - and I thought I'd pretty much found every possible option over the past few years.
Regarding speed cameras - I've actually found it pretty accurate on fixed cameras, but all my previous points have come from mobile ones, so am not intending to subscribe to the database, but will just keep my eyes peeled for yellow boxes and suspiscious looking vans..!
Flook said:
...spent a happy 30 mins or so plotting a truly tortuous route from Manchester to John o Groats directly into the machine using a combination of addresses, intersections and map browsing to nail the way points - all seems to have gone in OK - althought the real test will come later in the summer when I will do the route for real as part of a long weekend road trip!
Just got back from this trip, it was superb - the best driving experience I've ever had. The 760 was great, flawless in fact. It even earned extra brownie points by finding me petrol stations and letting me add them as extra via points on the hoof, which I hadn't realised it could do...Gassing Station | In-Car Electronics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff