Built in Sat Nav

[jimmy156]

I have just read the new arrival evo fast fleet article for the Peugeot 208 Gti

The built in sat Nav is a £650 option which is daylight robbery anyway, but you can't enter a full postcode! What on earth are Peugeot playing at. My £99 tom tom from 8 years ago has full postcode recognition! Unbelievable!

Why would anyone spec that option?

/rant

1. coolstorybro

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[Rickyy]

Had use of a Nissan Navara a few years ago that had a similar system! Was bloody awful, wasn't touch screen either!

[Countdown]

This is something I've always wondered - why do factory fitted satnav cost so much when aftermarket units are significantly cheaper and usually better?

[a11y_m]

Aye, the sat nav in my 2007 BMW is the same - can't enter full postcode. Effing useless. But the sat nav is still a reasonably desirable option to have for some reason, despite costing the original owner ££££££.

I much prefer the £99 TomTom One I use in my van.

[valiant]

I think Renault have a good solution (especially on the Megane - not sure if they do it in other models).

They simply put a TomTom in a TomTom shaped hole in the dash and don't charge silly money for it either.

[KTF]

Countdown said:

why do factory fitted satnav cost so much

Because they can.

[Blib]

I use the Sat Nav screen of my 2006 QP as a handy place to stick my TomTom holder to. The car's one only has postcodes for CENTRAL London.

[scarble]

Had the pleasure of a Seat built in sat-nav not too long ago.
It were s**te, I ended up the wrong end of Bradford, parked up in one of these streets where half the houses are boarded up and the other half knocked down as I got my phone set up so's I could find my way to the hotel

[Ed.]

Not many countries have 7 digit post codes so are not a priority.

[anonymous-user]

It baffles me why people bother with manufacturer sat navs. Buy an Android phone & a dashboard mount, you can have near-worldwide coverage based on Google Maps, never fails to find a destination and you never need to spend £70+ on updates. Significantly better than any Garmin or TomTom that I've owned and an order of magnitude better than any built-in system.

[Blib]

The only plausible argument I've heard in favour of optioning Sat Nav is for resale residuals.

[Matt UK]

I was surprised thar my Jaguar XJ had 7-digit postcode. It looked like an Amstrad from the 80's, but was a good system and never let me down.

Built in nav though it not something I desire in a used car.

[aspirated]

scarble said:

I ended up the wrong end of Bradford

Every end of Bradford is the wrong end of Bradford

[-Z-]

Merc have a damn good solution for the A,B and C Class. Our C Class came with no sat nav. In the glovebox however is a dock designed to accept one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Becker-Navigation-...

A £250 (off eBay) sat nav module that just slots in and integrates with the screen, idrive controller thing and both built displays.

Actual satnav is very good with full postcode, traffic, speed camera database etc

[billzeebub]

I always prefer not to have a built-in Sat Nav system. One more thing to go wrong. The TomTom/Garmin aftermarket/stand alone units are usually much better anyway, not to mention significantly cheaper.

[SidJames]

Symbolica said:

It baffles me why people bother with manufacturer sat navs. Buy an Android phone & a dashboard mount, you can have near-worldwide coverage based on Google Maps, never fails to find a destination and you never need to spend £70+ on updates. Significantly better than any Garmin or TomTom that I've owned and an order of magnitude better than any built-in system.

please see this thread in Sat Nav section. ;-)

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[HTP99]

Ed. said:

Not many countries have 7 digit post codes so are not a priority.

I was told exactly this on a UK Renault launch a few years ago, when I asked the question about sat navs not taking the full UK postcode, obviously this was before Renault offered the inbuilt TomTom.

[Deerfoot]

KTF said:

Countdown said:

why do factory fitted satnav cost so much

Because the customers continue to stump up for them.

EFA

[hyperblue]

My Mk7 Golf came with a built in Sat Nav as standard. Probably not as good as the TomTom I already have, but nice not having to stick it on the wind screen every time and it's integrated with the instrument display and in car audio too.

Doubt I'd spec it if it were an option though!

[chunoo]

Yes, I think they question shouldn't be "what are peugoet playing at", but what are the silly buggers playing at who actually choose it.

If you could charge 6x the value of something that only done half the job, but still sold well, then wouldn't you? It's how car companies make most of their profit.