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So i spec the sat nav in my 220 as i liked the look of it it kept everything integrated & neat 
However, i'm slightly pissed to learn that my 07 car has 2005-2006 maps/software and they want £300 odd to update it to 2007!! £300 just to give me two discs-one to update software and one with the new maps on it, the bloody sat nav cost £1750 in the first place!! Oh, and before anyone says the car has been sat somewhere for months/years it was factory order as it was fully speced up! Built December 26th IIRC........taking the piss IMO. I'll be onto Ford later..........
However, i'm slightly pissed to learn that my 07 car has 2005-2006 maps/software and they want £300 odd to update it to 2007!! £300 just to give me two discs-one to update software and one with the new maps on it, the bloody sat nav cost £1750 in the first place!! Oh, and before anyone says the car has been sat somewhere for months/years it was factory order as it was fully speced up! Built December 26th IIRC........taking the piss IMO. I'll be onto Ford later..........
Its great isnt it. Quite how manufacturers get away with charging so much for Satnav is beyond me in the first place. Ford are not alone as pretty much all makers like to charge £1500 or more for their "intergated info-tainment system".
Ok, they look good, are constantly available and usually work really well. But I do agree, £1700 or £2000 or more is just utter rubbish. You can buy a top of the range aftermarket unit from the likes of Pioneer (2 DIN units with a touch widescreen) that has everything built in. You get hard disks for MP3's, Ipod connections, touchscreen with full mapping and guidance, powerful stereo, integrated bluetooth and mobile integration and most even have support for DVD playback. All this for £1400 retail! Search around a little and you can easily get this below £1200 without too much of a problem! And thats as an end customer, not bulk buy or anything like that. Quite how much do the manufacturers pay for these units? £1000 each? How about £500? I heard rumours that the older units in Vauxhalls cost between £300 and £450 each, yet they sold them on as optional extras for £1200 and £1400! Now thats a nice mark-up.
I am increasingly seeing executive motors with the decent stereo but no satnav. £35k motors with a TomTom Go or equivalent. It takes a lot of portable units lost or broken to justify the cost of a fully integrated system these days.
Ok, they look good, are constantly available and usually work really well. But I do agree, £1700 or £2000 or more is just utter rubbish. You can buy a top of the range aftermarket unit from the likes of Pioneer (2 DIN units with a touch widescreen) that has everything built in. You get hard disks for MP3's, Ipod connections, touchscreen with full mapping and guidance, powerful stereo, integrated bluetooth and mobile integration and most even have support for DVD playback. All this for £1400 retail! Search around a little and you can easily get this below £1200 without too much of a problem! And thats as an end customer, not bulk buy or anything like that. Quite how much do the manufacturers pay for these units? £1000 each? How about £500? I heard rumours that the older units in Vauxhalls cost between £300 and £450 each, yet they sold them on as optional extras for £1200 and £1400! Now thats a nice mark-up.
I am increasingly seeing executive motors with the decent stereo but no satnav. £35k motors with a TomTom Go or equivalent. It takes a lot of portable units lost or broken to justify the cost of a fully integrated system these days.
I bought a Tom Tom 510 £220, Free map updates etc the only thing you need a subscription is they do a Traffic alert that tells you of road jams and works out an alternative route, it has full post code for this country and possibly Europe too. lots of points of interest including speed cameras, fixed and mobile.
My son has the same on his mobile phone too.
My son has the same on his mobile phone too.
A tom tom doesn't control my A/C, my CD player, my radio, my telephone fromj the commnad of my voice
I know what you are saying-for navigation only the tom tom would probably be best, if however you don't won't something stuck to your windscreen(which you either have to carry around or remove all evidence of said device from your windscreen or risk some chav chucking a brick through your window, not to mention wires all over the place) this fits the bill just fine. The fact that it comes with the premium audio pack is a bonus too. The price however is rediculous.
I know what you are saying-for navigation only the tom tom would probably be best, if however you don't won't something stuck to your windscreen(which you either have to carry around or remove all evidence of said device from your windscreen or risk some chav chucking a brick through your window, not to mention wires all over the place) this fits the bill just fine. The fact that it comes with the premium audio pack is a bonus too. The price however is rediculous.Gassing Station | In-Car Electronics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff