Buy or hire abroad? A no-brainer?

[beano500]

A simple Q.

Going to the US this fall. Do I buy, say a Tom Tom 920, in Blighty or add to hire car cost?

80 day trip - c$550 added to rental. So it's a stupid Q. Right?

[Tycho]

Wouldn't you have to buy the US maps as well as the unit if bought in the UK? How much would they be?

[beano500]

Tycho said:

Wouldn't you have to buy the US maps as well as the unit if bought in the UK? How much would they be?

TTG910 has UK, EU and USA already loaded!

[Tycho]

Amazon have it for £299 so unless it is more than about £50 extra, I'd buy it. Don't know what the exchange rate is though.

Could buy one out there.

Edited by Tycho on Friday 17th August 12:13

[Kung Fu]

Teleatlas map for the US aren't great, Navteq is better. Order a Nuvi 670 or 370 online its not much more and loads better!

[beano500]

Thanks for the replies. I've looked at the Nuvis, and they do seem good. Plus I know people who have had Garmins and have good things to say (can't say the same for TTG!)

I know it's probably the older model and without some of the bells and whistles (which I don't need anyway) but I just found the 270 on Amazon for a penny less than £170. That's less than my expected hire car extra cost for a "Neverlost" by £100 - useful number of beer tokens for our Stateside trip!

[Tycho]

Excellent, where in the States/Canada are you going?

[beano500]

North Carolina, (maybe Georgia,) California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Florida (maybe Ca-rribean)






(That'll be a busy weekend, won't it??? )