SAT NAV...doh!!

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annie m

SAT NAV...doh!!

Post by annie m »

sorry put my question in the wrong place..doh!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
annie m

portuguese sat nav

Post by annie m »

does anyone know where i rent/buy a cheap sat nav for my holidays. I have one for here in Uk (garmin streetpilot 3)but it doesnt have maps installed for Portugal or Spain. So was thinkin of maybe gettin a cheapo Portuguese one..or renting maybe?? I will be driving about the algarve and Spain and onto Gibraltar :roll:
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Can you not download the relevant maps onto your own Satnav from the Garmin website ?
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We went to the funeral of a much loved colleague yesterday. There were loads of us going so I said I'd drive the minibus to cut down on the number of cars. Somebody brought their satnav but at each turn, somebody in the back new a better route, so the poor thing was struggling to keep track. We came to a big roundabout. The satnav said take the first exit, the passengers in the back said take the third exit, so I split the difference and took the second! We ended up going 5 miles down a dual-carriageway before we could turn round.

It wouldn't have been so bad but I knew the way and if hadn't been for all of the conflicting advice, I would have been ok. Oh, and there were 5 or 6 cars following us because we had the satnav :)
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laserblazer wrote:We went to the funeral of a much loved colleague yesterday. There were loads of us going so I said I'd drive the minibus to cut down on the number of cars. Somebody brought their satnav but at each turn, somebody in the back new a better route, so the poor thing was struggling to keep track. We came to a big roundabout. The satnav said take the first exit, the passengers in the back said take the third exit, so I split the difference and took the second! We ended up going 5 miles down a dual-carriageway before we could turn round.

It wouldn't have been so bad but I knew the way and if hadn't been for all of the conflicting advice, I would have been ok. Oh, and there were 5 or 6 cars following us because we had the satnav :)
It could only happen to you :wink:
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Post by Sharen Crane »

Michael Crane wrote:
laserblazer wrote:We went to the funeral of a much loved colleague yesterday. There were loads of us going so I said I'd drive the minibus to cut down on the number of cars. Somebody brought their satnav but at each turn, somebody in the back new a better route, so the poor thing was struggling to keep track. We came to a big roundabout. The satnav said take the first exit, the passengers in the back said take the third exit, so I split the difference and took the second! We ended up going 5 miles down a dual-carriageway before we could turn round.

It wouldn't have been so bad but I knew the way and if hadn't been for all of the conflicting advice, I would have been ok. Oh, and there were 5 or 6 cars following us because we had the satnav :)
It could only happen to you :wink:
Or you! You would choose to go the wrong way to see how long it took for the Sat Nav to plot another route.... :wink: :lol:

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