Seen some really good ideas on the 4wd forums. They use a tablet linked to the phone.
Depending on your car size of course and if its just for around town driving - it might not be suitable.

I would not buy a navman style GPS as it has 1 purpose, also traffic updates will not be as up to date as a mobile user due to popularity.
An associate of mine uses a Samsung tab and s5 phone and I was blown away with the detail.

cisco said...

I find the wife in the passenger seat with a Gregory's Street Directory to be quite reliable.

She's a keeper, generally women are shidtz house navigators
Take Tom tom it's not Jill Jill, sexist,? even on the female voice setting I just don't trust them to lead me in the right direction,but the French chick setting gave me a hard on when lost

I've used Tom Tom and Garmin, and would be happy to have either again.

Make sure you get free lifetime map upgrades. Available from time to time on most brands depending who is running the promotion at the time. That would swing my decision which I would buy. Check out the brochures from the major retailers, and you'll always find someone running that promotion on either Garmin or Tom Tom.

Also, before I bought my GPS, I watched a friend use the voice control on his GPS, and thought it looked so painful spelling out streets letter by letter, but then the first time I was in real busy traffic and was trying to type in an address, I realised I wish I had it, and it was only a few dollars extra for that model.

Chris6791 said..
Do people still buy in-car GPS? a tablet or phone with an appropriate app does the same and you don't have as many issues with having to pay for mapping updates.

Agreed. I use a cheap 7" tablet with 'MapFactor Navigator' which can use free maps or tomtom maps. It looks giant attached to its mount but its good.

The best thing about it is that you can use it in portrait mode instead of landscape mode and you can see a lot more of the streets around you and in front of you. Its perfect for me.

If you are worried about traffic congestion, you can also use Waze, but you need internet connection by tethering it to a phone.

The Navigator program I use does not require internet connection, which is better for me and avoids the hassle of tethering it each time.

I use my tablet with Navionic maps for sailing, have a problem, even if I keep it connected to the battery it will run out of power after a while???? Is that normal????

cisco said..

I find the wife in the passenger seat with a Gregory's Street Directory to be quite reliable.

I am with you kid.

Cant beat a Gregory's.

Read it before you go, drive to your destination and enjoy your day. Never get lost using a Gregory's.

ET.

E T said..

cisco said..

I find the wife in the passenger seat with a Gregory's Street Directory to be quite reliable.

I am with you kid.

Cant beat a Gregory's.

Read it before you go, drive to your destination and enjoy your day. Never get lost using a Gregory's.

ET.

+1

Car GPS was created by cowards .