Volvo Sat Nav

Ours allows you to put in the dimensions and type of vehicle and on occasions it still tries to route us down some totally unsuitable roads. They are only as good as the data they have been fed. If a road has been input with the wrong width, or no width you could end up going down it. I always run through the route on the Sat Nav and whilst normally a waste of time, just occasionally it saves a a tragic mistake.

You can’t beat the application of common sense, Steve👍🏻. That’s how we managed before sat navs were invented. Only the naive treat sat navs as the definitive truth.

I always check out my routes on Google maps via street view to confirm the chosen sat nav route..... I'm pretty good at remembering locations I'm heading toward & if I'm not comfortable with sat nav, I follow road signs & it soon 're-calculates' 

I'm not saying it always works 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To paraphrase Harry Day...SatNavs are for the obeyance of fools, and the guidance of wise men (or women)

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😲 I agree 😉

It does surprise me the amount of planning using Google Earth etc that some use when planning their journey. I set my destination, generally with WAZE these day rather than my car's dumb sat-nav, & follow it - to a degree

That’s twice this year 🤣🤣🤣

The satnav installed in my Touareg - although good from the point of view that it also shows all the information you need in the speedo / rev counter binnacle - right in front of you rather than having to look at the central screen - it's useless in terms of accuracy.  Plus, the maps are now well out of date and I understand that to upgrade the map via the dealer costs a small fortune every time it is done.

I use a Tom Tom - and am able to plan the route on my computer beforehand in conjunction with Google Street View - and then save that route via the Tom Tom My Drive app - which then downloads via wifi to the TT.  That way, I know the device will take me exactly along the route I have selected without any silly unsuitable detours down minor roads etc.

It takes a bit of time to do but in my experience has been well worth it in ensuring a totally stress-free journey with the van on the back.

"I use a Tom Tom - and am able to plan the route on my computer beforehand in conjunction with Google Street View - and then save that route via the Tom Tom My Drive app - which then downloads via wifi to the TT.  That way, I know the device will take me exactly along the route I have selected without any silly unsuitable detours down minor roads etc.

I do this to my phone as additional back up.....

It takes a bit of time to do but in my experience has been well worth it in ensuring a totally stress-free journey with the van on the back."

As far as I'm concerned it's all part of the adventure 

 

 

it's useless in terms of accuracy. Plus, the maps are now well out of date and I understand that to upgrade the map via the dealer costs a small fortune every time it is done.

It is the reason I am not bothered about having an inbuilt sat nav in any of my vehicles, I muich prefer stand alone ones. In my motorhome I use an old seven inch tablet running Co|-Pilot Truck which is easy to keep up to date and to load your own POIs. In my car I use my phone running a free App (OsmAnd)  or even Google directions.

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