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From: NM on 26 Dec 2009 19:42 On 26 Dec, 18:02, "Ophelia" <Ophe...(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: > "NM" <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote in message > > news:c25480aa-938f-4e2f-a54d-b4422995a9c9(a)m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > > Without it I would have has no alternative than to park up until the > > next day thus it saved a day's downtime paying for it's self in one > > go. > > My Satnav will show the nearest garage/supermarket/whatever, wherever I am. I'll bet it dosen't show the locastion of 24 hour garages that take the specific type of diesel card I was holding or those that have fuel in stock, seeing that many had not had deliveries in the snowy conditions.
From: NM on 26 Dec 2009 19:46 On 26 Dec, 20:23, wensleyd...(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:33:13 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> > wrote: > > >> I wonder how many satnav's had their owners running round in circles > >> when the bridges went down Cockermouth and Workington the other > >> week and are still sending their owners on wild goose chases ! . > > >Hardly a reasonable comment, these were exceptional circumstances but > >supposing the people had a map instead, it would be just as incorrect, > >the sat nav owner can download an update, how do you update a map > >without buying a new one (Admiralty charts excepted). > > And when they see that the bridge is out, they will be able to > re-route with a few button presses. That's one reason why I still use > a sat-nav even on a known route (though with the sound turned off) - > it's a major benefit when things go wrong. > > Neil > > -- > Neil Williams > Put my first name before the at to reply. I always run mine, even on a often travelled route, because it gives an accurate ETA, very useful if you are doing timed deliveries.
From: Roland Perry on 27 Dec 2009 04:34 In message <6793fa80-9cd1-4291-981d-1131a771b84d(a)c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, at 16:42:18 on Sat, 26 Dec 2009, NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> remarked: >> My Satnav will show the nearest garage/supermarket/whatever, wherever I am. > >I'll bet it dosen't show the locastion of 24 hour garages that take >the specific type of diesel card I was holding or those that have fuel >in stock, seeing that many had not had deliveries in the snowy >conditions. Whereas an A to Z does? -- Roland Perry
From: Ophelia on 27 Dec 2009 05:12 "NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message news:6793fa80-9cd1-4291-981d-1131a771b84d(a)c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > On 26 Dec, 18:02, "Ophelia" <Ophe...(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: >> "NM" <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote in message >> >> news:c25480aa-938f-4e2f-a54d-b4422995a9c9(a)m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... >> >> > Without it I would have has no alternative than to park up until the >> > next day thus it saved a day's downtime paying for it's self in one >> > go. >> >> My Satnav will show the nearest garage/supermarket/whatever, wherever I >> am. > > I'll bet it dosen't show the locastion of 24 hour garages that take > the specific type of diesel card I was holding or those that have fuel > in stock, seeing that many had not had deliveries in the snowy > conditions. lol almost certainly not:)) BUT at least it gives you a chance to actually *find* a garage:)
From: Ophelia on 27 Dec 2009 05:14
"NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message news:883bc9ba-88b5-4143-a8d4-f63ee5960c67(a)e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > I always run mine, even on a often travelled route, because it gives > an accurate ETA, very useful if you are doing timed deliveries. The ETA thing is one of my favourite functions on a very long journey. It stops it feeling like I will never get to my destination! |