Gaza
Member Since: 08 Jan 2009
Location: No longer an ex-pat Jock living in Poole
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....this takes the biscuit.
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Why does it want me to go 3 sides of a square instead of straight ahead? Absolute bonkers. The road shown in brown is a good wide road and has no issues.
I was suing a TomTom Live 550 at the same time (for the Live traffic updates) and it had no issue.
On top of the SatNav insistance that the quickest way from the south coast to the midlands is via the M25 and not the A34 I beginning to wonder if it is worth having at all. 
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DG
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How is your nav set-up ....is it set to 'major roads' ? Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 11:18am |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
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Mine takes me down the M5 to the junction past my house, then does a u-turn and brings me back up the motorway to the junction I have driven past.
I am assuming its the bling factor and as the D4 has gone more girly, it seems to think I want to go shopping to Cribbs Causeway  Duncan
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 11:41am |
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adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
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Mine takes me of a junction and straight back on
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 11:48am |
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Nasher
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We all had a laugh the other day when at an obvious left turn the nice lady said -
"Turn Slightly Right ahead" 
Mind you, it's the first time I've noticed anything tha bad.
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 12:00pm |
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BrianT
Member Since: 17 Nov 2009
Location: Ayrshire
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When returning from France this year tried entering 2 way pionts 1)Cherbourg Ferry terminal 2)Portsmouth Ferry terminal and then onto home.
Entered that,it then calculated the route,and to my surprise i found that it wanted me to drive to Cherbourg then Drive to Calais,Ferry from Calais to Dover and then drive from Dover to Portsmouth then onto home.
My how we laughed 
What a technological marvel at times.
Oh and preferences were set to all roads.
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| Tue Aug 31 2010 12:25pm |
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blowpipe
Member Since: 07 May 2009
Location: lightwater
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With all settings set for major roads for LR and TomTom on a trip down to Southampton last weekend, the LR kit tried to take us somewhere north of the M3 whilst the TomTom sensibly decided motorway was best.
Still using both in tandem, it was mildly amusing watching the LR satnav trying to get us off at every junction.
It eventually gave up and fell in line with the right way there!
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| Wed Sep 01 2010 10:38pm |
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lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
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Was informed that sometimes the nodes used in the application are not joined together, though it appears they are on screen. This then causes the software not to see the road as being continous when working out a route.
The A34 route is a pain for me too. Was advised that travel along route until it stops telling you to do a u turn and this is where the break in the nodes is. will try next time on A34 and see if can id where the break is. Range Rover Sport the good looking one Gone
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| Thu Sep 02 2010 10:26am |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
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dont worry guys - LR's sat nav tries to keep you off the A34 from the M40 down to southampton so that the road's free for the LR transporters taking all the LR's down to the docks.
Mine ignores it every time when plotting the route from Brum to Portsmouth, when its the obvious main route.
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| Thu Sep 02 2010 11:44am |
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BrianT
Member Since: 17 Nov 2009
Location: Ayrshire
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al cope wrote:Mine ignores it every time when plotting the route from Brum to Portsmouth, when its the obvious main route.
Al
Forgot to mention that bit on the way down also.
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| Thu Sep 02 2010 11:46am |
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J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
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adam wrote:Mine takes me of a junction and straight back on
mine too! A dog is truly man's best friend, Don't believe me? Well lock your wife and your dog in the boot of your car and 2 hours later open it and see who's happy to see you
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| Thu Sep 02 2010 11:55am |
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Gaza
Member Since: 08 Jan 2009
Location: No longer an ex-pat Jock living in Poole
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DG wrote:How is your nav set-up ....is it set to 'major roads' ?
I'll check at the weekend as the car is at home this week while I'm in Manchester.
The off and on the junction problem is a nonsense in something that costs so much money. At the join of the A31 and M27 the LR SatNav insists I come down the sliproad off the A31 and then head straight back up the opposite sliproad to join the M27.
I get round the "avoid the A34" problem by having a random point on the A34 near East Ilsley stored as a Marked Point and then use that as a waypoint when setting a destination that I know should involve the A34.
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| Fri Sep 03 2010 7:44am |
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Gaza
Member Since: 08 Jan 2009
Location: No longer an ex-pat Jock living in Poole
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I think this even surpasses the madenss above.
I am in the Hilton at Leicester near the M1. Going to Manchester Marriott which is on the west side of the city centre. Sat nav gives me a choice of going back to Birmingham and then up the M6 or all the way up to Leeds and back across on the M62! 
The TomTom of course got it bang on: up M1 to the A50 and the across to meet the M6. I only really planned on using the TT for the traffic info as my sat nav does not have TMC. At this rate it will be getting used as the primary routing source.
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