27-12-13, 02:49 PM
Hi Nick,
I'm delighted to hear your taking the eurp-plunge next year. Good on ya'. As you may remember I did a tour of Holland, Germany, France and Belgium in September. I went to the Nurburgring yi know
. Anyway, I used the sat-nav in my mobile phone (Nokia lumia 900) which worked about 70% of the time. The problem there is, when you turn your sat-nav on its because you need it, so %70 is not good. It resulted in me double monkey punching my tank with both fists. My friend had tomtom on his phone too, but also lost the signal a couple of times. It seemed to happen in down-town city streets or the middle of nowhere.
As a result, I am going to buy a dedicated device. I have a tomtom xl one with full Europe maps which I used last year whilst touring in the car with the missus. It was amazing. The days we used it it worked perfect, every time. No stress or hassle. I am going to sell that one only because I want a sat-nav with bluetooth that can work with my intercom.
Sat-nav makes a huge difference on your travels. It means you can ride about all you like, but when you want to get to your digs, a petrol station or landmark, you can without dicking about. And there will probably be at least one occasion when this will happen. Another thing to consider is planning some of your route before you go. Try bestbikingroads.com (I have a few posts on there myself) to get an idea of recommended roads by local bikers. You can then load them into your device before you set off, that way you know you are not going to miss any wee gems. I drove this great road in the Alsace last year in the Saab. It was like a rally stage. We never passed another car for over an hour. We would never have found that area without the sat-nav.
I'm delighted to hear your taking the eurp-plunge next year. Good on ya'. As you may remember I did a tour of Holland, Germany, France and Belgium in September. I went to the Nurburgring yi know
. Anyway, I used the sat-nav in my mobile phone (Nokia lumia 900) which worked about 70% of the time. The problem there is, when you turn your sat-nav on its because you need it, so %70 is not good. It resulted in me double monkey punching my tank with both fists. My friend had tomtom on his phone too, but also lost the signal a couple of times. It seemed to happen in down-town city streets or the middle of nowhere. As a result, I am going to buy a dedicated device. I have a tomtom xl one with full Europe maps which I used last year whilst touring in the car with the missus. It was amazing. The days we used it it worked perfect, every time. No stress or hassle. I am going to sell that one only because I want a sat-nav with bluetooth that can work with my intercom.
Sat-nav makes a huge difference on your travels. It means you can ride about all you like, but when you want to get to your digs, a petrol station or landmark, you can without dicking about. And there will probably be at least one occasion when this will happen. Another thing to consider is planning some of your route before you go. Try bestbikingroads.com (I have a few posts on there myself) to get an idea of recommended roads by local bikers. You can then load them into your device before you set off, that way you know you are not going to miss any wee gems. I drove this great road in the Alsace last year in the Saab. It was like a rally stage. We never passed another car for over an hour. We would never have found that area without the sat-nav.
Not quite sure what to do with my early mid-life crisis. Ideas on a post card to P.O.BOX 150...