Car (or bike) Chat!

[Beobloke]

Sure, but it's a bit different from what I meant.

What I meant was if you were stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway, crawling along and getting nowhere fast, and if someone who's with you had a map (and Del's sense of direction is good), then they can have a look to see if coming off at the next exit (when reached) would take you to where you needed to go, albeit via a detour, rather than sitting in the traffic jam.

How would you do that with a sat-lamb?.

Simple - you just enter your destination and then select the ‘avoid motorways’ option! That’s exactly what we did recently when we went to Newcastle and found ourselves in a pickle on the A1M, it got us round it nicely.

As to memory, yep, I’d look up the route and remember it. I’ve even once or twice circumnavigated problems without any satnav or map simply by ‘following my nose’ and heading towards places that I know to be in roughly the right direction!

[Marco]

Simple - you just enter your destination and then select the ‘avoid motorways’ option!

You're not getting my point, mate. What you've stated wouldn't solve the scenario I posed. Plus, sometimes there is no practical option but to use a motorway. Never mind

Marco.

[Marco]

im sure there are a hundred blokes trying to prove they know best what road she needs

Aye, and we can guess where that 'road' would lead!

Marco.

[Marco]

Real blokes don't EVER ask for directions. My balls are shrinking just thinking about it.

Done it a million times at home and abroad, and doesn't bother me in the slightest! If you're lost or need help, you're lost or need help. There's no shame in that. I've helped countless people myself that way over the years.

Marco [clearly not a real bloke].

[Pigmy Pony]

Sure, but it's a bit different from what I meant.

What I meant was if you were stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway, crawling along and getting nowhere fast, and if someone who's with you had a map (and Del's sense of direction is good), then they can have a look to see if coming off at the next exit (when reached) would take you to where you needed to go, albeit via a detour, rather than sitting in the traffic jam.

How would you do that with a sat-nav?

Marco.

Like what Adam says, our Volvo sat nav does exactly what you say Del does in the event of a jam. In fact it goes one better - we don't have to be stuck in a jam in the first place. Same with my phone's Google Maps, which is what I use in the van.

I resisted sat navs for a long time, using road atlases and A-Z instead, but sat navs have improved a lot. How do you go on it you have to go somewhere without Del? Do you pull over every so often to look at your map? Because you can't safely drive while gawping at your map. At least sat nav talks to you, leaving you free to watch the road

So unless you never go anywhere without Del, nor travel to unfamiliar places, a sat nav is a no-brainer really

[Macca]

Done it a million times at home and abroad, and doesn't bother me in the slightest! If you're lost or need help, you're lost or need help. There's no shame in that. I've helped countless people myself that way over the years.

Marco [clearly not a real bloke].

There's no issue with giving directions, it's asking for them that's to be avoided at all costs.

Had to ask for directions in Harrogate one time. Asked two people and they both said 'Sorry I'm not from round here.' Then I saw the Town Crier in full regalia so I asked him. 'Sorry, I'm not from round here.'

[Marco]

There's no issue with giving directions, it's asking for them that's to be avoided at all costs.

Had to ask for directions in Harrogate one time. Asked two people and they both said 'Sorry I'm not from round here.' Then I saw the Town Crier in full regalia so I asked him. 'Sorry, I'm not from round here.'

Lol... As I've said, I've asked for directions many times, and yes sometimes the folk you ask can't help, but often they can (at least in my experience). A big part of the problem now is that people are so insular, therefore rarely venture far from their own area, and so don't know where anywhere else is!

That, and the fact that becoming reliant on sat-navs, to get around, doesn't help them to learn either!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Done it a million times at home and abroad, and doesn't bother me in the slightest! If you're lost or need help, you're lost or need help. There's no shame in that. I've helped countless people myself that way over the years.

Marco [clearly a real bloke despite the flowery dresses].

You've already stated that Del does all that, so 'a million times' may be a bit of an exaggeration

[Pigmy Pony]

There's no issue with giving directions, it's asking for them that's to be avoided at all costs.

Had to ask for directions in Harrogate one time. Asked two people and they both said 'Sorry I'm not from round here.' Then I saw the Town Crier in full regalia so I asked him. 'Sorry, I'm not from round here.'

Did he ring his bell and shout it really loudly? That would be embarrassing

[Marco]

Like what Adam says, our Volvo sat nav does exactly what you say Del does in the event of a jam.

Ok, but how? Could you explain the process?

But before you answer, scroll back and ensure you're replicating the *exact* scenario I proposed. I simply don't see how a tiny screen, no matter how well programmed or detailed, can possibly replicate a view of the immediate road networks as clearly as an open paper road map, which is more than ten times its size?

In fact it goes one better - we don't have to be stuck in a jam in the first place. Same with my phone's Google Maps, which is what I use in the van.

Sometimes it just happens though, and you find yourself in one. You can't predict the unpredictable.

I resisted sat navs for a long time, using road atlases and A-Z instead, but sat navs have improved a lot. How do you go on it you have to go somewhere without Del? Do you pull over every so often to look at your map? Because you can't safely drive while gawping at your map. At least sat nav talks to you, leaving you free to watch the road

I didn't resist sat-navs at all, as I've always considered them as a usual tool, if like anything else, used within its limitations. I like to drive nice cars, and pretty much every one I've owned, for goodness knows how long, has had a sat-nav.

In terms of the rest, as I've already said mate, I don't embark on any long journey these days, where I'm unsure of where I'm going, without Del. We tend to travel together in those circumstances, and it's usually when going abroad. Out with of that, sure, if I don't know the area, I'll happily use the sat-nav

Marco.