Snapper wrote:
> Daryl Walford wrote...
>
>> My job takes me to all over Melbourne but I still can't see the value
in
>> a Navigator when a Melways for a tenth of the price and works just as
well.
>
> A guy I know services Telstra comms pits. He has a daily route each day.
> He has them all programmed into his navigator as POIs. So, when Route 66
> is on the schedule for tomorrow he loads it up. And in the morning it
> programs the quickest route to go from pit to pit.
I've done courier work where I would pick up or deliver to regular
customers and after a short while I'd just remember which way to go, no
need for a Melways or Navigator, unless the Telstra blokes routes were
changed often I don't understand why he would need either.
I'm working in Campbellfield tomorrow and I've only been to that
building once before and I won't need any help to find it again.
>
> The initial setup took him a while, but now it's set and forget.
>
> It depends on your cir***stances, too, I s'pose. I could get away with a
> Melways too, but the gadget factor makes it a bit less of a chore when
you
> have to deal with the craziness that is city traffic.
>
> It does let you down when roads are changed, or if the data was wrong to
> begin with and it sends you all over the place.
>
> The Mio C510 isn't that flash a navigator. We had a Tom Tom One which
was
> far superior but it got stolen.
Thats another reason people don't want them, they are a favorite of
thieves.
Daryl
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