Daryl Walford <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.
Trivial to avoid that. Sit it on the dash and just put it in the glovebox
etc when out of the car.
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