GPS Navigators

[TrueLight]

Hey everyone

we want to buy a gps navigator for the car

and wondering if anyone on here has one? and which one they have and if it's good? any opinions?

i was looking at tomtom go750 or garmin maybe 1390 or nuvi 765 780?

any ideas?

oh and also which stores sell these for the cheapest possible price?

[Fyrefly]

My Dad got his Garmin really cheap @ JB Hi-Fi.
He and his then-partner both went in together and bought two (one for each of them), hence the heavy discounting.

Works a treat too... despite the fact that it's a few years old now, we still get to update it all the time with new roads and such.
It warns us about fixed speed cameras as well.

The only criticism for them that I have is that there didn't seem to be particularly good coverage in Tasmania - it kept dropping out and wanting to know if we'd travelled hundreds of miles since we'd last turned it on. -.-"

[TrueLight]

lol and we're going to tasmania in the summer!

but hopefully the newer models have that fixed

[Fyrefly]

lol and we're going to tasmania in the summer!

but hopefully the newer models have that fixed

Eh... it's near-impossible to get yourself lost in Tasmania anywayz... unbelievably beautiful, but oh-so-very tiny.

[TrueLight]

so anyone else have gps navigators for the car? or their parents have them or people they know?

what type and if its good? anyone?

[TrueLight]

if anyone knows can someone list the stores which sell gps'?

so far its

-jbhifi

[TrueLight]

its okay ppl after heaps of time scrolling through heaps of pages/reviews/sites i found what and where they sell gps

for anyone else who  might be interested later on
they sell gps at

-harvey norman
-jb hi-fi
-dicksmith electronics
-goodguys
-officeworks
-tandy
-supercheap auto
-autobarn
-clive peters
-big w

im just gonna get garmin 1390 at jb hi-fi cause they have free traffic receiver

[stonecold]

Yeah, whatever you do, don't get a Navman.  Bought one for my dad, it's a stinking piece of shit.  Touch screen doesn't respond, safety camera warnings come on in map mode, but not in navigation mode.  And all day the bloody 40km/h school zone warnings come on, instead of only between 8-9.30 and 3-4.30 or whenever it is they actually apply.

[TrueLight]

lol omg thats unfortunate

yeah the only options for me were tomtom vs garmin

i didn't get a good vibe from the others

oh and i hate how australia always gets everything last >.< they are already like 5 models ahead in america

[stonecold]

I know, on everything technology, we get shafted in Aus!

Another thought for people with iPhones, there is the TomTom app which gives your device full GPS fuctionality.  It is $99.95, or you can Jailbreak your phone and get it free.  I looks very good from what I've seen of it, and the iPhone touch screen is a million times more responsive than any GPS screen that you will ever find.

Holy crap this is cheap.  I paid $189 for a shit piece 3.5" Navman. 
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/car-sound-gps-navigation/gps/garmin/4-3-inch-portable-navigation-15468/

[mypurpleundercracka]

navman my55t ftw