Recommendation for a satnav, used model.

[ppppenguin]

Some years ago some friends and I were eating at a favourite Indian restaurant near Kilburn (London NW6). A woman dining alone at a nearby table asked about the way to Chelmsford Station. The story was that she had driven up from the south coast to work as a nail technician at some kind of festival near Chelmsford. She was going to be met at Chelmsford Station and led to the event. Her satnav, as I witnessed for myself, had placed Chelmsford Station close to Kilburn. They must be about 50 miles apart.

She was rather upset, didn't finish her food, paid and left. I gave her the best directions I could towards Chelmsford and showed her on a road atlas. She didn't have a clue where she was going, entirely reliant on satnav.

While I often use satnav and it can often find good routes that you wouldn't have easily found any other way I always have some kind of map available. I also try to apply reasonableness tests to where it's taking me.

Bluetooth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth

My main use of bluetooth (or bluetusk as I often seem to call it) is linking my phone to the car. Allows me to make and receive handsfree phonecalls using mic and speaker that are part of the car's systems. Cars that are more advanced than mine are meant to be able to couple the phone's functionality, including navigation, more closely to the car. Hence Android Auto and its iPhone equivalent.