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Couldn't contemplate a journey without implicitly relying on it

1 (2.6%)

Always use it for new places

25 (65.8%)

I'm a man and have built in direction sense (and an atlas on back seat in case)

7 (18.4%)

Never use it. Just a gimmick

1 (2.6%)

My butler does that sort of thing.

0 (0%)

 Have got one, will use if I can be bothered to find it.

4 (10.5%)

Total Members Voted: 32

[Varche]

The Sat Nav thing has been all over TV these last few days. I don't know but suspect that it is only as accurate as the last update which presumably is how they make their money (like printers and buying ink?).

One of my aunts lives in Portpatrick and has a van or a lorry a week fall over and get stuck, going down the old military road which is a footpath after her house but as its name implies was the short cut for marching soldiers in days of yore.

How much use /reliance do you make of Sat Nav?

[CaptainZok]

The last mile to an unknown place really.
In saying that I let it run for speed camera warnings too.

[aaronjb]

I always use it going somewhere new, but I like to think I'm smart enough not to blindly follow it when it looks like it's directing me into a field/lake/down the railway tracks.. and as the Captain says, it's the last mile it's most useful for anyway - motorways and so on it's really just there to tell me where cameras might be and make sure I don't go sailing past the exit I really wanted

I also think if I was driving an artic I'd have the good sense to use something other than a satnav - or at least use a satnav that's aware of the size vehicle I'm driving!

[henryd]

I do use mine when I'm abroad but still have it on with no destination set in the uk for camera warnings

[RobG]

Got two, one for the UK and one for the States. Use `em both

[jimac]

I definitely find it valuable in an unfamiliar place, and I find the ETA a useful function for longer journeys.  I always use a map/atlas to plan a journey though.

I don't use it much in the car but it's always mounted on the bike.  I would probably rely on it more on the bike as it's impossible to take a sneaky look at a map while riding, unlike being in the car.

[Kevin Wood]

I always use it going somewhere new, but I like to think I'm smart enough not to blindly follow it when it looks like it's directing me into a field/lake/down the railway tracks.. and as the Captain says, it's the last mile it's most useful for anyway - motorways and so on it's really just there to tell me where cameras might be and make sure I don't go sailing past the exit I really wanted

I also think if I was driving an artic I'd have the good sense to use something other than a satnav - or at least use a satnav that's aware of the size vehicle I'm driving!

Me too... And the rumours of mine directing me through an area of mining subsidence this weekend are just that. 

[mantahatch]

Please add to the poll, Have got one, will use if I can be bothered to find it.  Only joking.

Speaking as a man I have a reasonable sense of direction anyway. Buy I am also never afraid to ask for directions, I have no idea why some people are so againgst that.

[Auto Addict]

Went to Go Outdoors in Coventry once, following my Sat Nav, took me down a dead end with a railway embankment blocking my way, I could see Go Outdoors the other side of the embankment with the Sat Nav saying 'Destination'.

I had to go on a 5 mile detour to get there.

[Plomien]

I use mine for most of the journey but still check google maps before I leave to get the main location points along the way

[Rods2]

I always use a map and / or atlas to plan my route, but I do find sat nav useful in large towns and cities when trying to find a specific road.

I generally prefer, my routes and short cuts as they are better than sat nav routes and then you get 20 miles of nagging to do a u-turn  at every junction which is worse than SWMBO. 

[cem_devecioglu]

will the answer "no" be helpful

planning to buy one currently

[aaronjb]

I always use it going somewhere new, but I like to think I'm smart enough not to blindly follow it when it looks like it's directing me into a field/lake/down the railway tracks.. and as the Captain says, it's the last mile it's most useful for anyway - motorways and so on it's really just there to tell me where cameras might be and make sure I don't go sailing past the exit I really wanted

I also think if I was driving an artic I'd have the good sense to use something other than a satnav - or at least use a satnav that's aware of the size vehicle I'm driving!

Me too... And the rumours of mine directing me through an area of mining subsidence this weekend are just that. 

 

Mine has, before now, tried to have me turn off the M25 into a grit depository as it was firmly of the belief that it was a junction - needless to say I ignored that one

Autoroute 2000 (remember that?) used to tell you to turn off the middle of a bridge in Slough in order to reach the lower (perpendicular) carriageway

[chalcroft]

Use mine all day every day going from job to job. Hardly ever use the A-Z these days. Also used it to drive all over europe too.

[Entwood]

Use it for speed camera warnings, and as a "useful tool" when going somewhere new .. but NEVER "rely" on it, windows and signposts far more important. Mine is very old (TT 700) .. but fully up to date (at no cost), latest map 2 weeks ago.