I just responded in the other thread as i had not got to this thread yet.
Jeez you are hilarious ,you wind yourself up 
Beetlejuice:
I just responded in the other thread as i had not got to this thread yet.
Jeez you are hilarious ,you wind yourself up
Thanks I try my best . 
jessejazza:
Beetlejuice:
Try this lads units out.I had a tom tom 6250 nicked gutting but it happens,i use an xgody and and app called road lords now .an xgody I found one couldnāt update and road lords has mixed feedback in reviews. It may develop into a good app but is on beta at present.
theres a support group on facebook for the xgody satnav , members on there will do your update AND add various extras for free/little money. i posted mine to a member in warwickshire . i bleve the support groups name is nozatec or novatec
Beetlejuice:
yourhavingalarf:
Beetlejuice:
robroy:
Just reading all this stuff, seriously, not having a go, but could any of you relatively new lads actually do the job without a little voice telling you to turn left or right. or the more sophisticated sat navs when and where to wipe your arsesā¦ok I maybe am having a go after all
If you donāt want to use paper maps, fair dos, but maybe use Google maps on your phone, then rely on the sat nav if you must, when you have more exoerienceā¦ ā¦give it a try youāll maybe actually LEARN routes better that way which imo makes you a better driverā¦
YAAAWWWWNNNNN
Hang onā¦
robroy has a valid point there. Back in the day we all just set off with a map, an address and a ā ā ā ā good memory if you stopped at a service station and memorised the way into a new drop from the A-Z maps for sale in WH Smiths. Now with all this technology, GPS, real time traffic info, lifetime updates and āTrucknavsā, finding your way seems to have got much more difficult. Not once did I ever come a cropper with a map and trust me, Iāve found places even the locals had never heard of.
The basics of reading a map whilst changing crash gears in heavy traffic through a foggy windscreen and stuffing your pipe with a large handfull of Dunhill Flake seems like a dead skill now.
Do us a favour pal ? change your signature
Whatās up with the signature?
I like it a lot (Plus he can roll a tab whilst making a brew at 56mph which in my book makes the chap immortal).
It was a deflection tactic 
jessejazza:
robroy:
Just reading all this stuff, seriously, not having a go, but could any of you relatively new lads actually do the job without a little voice telling you to turn left or right. or the more sophisticated sat navs when and where to wipe your arses
ā¦In all fairness I agree with what youāve said - but that comes with experience. Often doing muti-drop it is just rush, rush, rush and one just punches in a postcode and goes - Class 2 HABIT! One finds out that many postcodes cover quite a large area e.g. Rougham airfield (nr Bury St Edmunds) now a large industrial estateā¦ one has to tap in the address or drive around for quite a while. I only use google (as it shows all commercial sites) to just ābring me inā as it could save me an embarassing reverse or twoā¦ no fun in London.
With experience āone weans oneself offā satnavs. The big difference with Class 1 is one HAS TO route plan as I posted earlierā¦ one finds that out PDQ itās fair to say.
āā¦maybe actually LEARN routes better that way which imo makes you a better driverā¦ā
I donāt think you meant ālearning routesā as much as āmethod of approachā. e.g. I had to go to a nursery SE of Hoddesdon a few weeks ago CM19 5JR from Hatfield. Perhaps I could have got through Hoddesdon but I suspected there would be restriction somewhereā¦ later found out there was 7.5T and bridge weight limit in Dobbās Weir Road. I took the A414 East, A1019, A1025 and in on the B1133. (Maybe I could have taken the shorter route through Roydon and Halls Green but a narrow lane is a risk not worth considering). Actually it is the only way in and my truck satnav came up with āroute not foundā. With an artic journey I am thinking motorway, A roads and then lastly B road (maybe) for remote locations. In the SE there are a lot of awkward places to find not that I am claiming this was difficult but just to illustrate the point. The ābetter driverā will identify the best route and get in/out without delay and onto next destination.
Since posting I have been using google and Here maps and going all over the country. Here maps routing has been excellent and better than google (and Co-Pilot the other prominent satnav app). Here maps traffic is quite good and I was impressed with it bringing up roadworks than had only been started a few days ago. Google I have found better for just turning to when one has got near to the destination and need to check the exact location. Postcodes can cover quite a wide area and for quite a while I have just used the address in the satnav app search window although a look on google can be necessary at times. Here maps can be used offline which is a big plus compared with google. As to data consumption both seem to āeatā about 150 mb per day - not much if you have an unlimited pack but otherwise one needs to allow Iād say 4gb per month for continual use. i just go online when I need to. Here maps seems to update its maps every month for offline use which is better than any satnav as well as being biased towards āAā roads which is what one wants. Neither app has crashed whereas Navigator Mapfactor app seems to mishap regularly which is a shame as I like it in many ways.
Again both these apps score over a satnav unit as one has satellite view which can be a great aid with difficult locations. Obviously have a Truckers Atlas for route planning as well - one thing I have learnt in my driving jobs employers love to see a driver has a truckerās atlas with themā¦ as for the size (which is a pain) itās worth having an A3 portfolio folder to protect it.
play.google.com/store/apps/deta ā¦ ds.android
try this one on your phone, still in beta
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jowett1969:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roadlords.androidtry this one on your phone, still in beta
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Thanks - I have heard of that one but not tried it yet but will do this week.