m3csl

First idea was Tom Tom, but I have no cigar lighter and with all the noise in the car I doubt I would hear it.

I'm skint after spending all my money on the car so needs to be cheap!

Must do all of Europe.

I think this looks the best

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/pro...s_id/2313.html

What you guys reckon?

CooperS

Don't bother, get lost, that way you get to spend more time driving it

m3csl

Very True

King RA

If your skint then I don't understand where the idea of spending over £1000 on sat nav comes from, tomtom is under £400. I guess the defination of skint is different for an M3 driver from a scooby driver

m3csl

Well basically it will all be on overdraft so the less the better.

I'd be more than happy to buy a Tom Tom, but with no cigar lighter to plug it into things arn't looking to good!

But your right 1k is a load of money for me, but then so it the amount of petrol I will waste driving around at 2am in Germany looking for my hotel

m3csl

Ohhhhh seems I do have a cigar lighter, it's just blanked off with a plastic stopper rather than having the lighter in there.

So tom tom could well be back on the cards

Result!

PG

just wire it to a 12v supply in the car. No need for lighter socket

PG

just ignore my last post then

m3csl

OK in that case, whats a good unit to go for that does Europe.

Tom Tom, Street Pilot etc etc?

Hammoc

Borrowed a friend's Tom Tom recently and it worked a treat. Easy to move from car to car. If you haven't got a cigar lighter bit of a no no - so the Pioneer head unit is probably a good plan.

So you've gone for the CSL Top choice. Not had the pleasure of a ride in one yet, but on a recent trip to the Nurburgring I saw many being driven hard. The induction noise & exhaust chatter as one races past is superb. Pic of a CSL in action here.


Chris

PG

Garmin Quest is an excellent bit of kit !

Hammoc

Looks like the Tom Tom GO 700 is best for Europe. No messing around with SD cards....it says:

'All the newest TeleAtlas maps are now installed on a 2.5 GB Hard Drive as one seamless map, allowing you to find your way to any address across Europe '

http://www.tomtom.com/products/produ...=74&Language=1

m3csl

I have indeed. Sound is amazing. I have a lightweight supersprint back box on and that mixed with the induction puts a huge smile on your face!

m3csl

Looks a good bet

SirFozzalot

PMSL! I thought you said that you didn't miss all the gadgets including SATNAV from your old M3?????

Liar!!!

logiclee

Also have a look at the Navman ICN650 which has full street level mapping of Western Europe. www.navman.co.uk

I recently bought one of the ICN 6xx range, I looked at the pda range of satnav's and nealy all were not loud enough and not clear enough.

The Tomtom Go and Navman ICN 6xx both have clear and loud audio so you can leave your music on. I went for the Navman as the screen is one of the clearest and brightest I have come across. Both use the tele-atlas 3D maps.

Cheers
Lee

m3csl

Well I tried the girlfriend and the map idea but she was cr@p and it caused an argument lol

m3csl

Looks like Tom Tom Go 700 could be the best answer. Shame it's not out yet.

Leslie

Nothing traitorous in going from an STi to an M3. Just changing from one good car to another!

Good luck with the choice of SatNav.

Les

Hammoc

Hammoc

A guy I met recently had the same back box. He also had AP Racing brakes. From pics I've seen looks like you've also got these?

This guy knew his stuff and was saying he had 2 degrees of negative camber set into the geometry. Great for track days...but he said anymore than that and it was a b1tch on the road - tram lining etc. Also mentioned the Michellin Pilots were 'interesting' in the wet


Chris

Patt@firstime

When is it out btw?

m3csl

Dates range from 10th June > 27th June depending on what site you look at.

m3csl

Can you remember his name? This could well be his car!

Yes I have AP brakes at the front, I've kept the negative camber at the front, and also done the rears now aswell.

I'm yet to try it in the wet, I have a VW Golf for the rain

Patt@firstime

Thanks Wheres cheapest to look at and is the new 700 same price as the old one, I heard it was coming down in price?

Matt

m3csl

Amazon have them up at £550.

fast bloke

Get the tom tom 700 with hard wire kit (due to be release next week) it will run through your stereo and take power from wherever you want

m3csl

Sounds like the best plan to me!

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Navman iCN 650 has the whole of europe preinstalled on a 2gb hard disk.

the devices is transferable between cars aswell.

m3csl

Cool, that is £679 the Tom Tom is £550, so seems Tom Tom could be worth the wait.