So I bought the Tom Tom European sat-nav a while back and played with it much to the chagrin of my wife, who is one of those really bizarre people that seems to have sat-nav built into their brains. Seriously freaks me out at times, she can go into a totally new location and seem to have a detailed map of the place in her head in just a few seconds. She looked down her nose at Tom Tom and derided most of its route choices. I think I've become infected because I've sort of stuffed the thing back in the glove box and not touched it much. I used it on a couple of trips and have to say I wasn't blown away. Sure the technology is impressive and its quite fun to watch the little dot that's you driving along the motorway (until you rear-end something, then the novelty fades somewhat) but the choices it makes aren't very well informed. I'm glad I bought the thing, it's useful to have, but in a peculiar way I sometimes find it devalues the journey - and no, I can't explain that one at all!
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Are you lot on drugs, and if so - please may I have some?
So I bought the Tom Tom European sat-nav a while back and played with it much to the chagrin of my wife, who is one of those really bizarre people that seems to have sat-nav built into their brains. Seriously freaks me out at times, she can go into a totally new location and seem to have a detailed map of the place in her head in just a few seconds. She looked down her nose at Tom Tom and derided most of its route choices. I think I've become infected because I've sort of stuffed the thing back in the glove box and not touched it much. I used it on a couple of trips and have to say I wasn't blown away. Sure the technology is impressive and its quite fun to watch the little dot that's you driving along the motorway (until you rear-end something, then the novelty fades somewhat) but the choices it makes aren't very well informed. I'm glad I bought the thing, it's useful to have, but in a peculiar way I sometimes find it devalues the journey - and no, I can't explain that one at all!