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stu_iow · 24th December 2006, 14:48

On my road trip up to cumbria and back, i test tomtom mobile 6 (latest version with latest map) against the 2006/2007 dvd in Civic's satnav.

I was expecting tomtom to be so much better, but it wasn't!!!!

The civic directed my away from some traffic delays (taking me off the m6 and using the a34), the tomtom (with traffic updating) wanted me to stay on the M6.

WHen you have a junction coming up i had to take, i love the fact that at the top of the screen you get the sign's you need to follow, that is a supurb feature!

Tomtom's directions were poor, the tomtom female voice got very annoying after a while.

The only thing that does let down the civic satnav is the POI's and the maps not bieng as complete as the tomtom's were (tomtom knew the centre parcs oasis whinfell roads and postcode where as civic didnt know the roads existed nor the postcode, which is a huge shame!!

I would give honda civic satnav 85%, tomtom mobile 80%

If we could update the POI's and possibly the maps ourselves, on the civic, that would be fantastic!

24th December 2006, 14:48	#1 (permalink)
stu_iow Big Civic fan Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 19th August 2006 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Sat Nav vs tomtom On my road trip up to cumbria and back, i test tomtom mobile 6 (latest version with latest map) against the 2006/2007 dvd in Civic's satnav. I was expecting tomtom to be so much better, but it wasn't!!!! The civic directed my away from some traffic delays (taking me off the m6 and using the a34), the tomtom (with traffic updating) wanted me to stay on the M6. WHen you have a junction coming up i had to take, i love the fact that at the top of the screen you get the sign's you need to follow, that is a supurb feature! Tomtom's directions were poor, the tomtom female voice got very annoying after a while. The only thing that does let down the civic satnav is the POI's and the maps not bieng as complete as the tomtom's were (tomtom knew the centre parcs oasis whinfell roads and postcode where as civic didnt know the roads existed nor the postcode, which is a huge shame!! I would give honda civic satnav 85%, tomtom mobile 80% If we could update the POI's and possibly the maps ourselves, on the civic, that would be fantastic!