Discussion
I have a Pioneer AVIC-X1 fitted to my Chim, best thing I have ever bought for a car!
Works very well as a satnav head unit, rubbish ipod interface on mine, later AVICs have better ipod interface and work well.
Have also used Tom Toms, not quite as good as the Pioneer (waypoints etc, smaller screen), more hassle due to wires/suckers and probably one of the most stolen accessories on the market.
To be fair though overall they are probably better value for money than the Pioneer. If money no object, Pioneer, no question.
Works very well as a satnav head unit, rubbish ipod interface on mine, later AVICs have better ipod interface and work well.
Have also used Tom Toms, not quite as good as the Pioneer (waypoints etc, smaller screen), more hassle due to wires/suckers and probably one of the most stolen accessories on the market.
To be fair though overall they are probably better value for money than the Pioneer. If money no object, Pioneer, no question.
great bit of kit.In the house we have Garmin, TomTom and CoPilot.
The actual navigation the Garmin wins. Those that can do traffic information do it by buying an expensive extra that then gives traffic free for life. Not all Garmin models can have the traffic extra fitted. Ours can't so I can't comment. The tomtom traffic is annual subscription. If you keep it 3 years the Garmin is the cheaper.
The TomTom beats the Garmin on the other stuff, like how easy it is to find the destination you want and route planning. I had the traffic subsciption for the first year. It was so unreliable that I didn't renew. Problems would not be reported until long after they had first happened and been reported on the radio. Then problems would remain on the system long after they had cleared. I drove across London at 3am. It was still diverting me for the previous night's rush hour jam.
The Co Pilot came free with my phone. It's worth what I paid for it, but as a back up to the others, its usually better than nothing. Plus, as it's always with me, and sometimes the rest of the family have grabbed the others. It tells you to take the slip road after you have passed it.
The actual navigation the Garmin wins. Those that can do traffic information do it by buying an expensive extra that then gives traffic free for life. Not all Garmin models can have the traffic extra fitted. Ours can't so I can't comment. The tomtom traffic is annual subscription. If you keep it 3 years the Garmin is the cheaper.
The TomTom beats the Garmin on the other stuff, like how easy it is to find the destination you want and route planning. I had the traffic subsciption for the first year. It was so unreliable that I didn't renew. Problems would not be reported until long after they had first happened and been reported on the radio. Then problems would remain on the system long after they had cleared. I drove across London at 3am. It was still diverting me for the previous night's rush hour jam.
The Co Pilot came free with my phone. It's worth what I paid for it, but as a back up to the others, its usually better than nothing. Plus, as it's always with me, and sometimes the rest of the family have grabbed the others. It tells you to take the slip road after you have passed it.
I have no knowledge of the Tom Tom range, but I do have a Garmin 760 (cos I needed European mapping as well I went that not the cheaper 710) and it is bloomin fantastic...has built Traffic master (for life) and scamera locations (both domestic and European) has bluetooth for ya moby and also an FM transmitter so you can hear it through your car hi-fi (driving a Griff with the roof down on the motorway believe me that is a godsend).
I paid £195 from an online supplier in March with the latest V11 maps built in, don't know how that compares with TT of similar spec?
I paid £195 from an online supplier in March with the latest V11 maps built in, don't know how that compares with TT of similar spec?
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