Sotos wrote:Seems like Renault is still offering it... at least on one model. Any others?Get Real! wrote:Everyone who owned a factory unit replaced it with a Tom Tom!
You should research more before wasting your money on factory navs.
Are you talking about Cyprus? It seems that not many would own a factory unit as very few companies are offering sat nav in Cyprus. Maybe you are thinking of the used Japanese cars which come with a non functioning sat nav? A Tom Tom or similar would be cheaper to buy and possibly cheaper to keep updated ... but it will not integrate as nicely with the car and most importantly it can look really ugly sticking another monitor on the dash! Many cars these days come with decent LCD displays and I think having no sat nav makes that display useless 99% of the time.Got a car without....correction.. Two cars without , in the end.
You got a Renault/Ford without? Was it just because of the price or something else?
no we got (a) a Skoda Yeti 1.6 TDI Greenmotion2 and (b) a VW Polo 1.2 TSI and neither had sat nav as standard. Main considerations were fuel consumption and reliability as the Skoda was to be our main family car replacing a knackered thirsty 7 seater honda stream 1.6 automatic, and at the time we had a combined family mileage of 2000 to 2500 km per week. On a good day the Honda might get 25-28 MPG or 10 to 12 L/100 on an average day closer to 20 Mpg or 14 l/100. The Skoda will get 60 MPG / 4.7 l/100 on a good run, 40 mpg / 7 l/100 on a urban running. The VW replaced a an ancient Nissan Sunny 1,4 which on a good run would do about 40 MPG or 7 l /100 but on urban 25-28 MPG or 10 to 12 L/100. The Polo gives me 50mpg or 5.5 l /100 on a good run, and on a urban better than 35 mpg or 8 per 100. Big savings on fuel.
the good news is we are not doing so much per week, down to about 800 km / week at present.
