gazza57
17-09-2011, 04:30 PM
I have recently bought a newer A6 a 3.0Tdi Le Mans which has a built in Satnav, what a complete crock of cr*p.
When you try to enter a post code, it will only accept five digits of your seven digit postcode.
I thought that perhaps I was doing something incorrectly or hadn't fully understood how to enter a destination.
So I go to my local Audi Dealer and explain the problem fully expecting them to show me how it should be entered.
Imagine then my utter astonishment to be told:
"Oh yes, you can only enter five digits on the postcode, the UK and Netherlands are the only two countries in Europe who have seven digit postcodes, so I said what have Audi done about this then?
"Nothing" was the reply.
But I said, if you select SO158 as the nearest to SO15 8LP you have a street index covering something like 10 square miles and about 4200 streets what bl**dy good is that?
If you know the street name fine but what if you have just the postcode? My Tom Tom which incidentally is cheaper in it's entirety than the Audi Satnav 2011 street upgrade (£142 +VAT) will get you anywhere in Europe by postcode.
So I asked whether Audi are to produce an upgrade so you can use it properly with a UK postcode.
The reply?
"No"
I must say I find it unbelievable that a car like the A6 which is supposed to be synonomous with good design and quality has a satnav which is incapable of getting you any closer than 10 square miles from your intended destination and Audi are happy to stand back and do....nothing??????????????????
Even more unbelievable is that the satnav street upgrade disc for 2011 currently £142 +VAT costs over £35 more than an entire TomTom and still will be incapable of getting you any closer than a 10 sq mile box truly unbelievable.
Gazza57:zx11:
When you try to enter a post code, it will only accept five digits of your seven digit postcode.
I thought that perhaps I was doing something incorrectly or hadn't fully understood how to enter a destination.
So I go to my local Audi Dealer and explain the problem fully expecting them to show me how it should be entered.
Imagine then my utter astonishment to be told:
"Oh yes, you can only enter five digits on the postcode, the UK and Netherlands are the only two countries in Europe who have seven digit postcodes, so I said what have Audi done about this then?
"Nothing" was the reply.
But I said, if you select SO158 as the nearest to SO15 8LP you have a street index covering something like 10 square miles and about 4200 streets what bl**dy good is that?
If you know the street name fine but what if you have just the postcode? My Tom Tom which incidentally is cheaper in it's entirety than the Audi Satnav 2011 street upgrade (£142 +VAT) will get you anywhere in Europe by postcode.
So I asked whether Audi are to produce an upgrade so you can use it properly with a UK postcode.
The reply?
"No"
I must say I find it unbelievable that a car like the A6 which is supposed to be synonomous with good design and quality has a satnav which is incapable of getting you any closer than 10 square miles from your intended destination and Audi are happy to stand back and do....nothing??????????????????
Even more unbelievable is that the satnav street upgrade disc for 2011 currently £142 +VAT costs over £35 more than an entire TomTom and still will be incapable of getting you any closer than a 10 sq mile box truly unbelievable.
Gazza57:zx11: