Why spend £2000 on a Sat Nav ?

**HighwayTG** · 30-01-2009,02:27 PM

I had Sat Nav in my previous Saab which I hardly ever used so I didn't order one for the A4 especially as £2000 seems extortionate for a system that does half of what many portable Sat Nav's do at 10th of the price.

Anyway last week I had to attend a party in the middle of nowhere so I got my Garmin out and was about to attach it to the windscreen when I discovered I could sit it in front of the MMI screen where the sucker makes good contact with the plastic base.

Fair enough you can’t see the MMI screen with the Garmin in place but it looks quite smart and for occasional use I think this is an ideal position, especially as the Garmin battery lasts about 2.5 hours, so no ungainly wires that often.

**sakura** · 30-01-2009,05:30 PM

I found that the suction pad comes unstuck after a while - plastic slightly rough. I used the stick on pad supplied right in the left hand corner and angled the bracket a litle to the left too. Result - I can see the sat nav ( Garmin 760 ) and the MMI. I routed the feed cable down the side of the console, under the side trim and feed from the golvebox.

**ScottyUK** · 30-01-2009,07:57 PM

£2k for an end of life piece of technology that won't do full post code search, can't have updated POIs, no camera warning, no flying/3D view, no text to voice, etc etc etc is terrible.

The 3G will come in around the same price (can't see how they can put it up if they want to sell any). If 3G as coming soon (Audi told me 2nd half of the year) then I may have waited and gone for it but since it's not it was an easy choice not to have it. With the technology pack and the other options I had listed the difference would "only" have been £1250 for me to add it but when my trusted TomTom does it all far better I decided to keep that money for other things.

**onemanparty** · 31-01-2009,07:45 PM

Originally Posted by ScottyUK

£2k for an end of life piece of technology that won't do full post code search, can't have updated POIs, no camera warning, no flying/3D view, no text to voice, etc etc etc is terrible.

The 3G will come in around the same price (can't see how they can put it up if they want to sell any). If 3G as coming soon (Audi told me 2nd half of the year) then I may have waited and gone for it but since it's not it was an easy choice not to have it. With the technology pack and the other options I had listed the difference would "only" have been £1250 for me to add it but when my trusted TomTom does it all far better I decided to keep that money for other things.

I have a Q5 (on a long weekend test drive with 3G MMI (By the way 3G just means 3rd Generation) still no full post code and at present I do not think there will be!!! I also have SAT NAV Plus in my S3 but still have a Road Angel Nav 7000 which is great at cameras etc but after now having seen and used the new Audi system I would pay the money

**ScottyUK** · 31-01-2009,08:01 PM

For the new one (3G) yes - but are you saying you'd spend £2k on the current A4 system?

**onemanparty** · 31-01-2009,08:10 PM

Originally Posted by ScottyUK

For the new one (3G) yes - but are you saying you'd spend £2k on the current A4 system?

Not saying I would!! I did on my A4 Sline (B8) which went back 2 weeks ago! Great system better than my Road Angel and the Tom Tom I had which I sold on e-bay. Only down side Post Codes in the UK which does not on the S3 and has not been any trouble

**ScottyUK** · 31-01-2009,08:41 PM

I'm intrigued! Did I read it right that you found it better than your TomTom?

My TomTom has so much more than I thought the OEM system so what am I missing here?

**rd1** · 31-01-2009,08:52 PM

Scottyuk,
I also paid and very pleased with it, previous inbuilt sat navs I have had are not a touch on the audi one once you get used to it and its much better then any portable ones I have used. I find the postcode is also ok with the road list to supplement but agree no cam detector so I use a 'Novus rider' cam detector £99 with free updates for life and absolutely superb operation, no wires as rechargeable etc.

All down to choice then, personally don't see the point of upgrading to B and O, heated seats or fancy wheels but accept and respect others want to spend their hard earned cash on them. Overall the car is brilliant and for me the full MMI etc is all part of having the best.
Roger

**ScottyUK** · 31-01-2009,09:00 PM

It's not a criticism of anyone spending money having it fitted. We all chose options based on personal wants, requirements, needs, number of miles we do etc etc.

The situation is that if I can add it for £1250 then I'd simply like to know what I'm getting for the cash aside from the integration.

I've only used the existing system for a few weeks when I had a loaner so may be missing things but I'm not sure what to put on the list of positives against all the negatives. The only one I can think of is that the TMC works better.

I'm not criticising. I'm asking for help!

**onemanparty** · 01-02-2009,09:21 AM

Originally Posted by ScottyUK

I'm intrigued! Did I read it right that you found it better than your TomTom?

My TomTom has so much more than I thought the OEM system so what am I missing here?

Yes you did. Apart from Post Codes and Camera detectors (Which I think will never be added to MFR spec as they are Illegal in France and other European countries) I like the system it very easy to use.

Down side to Portable Sat Nav

Had my car broken in to twice as you could see the marks on the window.
Slow in city's like Birmingham and London we Tom Tom One was