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(Message started by: john.n on Sep 15^th, 2004, 8:16am)

Title: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 15^th, 2004, 8:16am

Just thought i would let you all know i have at last found the Cossie estate i have been looking for after selling my saloon (to Vulcan). Its a 98 facelift in Met. Blue. Nice miles-86k, clean condition. Not cheap £3950, but just what i wanted. john.n ;D

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by daven on Sep 15^th, 2004, 8:18am

Wahhayy - well done John!

Daven

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Vulcan on Sep 15^th, 2004, 4:48pm

That's good to hear John, glad you got one at last.. ;D

Maybe you could bring it to Weston 2005?

regards

George

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by craig on Sep 15^th, 2004, 6:31pm

yep,agree
good on you john..
the wait was obviously well worth it

good news ;) ;)

craig..

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 15^th, 2004, 7:30pm

Got to play with it now- fit some toys etc. First on the list is DVDand Sat-nav.See you all at W.S.M. john.n ;D

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Paul B on Sep 15^th, 2004, 9:34pm

Nice one John. Good things come to those who wait :)
Any pictures yet?

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 16^th, 2004, 8:16am

Unfortunatley no pictures Paul, i am not that clued up on computers. john.n :-[

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Vulcan on Sep 16^th, 2004, 5:22pm

John if you want to take some nice pics in the normal way then send them up to me, I'll scan them in for you at a suitable resolution for the web and post the whole lot back on a CD.
I can then give you a simple walkthrough of how to set them up in an album on Photobucket site for the world to peruse. ;D
No rush... at your leisure..

regards

George

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by des on Sep 16^th, 2004, 8:03pm

on the subject of satnav john ive, just bought a navman
icn 630 its excellent and it works on the windshield regardless of the heated element/wires all the software is loaded of your pc and its postcode based its very nice so nice she,s got her bloody eye,s on it for long runs when they get lost. the 3d map is excellent as if your flying down the road well worth a look bye des.........

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 17^th, 2004, 7:42am

Cheers George, i will try to get round to that asap. Des is the system on your Sat-nav. Tom-Tom? this is the one i have been looking at as its voice guidance. Also how do you input the post codes? Is it with a stylus?. I also looked at the Tom-Tom Go system which is touch screen but dont know if this is by stylus or with your finger(preferable). john.n

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Vulcan on Sep 17^th, 2004, 7:50am

Found a link to that Navman...

Review..
http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/NavManIcn.htm

Main site...
http://www.navman-europe.com/product_details.php?id=AA005301

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by des on Sep 17^th, 2004, 9:02am

checkout the link to navman i got mine from eurosimm £663+courier its got to be the 630 the 620 isnt 3/d and only covers n/ireland/uk 630 has to be activated online so anything other than cosher might not be o.k. and at that price it was very close to e,bay prices no its not tom,tom and the postcode key entered by moving icon along qwerty keypad and entering by key ta ta des..........

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by des on Sep 17^th, 2004, 9:08am

forgot iv,e three voices to pick from....

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 17^th, 2004, 12:10pm

That must be you, the wife and the mother-in-law!He.He. john.n. Thanks for the advise. Also thanks to George-had a look. ;)

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 17^th, 2004, 12:54pm

hi there

posted this before.

if (big if) you're travelling with your laptop, then this is a great sat nav. http://www.directions.ltd.uk/moreinfo.php?id=3140
now i know it's not as convenient as a 'proper' system but at only £115, it's a bargain! as i said, if you've got your laptop with you,.....well you might as well use it.

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Baz on Sep 17^th, 2004, 6:34pm

Stick a ford travelpilot in. Fits where the 7000 radio goes, doesn't cost anywhere near the figures shown above and it looks the part.

Just my opinion of course

Baz

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by john.n on Sep 18^th, 2004, 8:53am

The trouble is finding one at the right money Baz- too expensive to buy new. john.n :(

Title: Re: Found my car!
Post by Baz on Sep 18^th, 2004, 9:06am

Quite true, but I got mine off Ebay. Brand new in a box from a nice man in Germany. I think I paid about £450. There have been a few sold lately on Ebay and the dearest one sold was about £400. There have been a few of the VNR9000s as well (the ones with the colour screens). The last VNR went for £380 or so plus the wiring is easier to sort on the VNR and is still pretty reasonable and looks the part ratherv than having some a PDA stuck to your windscreen

Baz