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Jammy007

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Hi guys,

 

I'm off to America in April (Disney) and as this is my first trip to the states and also my first driving experience of an automatic and a LHD I'm going to have to be concentrating on the roads for the first couple of days before I get the hang of the car and their system.

 

I'm looking at getting a sat nav for the zed and was wondering if there was one that can be updated with the florida maps so I can take it with me rather than hire one over there.

 

I obviously would like to obtain these maps free from the internet rather than pay half the cost of the sat nav again to never use the florida maps again. I know we had trouble finding garmin maps for my work colleague so what does everyone recommend?

 

I know they can be hired over there but as I'm looking at buyig a sat nav anyways, its kind of pointless hiring one.

 

Any info / help would be appreciated

 

Cheers,

 

Jamie

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I've got the Tom Tom Go 940. Used it in Europe Britian and America. Only thing is that its not infaluble, it might try to take you down a tight road that might not be suitable for trucks, caravans and campervans. Other than that though probably the best you can get on the market. Looking at £400 for it!

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I've got the Tom Tom Go 940. Used it in Europe Britian and America. Only thing is that its not infaluble, it might try to take you down a tight road that might not be suitable for trucks, caravans and campervans. Other than that though probably the best you can get on the market. Looking at £400 for it!

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You've got guts coming to America and driving. If I ever make it over to the UK I won't attempt driving. After 22 years of doing it one way, I don't think I could do the exact opposite. :blush:

 

I hope you like Florida. I have family in Orlando. Hopefully you see lots of sun :)

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Thanks for the info Vasser.

 

You've got guts coming to America and driving. If I ever make it over to the UK I won't attempt driving. After 22 years of doing it one way, I don't think I could do the exact opposite.

 

I hope you like Florida. I have family in Orlando. Hopefully you see lots of sun

 

I was against driving over there but had a few people I know just come back from Orlando and they highly recommended a car, so i'm biting the bullet.

 

If I don't make it back in one piece I may get the parents to raffle my zed off on the website to raise a bit of money for themselves. Unless my dad decides to become a forum whore!!

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  • 4 weeks later...

I really need to know guys that if I buy a tom tom 520 can I then download maps from a torrent site and put these on an SD Card, will the 520 read them?

 

I don't know how the whole tomtom map upgrade thing works in general.

 

Please help

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