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iangarner
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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: I've found the Garmin i2 on sale for £89 |
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Just a heads up for those looking for cheap and cheerful Sat Nav, I have found the Garmin i2 (only difference being monochrome in comparison to i3 from what I can see) on sale for £89 at savastore.com
28 left in stock as I am writing this...
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zogman
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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plus shipping?
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iangarner
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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shipping is £3.95, mine has already been dispatched also  |
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zogman
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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you do know comet were/are doing the colour screen version for £99...
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soweezy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| iangarner wrote: | | shipping is £3.95, mine has already been dispatched also |
pity, I have a new i3 for sale for just £10 more + shipping (around £7.50 for next day)
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iangarner
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | you do know comet were/are doing the colour screen version for £99... |
they were, not anymore. comet are pricing them at £129. Not being funny but a colour screen is not worth £40, when my focus is on the road anyway. I'll be listening to directions as opposed to focusing my attention on a screen. |
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zogman
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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you aint wrong there mate..i tend to 'watch' the road and look at the signposts the same time as listening to directions on the i3....but a colour screen is nice..
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iangarner
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| zogman wrote: | | you aint wrong there mate..i tend to 'watch' the road and look at the signposts the same time as listening to directions on the i3....but a colour screen is nice.. |
Yeah, colour screens do look nice but the less i spend the less i lose should it ever get nicked. |
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Anita
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| iangarner wrote: | | Yeah, colour screens do look nice but the less i spend the less i lose should it ever get nicked. |
Colour screen or not, if you don't leave it in the car it won't get nicked! 
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iangarner
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Anita wrote: | | iangarner wrote: | | Yeah, colour screens do look nice but the less i spend the less i lose should it ever get nicked. |
Colour screen or not, if you don't leave it in the car it won't get nicked! |
 , generally I don't leave them in the car anyway - but there's also the odd time when i pull up at a friends and cant be bothered removing it for 5 mins etc etc etc |
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| , generally I don't leave them in the car anyway - but there's also the odd time when i pull up at a friends and cant be bothered removing it for 5 mins etc etc etc |
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An I2 would be a good buy if it was noticably cheaper than an I3.
£3 or £5 isn't significant.
What is a good buy is a C320 for about £220. You got a better unit and all the European maps. + a License to use the maps on two units.
Far better. |
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| gcb wrote: | An I2 would be a good buy if it was noticably cheaper than an I3.
£3 or £5 isn't significant.
What is a good buy is a C320 for about £220. You got a better unit and all the European maps. + a License to use the maps on two units.
Far better. |
For around £220 I'd personally prefer the TomTom One.
Does the C320 have the newer chipset as the TomTom One does? |
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Anita
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| gcb wrote: | An I2 would be a good buy if it was noticably cheaper than an I3.
£3 or £5 isn't significant. |
I agree.
| gcb wrote: | What is a good buy is a C320 for about £220. You got a better unit and all the European maps. + a License to use the maps on two units.
Far better. |
But it's more than double the price! I wouldn't use the European maps, only have one unit, and don't feel the need for a touch-screen, celebrity voices (yuk!) or the other bells and whistles!
As far as I'm concerned the i3 does all I want it to do at a price I was prepared to pay. The best £100 I ever spent. :D
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iangarner
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| £5 difference between the i2 and i3, try £40 more like. I did own a TomTom One but ended up taking it back, every time it switched satellites the time and ETA would change, so it was never correct. I do think the i2 is better overall, smaller and comact plus less than half the price of the tomtom one. at the end of the day the whole point of a sat nav is to get you from A to B, who needs celebrity voices or mobile/bluetooth functionality or other bells and whistles as mentioned above. |
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