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Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 306 Location: All Over The UK
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: 910 Killed in Fall, Did It Jump Or Was it Pushed
TT910 Mount Killed my 910!!!
My mount has been on my windshild since I got the Unit Thursday Night.
Went out to the car at lunch today, (Sitting on the driveway in sunlight), to find no sign of my TomTom 910, after the initial panic I found it on the floor of the car,
Seems the sunlight had loosed the grip and off it dropped, (Never suffered this with a TT Mount before), and yes it was cleaned and secured well (Had been there 3 days)!
Anyway, TT910 Screen was , No visible crack but dark section at lower left side about the size of a 50p coin,
Figured I would try my luck so packed it all neatly in the box, took it back to PC World, explained I had opened it today as it was my first chance to install it and found the screen like it
Anyway they swopped it out no problem, but I am not to keen on leaving the unit on the mount after this. Hope it was a fluke event
Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 119 Location: West Suffolk
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: 910 Killed in Fall, Did It Jump Or Was it Pushed
Flashyphotos wrote:
TT910 Mount Killed my 910!!!
My mount has been on my windshild since I got the Unit Thursday Night.
Richard
Congrats on screwing PC World over.
And how can you just leave the mount on the windscreen?! After all the copious amount of advice given here about not doing that?
I quote from the film 'Full Metal Jacket' - Gny. Sgt Hartman.
"Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: [after discovering Private Pyle's unlocked footlocker] Jesus H Christ. Private Pyle, why is your footlocker unlocked?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, I don't know, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Private Pyle, if there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is an unlocked footlocker! You know that don't you?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: If it wasn't for dickheads like you, there wouldn't be any thievery in this world, would there? "
Says it all really.
JD _________________ TTG 300 Died the death of a cracked screen
Navman F20 USB Fell off
TTG 520 Third time lucky?
Bloody Superb PGPSW Camera Database.
Not much else!
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 306 Location: All Over The UK
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:
Sorry you feel that way
As for leaving the mount in the window I always do, thats what it was designed for,
When working I stop at least 50 times a day for 5mins a time whilst I have to leave the car, If I was to remove the unit and mount each time, I would be working till midnight,
The damn thing was designed to be left in the car, I leave all my kit in the car, unless I am away from it for 30mins or more, in some of the best and worst parts of Los Angeles and Las Vegas and all over the West Coast, and have never had a problem
In the UK on the other hand, I wouldn't leave it 30 seconds, sad fact really that the UK has gone that way (Maybe the reason I don't work in the UK anymore)..
Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 119 Location: West Suffolk
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:
Apologies :-
Didn't realise you were other side of the pond.
Is it customary for everyone to leave mounts in vehicles over
there then?
Currently in the uk leaving a mount means your highly likely to get
your window staved in at the least.
Is this a picture of the change? (In regard to crime?)
JD _________________ TTG 300 Died the death of a cracked screen
Navman F20 USB Fell off
TTG 520 Third time lucky?
Bloody Superb PGPSW Camera Database.
Not much else!
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 306 Location: All Over The UK
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject:
Actually I am Near Mansfield Notts at the moment,
I live in the UK work in the US.
The Car was left in my drive protected by a Wall Gate and a Wolf Husky Cross! Not even the Paperboy will come in (Shame really dog is daft as a brush!)
In the US there seems to be no real problem leaving stuff in car (For Short periods), I really dont know why, I just feel at ease with my kit in the car in the US, when in the UK I would be panicing!
There dont seem to be piles of broken glass in every car park over there!.
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:
Flashyphotos wrote:
In the US there seems to be no real problem leaving stuff in car (For Short periods), I really dont know why, I just feel at ease with my kit in the car in the US, when in the UK I would be panicing!
Unfortunately, in the UK we get screwed for the highest prices for everything we can buy. It is no surprise that people who simply cannot afford the prices expected, take matters into their own hands, resulting in some hard-working individual suffering. On top of that, our justice system stinks so there is not the same fear of being caught committing crime here. In the UK for example a youth having stolen a car and making off from Police can expect to be fined about £200, whereas in the US he would probably go to prison for 5 years ! _________________ Tommo...
Joined: Apr 29, 2006 Posts: 179 Location: Reading, UK
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 1:14 am Post subject:
999tommo wrote:
Unfortunately, in the UK we get screwed for the highest prices for everything we can buy. It is no surprise that people who simply cannot afford the prices expected, take matters into their own hands, resulting in some hard-working individual suffering.
I don't believe that retail prices have any direct bearing on levels of theft from vehicles (or anywhere else).
999tommo wrote:
On top of that, our justice system stinks so there is not the same fear of being caught committing crime here. In the UK for example a youth having stolen a car and making off from Police can expect to be fined about £200, whereas in the US he would probably go to prison for 5 years !
Therein lies the prolem - an innefective policing and judicial system, pandering to the wishy-washy liberal brigade who continually whine about civil liberties and human rights. Still, it's comforting to know that if you have your SatNav stolen, the offender (if ever caught, which is very unlikely) will get a very stern police warning. Possibly even an ASBO for repeat offences.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: re: leaving tomtom in car
Hi all just a bit of info on leaving tt in car in US, I fitted car glass in Los Angeles for some time made a very good living thanks, just a matter of time till the right guy is walking by an wam it will be gone.
US just as bad as here, you have just been lucky up till now, my advice would be if you went to keep it take just the tt with + phone and anything you don't want gone when you return
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:46 am Post subject:
Patc wrote:
an innefective policing and judicial system
Penalties dished out by the courts have got nothing to do with the Police and I can assure you that it infuriates us as much as it does Joe Public. The Police are merely a reporting agency. _________________ Tommo...
Joined: Apr 29, 2006 Posts: 179 Location: Reading, UK
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:
999tommo wrote:
Patc wrote:
an innefective policing and judicial system
Penalties dished out by the courts have got nothing to do with the Police and I can assure you that it infuriates us as much as it does Joe Public.
Yes, I know. And by ineffective policing I was referring mainly to the funding, number of officers, and the obsession with statistics imposed on the Police by the government. I do value what the Police do, and this is one area where I would happily pay more income tax to fund more of them.
Joined: 14/09/2002 20:56:18 Posts: 5231 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: re: leaving tomtom in car
plantman wrote:
Hi all just a bit of info on leaving tt in car in US, I fitted car glass in Los Angeles for some time made a very good living thanks, just a matter of time till the right guy is walking by an wam it will be gone.
US just as bad as here, you have just been lucky up till now, my advice would be if you went to keep it take just the tt with + phone and anything you don't want gone when you return
Regards Plantman
And also, fixing a suction cup to the windscreen is illegal in California, apparently. See here. _________________ Tim
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 306 Location: All Over The UK
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:
Quote:
And also, fixing a suction cup to the windscreen is illegal in California, apparently. See here.
Yes but you cannot be stopped for having it, only if you are already being stopped for another offense,
Like driving without a seatbelt in the US you cannot be stopped for just that, but if they stop you for Speeding for example and you are not wearing a seatbelt you will get a ticket for that as well!. So you will only fall foul of the law with a suction mount if you are pulled for an actual stoppable offense. I have had suction mounted PDA's then TomToms on my screen in CA since 98, and have never had a problem, even when I got stopped in January this year they didnt mention the TTOne I was using and it was mounted centre screen.
Just think how many Radar Detectors you see screen mounted in CA, I am not saying you will never get a ticket, but its not going to be the reason you get stopped!
There are warnings in the manual somewhere about this (or at least there was with the 700).
Do NOT leave the TomTom mounted on the windshield overnight. This is not documented because of theft. This is about the temperature dropping causing the mount to loosen.
You should remount the TomTom at least once a day.
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