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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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Chaps
how does the satnav pick its routes, as mine has an aversion to the A34. I regularly run down from J3 M5 to J4A of the M3, and do this by using the M40, A34, M4, A33, and then some minor roads via Hartley Witney/Blackbush. Not once has my satnav offered the M40, A34 route. On Saturday I needed to get to Southampton. Now the quickest way HAS to be M40, A34, M3 - No, it offered M40, M25, M3, and M5, M4.
I've got "use major routes" selected in route options. If I turn this off, it ignores all motorways.
Ideas?
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 23rd Nov 2009 2:40 pm |
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SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
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Just add a waypoint in the middle of the road you want to travel down  I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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| 23rd Nov 2009 2:51 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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I'll have to try that - I could sort of understand the route dilema to my office, but not the route to southampton.
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| 23rd Nov 2009 2:52 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Set the destination and then go your own way until closer.
I generally ignore my sat navs route to London, Manchester, etc as I know the way there  Then when closer I follow the directions the the actual destination as this is generally the part I have never driven to before.
Unless the traffic on route is affecting my own decision making, the sat nav is only useful for an ETA and then final directions.
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| 23rd Nov 2009 3:03 pm |
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lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
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Am convinced the A34 had been missed off the Navteq mapping.
It is a route I use often and whatever mode fast short etc is used it will not bring up the A34.
As suggested make a waypoint as have tried everything else on the settings and have never found a solution.
When coming up from Southampton to northampton even if you ignore it instructing you to take the M3 then M25 M1 it continues to try and take back on this route up to just north of Oxford.
Strange really as it is one of the main testing routes for Landrover and Aston Martin and from memory is featured in the stat nav manual, would of thought that one of the testers would of picked it up. On the other hand it might be a p[loy to keep their test routes as free from traffic as possible  D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
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| 23rd Nov 2009 5:24 pm |
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Andrew Hebron
Member Since: 16 Jan 2009
Location: Teddington
Posts: 501
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It's pants. End.
I wish I could plug a TomTom into the screen instead. Andrew
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| 23rd Nov 2009 6:27 pm |
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Gaza
Member Since: 08 Jan 2009
Location: At the foot of the Lammermuirs
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I've have to say I am with Andrew on this one. The routes the in-built satnav suggests are nonsense. It really seems to hate the A34.
Going to Edinburgh Airport from Salford Quays last week it took me out of Salford, on to the M602, M60, M6, A74(M) (All good so far) M74 and then off the M74 at J6. Being a bit tired I failed to realise what it was doing and off I went. Anyone who knows this area will know I should have stayed on until J5 and taken the A725. The result was a tour of Motherwell and some very slow roads.
On the way back to Salford today it took me down the A702 and the bizzarley it wanted me to take the A72 towards Peebles to hook up with the A701.  I ignored this and kept on the A702. All was well until I reached the lower part of the M61 when it wanted me to come off at J4 towards Walkden. Ignoring that it then wanted me to take the East Lancs road instead of the M60 and M602. I found this very bizzare as in reverse it takes you this way.
The think that was accurate was the ETA. At 06:00 when I left it said I would arrive at 09:20. I was outside my office at 09:18. 
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| 23rd Nov 2009 9:07 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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Mine's often taken me down the A34 
Mind you; I almost always select another route choice by pressing the three routes button; one of these is usually much much better than the default... Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 23rd Nov 2009 9:46 pm |
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