GPS system questions

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I'm thinking about getting one of those in-car GPS systems, and I had a couple of questions?

First off, does anyone have one that they'd recommend, or know of one I should stear clear of? Ideally I'd like one with the blue-tooth handsfree stuff.

My main question is regarding buying one from the US, since at the moment it's a beautiful time to take advantage of the dollar. Checking on eBay today on GPS, the first one that came up was a Tom Tom Go 910, for this one, combined purchasing and shipping to Australia is 347$US or only 417$ Australia, which isn't bad for something that retails at 900$ here. If I brought one and just purchased the Australian Maps from Tom Tom would it work the same if I had brought one here?
 
Can't go wrong with TomTom 👍. Garmin are supposed to be pretty good too, but I'd still go for TomTom. Don't be tempted by the cheaper manufacturer's offerings - they'll be nowhere near as nice to use.

About the 910 you mentioned: in theory, yes. The only things you'd have difficulty with would be the wall charger, which can be sorted with a cheap travel adaptor usually. It should work just like the ones sold in Australia after that - think of it like an American TomTom user going on holiday and just never going home, if you like.

Steer clear of ViaMichelin. You probably wouldn't consider buying one in the first place, but just in case I thought I'd mention it.
 
Digital-Nitrate
I posted a thread a while back on reviewing GPS nav systems, and you might get some ideas from that thread:
I also just posted my review of the TomTom One: NE - which I highly recommended, and preferred it over all the built-in nav systems I tried out. 👍
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Cool I've been looking at one of these because there was no way I was going to pay any manufacturers outrageous price for sat nav. I'm going to have to check the Tom Tom out now.
 
I just got a tomtom 720 with traffic. Had no problems with it so far and is really easy to use. Traffic info is really handy aswel. Last year when i was selling them the two main ones were garmin and tomtom - tomtom being easier and garmin being nicer to look at. I've always preferred the tomtom and most customers found them a lot easier to use. As jondot says steer clear of the cheaper alternatives, you'l regret it in the end.
 
Sony NAV-U..... I haven't personally got one but people I know have and they really recommend it, its got that Sony simplicity and quality...

I think you really have to try them out to see which ones right for you...

Robin
 
I hard wired the cables to the bottom right hand corner of the windscreen and ran the traffic cable up under the head lining so i couldn't see it but it was just visible through the top of the windscreen (from the outside of the car). Shame it wasn;t a bit smaller. I had a road angel in my ash tray - flip open the lid and there was the screen, looked nice, but there was no need to have the satnav and radar as the satnav now does both. As far as bluetooth is concerened its really nice as it reads out messages for you etc, although i've found a dedicated kit makes it a lot easier to hold a comfortable conversation
 

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