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Title: sat nav in press
Post by: blackbob on April 20, 2006, 20:54:12: did any one read about the sat nav system sending cars through a deep ford and cars dying and a local garage is charging them Ã‚Â£25 to pull them out

they should buy them selves a landy :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on April 20, 2006, 20:59:58: Indeed I did, saw it on the TV either last night, or this morning??

There's one in Wakefield that is a similar depth & adjacent to the main A61 between Wakefield & Barnsley.

I'm waiting for roadworks on the A61 at NewMillerDam, then I'll go & park down by the ford & wait with a tow-strap & my waders on :lol:
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: blackbob on April 20, 2006, 21:05:33: i made a few quid pulling cars up westeram hill kent in the snow after a brief storm a few years ago didnt charge but got plenty of donatins had a great time was 19 years old then had a good time at the pub that night to :D
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: Edge on April 21, 2006, 20:56:31: Apparently the water "DEPTH" sign was fitted in the shallow part of the water :roll:
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: Jim-Willy on April 21, 2006, 21:04:10: Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

I'm waiting for roadworks on the A61 at NewMillerDam, then I'll go & park down by the ford & wait with a tow-strap & my waders on :lol:

I met a bloke who did that ford in a VW syncro (came up to his windscreen) so i am gono have to drive it one day to keep the Land Rover end up :D
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: rollazuki on April 22, 2006, 09:29:31: Anyone who chucks their motor into a ford, or up some dirt track, at TOMTOM's bidding wants their head looking at.
Honestly, blaming the satnav is hardly gonna cure some fool who thinks his mondeo can swim......
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: beast5680 on April 22, 2006, 09:31:05: yea but how dumb are these people to follow satnav blindly like that :roll: i read in the press that listening to the satnav could lower your brain power as it reduces the need to think for your self :lol:
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: strapping young lad on April 22, 2006, 10:36:25: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/20/nsatnav20.xml

a tinsy bit of common sense is required with sat nav

i dont have one cos a 1.99 AA atlas does me fine and if im not sure then streetmap or multimap and a printer will help

its only useful if you do a lot of travelling to unknown places or are bloomin useless at directions!
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: laser_jock99 on April 22, 2006, 11:28:57: There was a nice bit on C4 news last night where some guy in Freelander had be sent up a lane in S.Wales. The track decended a serries of 6-8" rock steps which he went down while blindly following his Sat Nav instructions. Well- at least he was in a 4x4 (sort of) I suppose. Wonder if he'll ever take it 'froadin again........
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: dew1911 on April 22, 2006, 11:30:43: Unlikley, Very few Ford Freelander owners do.
Title: sat nav in press
Post by: bezzabsa on April 22, 2006, 12:15:11: Quote from: "dew1911"
Unlikley, Very few Ford Freelander owners do.

very few 4x4 owners do!!!
anyone remember the freelander / range rover hybrid from a few years back.. irish guy used to race it... now thats a freelander i'd like :D:D:D