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08-29-2011, 05:06 PM | #31 | |
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I have used both (wrongway has a Magellan Platinum), and find the eTrex much more intuitive to use, smaller, fits better in the hand, easier to read (full color) display. Actually, any of the eTrex series is good, but it's better to get the one with the magnetic compass and the altimeter, rather than the one that estimates based on the satellite positions, and can only determine your direction while you are moving. You can't mark a bearing on the moving-compass estimate kind.
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08-29-2011, 05:23 PM | #32 |
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my phone has a very capable gps thingie
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08-29-2011, 05:45 PM | #33 |
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Phones are terribly sensitive beasts.
They don't like getting wet, they don't like being banged against trees and rocks. They don't like being too far away from a charging outlet, especially when the GPS is activated.
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08-30-2011, 05:48 AM | #34 |
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Right now I want to buy deodorant, hairspray and hair colour.
Got the right-before-payday-blues.
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08-30-2011, 08:34 AM | #35 |
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I don't need a car, and if I were shopping for a car, it would need to be a practical one that's reliable and inexpensive to maintain, and versatile. But I've really been drawn to the new Fiat 500. I just love it. It makes no sense. It's totally wrong for me. But I want one.
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08-30-2011, 09:29 AM | #36 |
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When I win the lottery I'll have a Fiat 500 convertible as my car-about-town.
Never seen it in red - it comes in lovely pastel ice-cream colours here. It would actually be perfect for me and my needs! But of course because I'd be shit-arse rich I'd also have a Jeep Cherokee in the garage for bad weather and journeys of two hours plus (like my trips down to my flat on Cardiff Bay).
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08-30-2011, 09:36 AM | #37 | |
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It's a beauty, though.
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08-30-2011, 02:35 PM | #38 |
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I read the Fix It Again Tony jibe back in the 80s - never really applied to any of the Fiats my friends owned.
Perhaps it's because it's a European car and we live - technically - in Europe. I've know more people who had issues with Japanese cars back in the day, because they had to wait for parts. Not really defending a car I have never driven (ie the 500) just windering if it's a cloche or a problem with parts.
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