Well as I said previously got the dealer to update the Columbus and as Im always sceptical about anyone doing things right these days (its old age you know !!) I checked the Nav's screen and yes they did load down 2019 Euro maps etc,etc    however the real reason for this post is that the Columbus appears still to be no match for our six year old '8500 Snooper' as the Columbus still gave us a completly wrong direction yesterday.... ah! well wait to see how it compares when we motor down to Spain...with of course the 'sleeping' Snooper in the glove box

8 minutes ago, mentaliss said:

Well as I said previously got the dealer to update the Columbus and as Im always sceptical about anyone doing things right these days (its old age you know !!) I checked the Nav's screen and yes they did load down 2019 Euro maps etc,etc    however the real reason for this post is that the Columbus appears still to be no match for our six year old '8500 Snooper' as the Columbus still gave us a completly wrong direction yesterday.... ah! well wait to see how it compares when we motor down to Spain...with of course the 'sleeping' Snooper in the glove box

Sadly it will do this sometimes - I guess they all do. One thing to bear in mind if you haven't already found it is the "three route options". Red is the quickest and the only one I use (you can turn off the three routes in the Nav settings which is what I did). Green is supposedly the most economical and it will route you all over the place to supposedly save 5p in fuel cost. Orange is the most direct, even if it takes longer than the others. A pointless option IMHO.

 

My biggest frustration with the Columbus is that it will route you off the motorway, round the roundabout at the bottom of the slip-road then straight back onto the same motorway via the second exit! I've learned over time to ignore this on journeys I do a lot but it bugs the hell out of me when it tries to do it on journeys I haven't done before!

Last month I was travelling from London to way up North and the Columbus wanted me to turn off at Leicester and travel through Leicester town centre. I guess it must be the Asian programming team. 

Edited 3 March, 20197 yr by xman