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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: My cellphone does just as well
I found that outside of the country the SIM was designed to work in that cell phones don't work well, its probably data roaming being either stupidly expensive or disabled, I never looked into it, but its unusable.
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Interesting. My data works fine in Colombia and in Suriname, but I haven't tried it elsewhere in the world. It is expensive, though - $US 20 for 10 MB, if I recall.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Its probably disabled then, due to the cost, most networks bar data roaming.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Google maps on an Android device should work fine.
Alternatively buy a car with a built-in satnav [smug icon]
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― Christopher Hitchens
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The car has built in SatNav, it is upgraded maps that is the problem.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: RoI
Ireland?
Why would you have an Irish car on the continent and thus need European maps?
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Because he's part Irish?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Probably his liver.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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It strikes me its a long way from Ireland to the continent and the cost of getting it over there plus the running costs are greater than the cost of hiring one. Heck, even from France to the UK its cheaper to fly and hire than to drive, and you get to thrash the tits off a hire car, which as Clarkson says, are always far quicker than your own. 
Anyway, I am sure mr twatter wont be that put out at having to pack an additional sat nav unit, its not as if he has to pack two; one is built in so it is no more onerous than packing one in a car that didn't have one.
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Depends on the size, I guess - hiring a Fiesta is cheap enough, but who actually wants to drive one of them? (I had to for a month last year and still haven't forgotten how poor it was, apart from the engine)
If you want something big enough for a family with two growing girls (and a Ladies whole wardrobe and shoe collection) then the rental costs start to pile up - as do the baggage fees at the airport.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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[Don't argue with stupidity, you'll only get dragged down]
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But Duty Calls![^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Don't feel you have to excuse yourself. 
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I find small cars today are really well equipped and handle, drive and go perfectly well enough. If you can do 90 on a motorway with the aircon on and in good comfort what more do you need?
Perhaps boot space is a bit limited, but that's the only drawback.
Anyway, doesn't mr twatter live in or around London? I find it odd he has an Irish car, and if he did, does putting a sat nav unit on the dash, in addition to the built in one, actually inconvenience him at all?
No, of course it doesn't, all his supposed rage at Tom Tom is just more drawing attention to himself.
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The Fester I drove (a brand new 2013 model with 200 miles on the clock) was well equipped, yes. It was just badly designed. The roof line is too low (so I bang my head getting in, and I'm not tall), and slopes down to the back to make it rakish and sleek looking - so the rear window is so tiny that it's useless for seeing out when you try to park. So you need the (optional) parking camera system - which wasn't fitted to save costs when buying it. The radio / cd / USB was good, but the controls were laid out so you couldn't easily work them without arms like a orang-outang, and the voice control was ok, but so slow to recognise what I wanted that I ended up shouting at it. In fact, all the controls seem to have been laid out to look good, instead of be easy to use. The drivers seat is weird: like sitting on a waffle plate which is probably excellent for long journeys, but a literal PITA for short ones. No DVD for kids in teh back, which it a PITA on a long journey. The cruise control is stupid: it needs too many buttons to turn it on, and it doesn't have a "no more than" feature which I find really handy to protect my licence! Even starting it is silly: You have to hold the clutch down. Why?
Damn good engine: 1.3 Diesel, but I'd have believed it was a 1.6 petrol if I'd been told that. Doesn't get anything like Mr Fords fuel consumption figures though!
USB connector was very good.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I hired one of these last year, unbelievably quick, and economical, didn't like the handling though. The interior was more design than function, but it worked well enough for me.
Current hire car is a kia I 20. Nice handling, very chuckable, decent enough engine, and very economical. They are great little cars really, they have improved so much in the last 20 years you wonder why one needs a big saloon.
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This would've been a much better review if you had mentioned the brand/model.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Fester
OriginalGriff wrote: Mr Ford
Not big enough clues? 
Ford Fiesta 1.3 Diesel.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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To me Fester is a Mr Addams.
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In English, "fiesta" and "fester" sound very similar, and since "fester" means: "become rotten and offensive to the senses." and the early Ford cars of that name were certainly both!
But Uncle Fester was 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFwV2ojY9I[^]
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Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Because I can't type.
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Nun f urse cin. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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RoI because:-
a) Whatever address you punch in, the Irish sat-nav responds "I wouldn't start from here if I were you"
b) Whatever address you punch in, the Irish sat-nav responds "Are you sure you don't want to go to Dun Loaghaire?" and if you click "No" it responds "That's a pity - I know the way to Dun Loaghaire".
c) At any 100 year WWI commemorations in Flanders you can smugly state "It is precisely 784.2 km to Tipperary which, I suppose, does qualify as a long way"
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: Whatever address you punch in, the Irish sat-nav responds "I wouldn't start from
here if I were you"
And I thought that was only Devonians who said that.
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But that's their business model, so I almost get it. Almost.
It would cost me €229 for a recent navigation dvd for my car though, and that's just bullshit.
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