Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
I’ve started using a new route for me.

I always used the M5-M6- M62- M621 route that brings me into Leeds over the moors……I know the route with my eyes shut, I’ve done it hundreds of times and I don’t need a sat nav.

I’ve just recently started using the M42-M1-A1M route and in 44 years of driving had only used that route once before many years ago so to avoid any errors I’ve used sat nav to help me.

That said, I now find the RTI ( Real Time Information) on the sat nav really useful because of the early warnings about trouble ahead and the diversion options.

On all long journeys I now use sat nav on silent even if I know where I’m going just for this facility in the main but also because with sat nav on and “adaptive” option chosen for the power on my hybrid the engine computer calculates the most efficient use of any electrical power stored.

Even on short journeys that adaptive system in conjunction with sat nav is really useful.

Truth is 68, I was a rep and on the road with my own business for donkeys years, the many towns and cities I’ve travelled to for years I can still navigate to without any help but at my age now, it takes a while for a new route to stick on my brain.
The RTI is really helpful, Mick, very good invention! Esp out and about in foreign countries with my car.