Clubjazz - Honda Jazz & HR-V Forums

Honda Jazz Forums => Honda Jazz Mk3 2015 - 2020 => Topic started by: mcderd on June 18, 2018, 06:10:01 PM

Title: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 18, 2018, 06:10:01 PM
Picked up my Jazz today, an EX NAVI CVT with just 4 miles on the clock, so far I am very impressed, thanks to everyone on the forum who has helped me decide.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: trebor1652 on June 18, 2018, 06:12:04 PM
Happy motoring.

Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk

Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 18, 2018, 06:42:42 PM
Thanks very much
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 18, 2018, 07:15:28 PM
Nice car. You make me jealous.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: guest7675 on June 22, 2018, 05:50:22 PM
Picked up my Jazz today, an EX NAVI CVT with just 4 miles on the clock, so far I am very impressed, thanks to everyone on the forum who has helped me decide.

Hi getting my jazz next week in pearl orchid looking forward to getting it.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Ralph on June 22, 2018, 08:35:48 PM
Looks great I’ve had mine 2 months now and still love it :)
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Dayjo on June 22, 2018, 09:23:05 PM
Looks great I’ve had mine 2 months now and still love it :)
Same here!

mcderd. I hope you are just as happy with yours, as I am with mine.......  ;)
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: guest7675 on June 23, 2018, 10:18:03 AM
Picked up my Jazz today, an EX NAVI CVT with just 4 miles on the clock, so far I am very impressed, thanks to everyone on the forum who has helped me decide.

Hi mcderd its a nice forum and not sure if there are mods on it but long live honda power the power of dreams.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: RichardA on June 24, 2018, 11:28:22 AM
Congrats on your choice. Enjoy your new Jazz.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: richardfrost on June 26, 2018, 01:52:34 PM
I read your post as an Ex Navy Jazz, and I wondered what the Navy would be using them for!

Welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Downsizer on June 26, 2018, 06:39:38 PM
I read your post as an Ex Navy Jazz, and I wondered what the Navy would be using them for!

Welcome to the forum.
Perhaps floating is another of the Jazz's many virtues - you would need some extension tubes for the air intake and exhaust, and a propellor I suppose!
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 26, 2018, 07:45:51 PM
daveyboy I hope you like it as much as I do, keep us posted  :D
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 26, 2018, 07:55:02 PM
Ok, I have come across one thing that confuses me. Yesterday I used the Sat Have as I left a location to head home, found loads of traffic on an A road, it was reported on the radio, turned round and went on a motorway, loads of traffic stop and start for about 10 miles (loving the CVT). Turned off onto another A road, sign reported a delay as did the radio, turned off and went through a major town, stop start all the way. The Sat Nav showed the traffic icon as green the whole way, if I clicked it, it said there is no traffic on my route? The first night I had the car we went out for a meal and on the way back it was reporting traffic, seems very hit and miss!
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 26, 2018, 09:53:49 PM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Skyrider on June 26, 2018, 10:06:58 PM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.

They can't even get the motorway overhead gantry signs right.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: andruec on June 27, 2018, 09:58:31 AM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.

They can't even get the motorway overhead gantry signs right.
It always makes me chuckle to see how far away they notify you of things. I remember once driving down to Canterbury and the signs were advising of delays half way up the M6. Mind you it's more annoying that the junction numbers rarely mean anything to me. I know that the M6 is a long way from Canterbury though - and if you're heading East after getting off the M25 it's unlikely you care much about 'them oop north' :)
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 27, 2018, 10:16:56 AM
It's like Edinburgh City Bypass last weekend. As you were driving away from the Royal Highland Show, heading for the A1 (well away from it), they were telling you you to follow the signs for the Royal Highland Show!
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: richardfrost on June 27, 2018, 11:05:57 AM
Mind you it's more annoying that the junction numbers rarely mean anything to me. I know that the M6 is a long way from Canterbury though - and if you're heading East after getting off the M25 it's unlikely you care much about 'them oop north' :)
Those junction number notices are useless. What use is 'Delays after A444' if you have no idea where the A444 is.

However, sometimes those long distance notices can be useful. Last Friday I was heading down to Swansea from 'oop north' and on the M62 (near Manchester) was warned there were 2 hour delays on the M6 (presumably near Birmingham). This allowed me to make a major route change choice.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Ralph on June 27, 2018, 01:04:30 PM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.

I don’t know if it’s still true but I think tomtom used to track the position of every Vodafone handset to get a picture of where traffic was
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 27, 2018, 01:15:05 PM
The best accuracy a mobile phone provider can ascertain for a handset is within 50 metres, which, in an urban area, can cover a number of streets and roads. Only on TV drama can they pinpoint them to a discrete address.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Ralph on June 27, 2018, 01:40:38 PM
Just found this article
https://www.driving.co.uk/car-clinic/car-clinic-how-your-sat-navs-keep-you-up-to-date/
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 27, 2018, 06:35:06 PM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.

I don't know how it is supposed to work on the Jazz, but as I mentioned all the radio stations were giving traffic alerts, and of course, Google Maps knows as it monitors all our phones, so it knows what speed we are moving at (or not). I also have a standalone Garmin that I bought last year, that's the other way, reports things and when you get there it's all clear.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: culzean on June 27, 2018, 06:54:01 PM
I was under the impression that the Traffic on Sat Nav was only as good as the reporting of it. That comes down mainly to the Highways Agency or the Police for the region. Correct me if I am wrong.

I don't know how it is supposed to work on the Jazz, but as I mentioned all the radio stations were giving traffic alerts, and of course, Google Maps knows as it monitors all our phones, so it knows what speed we are moving at (or not). I also have a standalone Garmin that I bought last year, that's the other way, reports things and when you get there it's all clear.

I have had a few Garmin satnavs and the traffic reporting is next to useless. You are better off visiting the highways agency website before your journey and checking. Even our local council website is not real good when you check where they are working on the roads, sometimes they are there, sometimes not and sometimes roadworks that are not on the site.

Those green cameras on main roads and motorways are supposed to monitor traffic volume and speeds.
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: mcderd on June 27, 2018, 07:01:08 PM
The best accuracy a mobile phone provider can ascertain for a handset is within 50 metres, which, in an urban area, can cover a number of streets and roads. Only on TV drama can they pinpoint them to a discrete address.

But using the phones GPS you can currently get accuracy to 3 to 5 metres, but next year this will improve to 30 centimeters.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16362296/gps-accuracy-improving-one-foot-broadcom (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/25/16362296/gps-accuracy-improving-one-foot-broadcom)
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 27, 2018, 10:59:11 PM
I don't know how it is supposed to work on the Jazz, but as I mentioned all the radio stations were giving traffic alerts, and of course, Google Maps knows as it monitors all our phones, so it knows what speed we are moving at (or not).
Radio stations only get there information from the Highways Agency, or in Scotland, the police. Our local radio still reports roadworks which ended several months ago!
I assume with Google Maps you agree when you install the app for them to monitor your location.
As for GPS, lots of people think the satellite knows where you are. It doesn't. The GPS receiver knows where the satellites are, and with that information calculates where you are in relation to the satellites. The increased accuracy will only be available if your sat nav can make use of it. My old TomTom One cannot even tell if you are on a Motorway, on the slip road, or on a minor road paralleling the motorway!
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Ralph on June 28, 2018, 06:15:57 AM
I don't know how it is supposed to work on the Jazz, but as I mentioned all the radio stations were giving traffic alerts, and of course, Google Maps knows as it monitors all our phones, so it knows what speed we are moving at (or not).
Radio stations only get there information from the Highways Agency, or in Scotland, the police. Our local radio still reports roadworks which ended several months ago!
I assume with Google Maps you agree when you install the app for them to monitor your location.
As for GPS, lots of people think the satellite knows where you are. It doesn't. The GPS receiver knows where the satellites are, and with that information calculates where you are in relation to the satellites. The increased accuracy will only be available if your sat nav can make use of it. My old TomTom One cannot even tell if you are on a Motorway, on the slip road, or on a minor road paralleling the motorway!

Not just google maps as soon as your phone signs in to android or Apple iOS it starts reporting back lots of information including its position which Apple and google sell on to whoever will pay! If you dig down in your phone settings you can see some of this info for instance my phone knows exactly what time and day I visit a particular supermarket every week
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: Jocko on June 28, 2018, 09:07:28 AM
Glad I don't have a smart phone!
Title: Re: I feel like I belong on the forum now!
Post by: John Ratsey on June 28, 2018, 05:35:29 PM
Not just google maps as soon as your phone signs in to android or Apple iOS it starts reporting back lots of information including its position which Apple and google sell on to whoever will pay! If you dig down in your phone settings you can see some of this info for instance my phone knows exactly what time and day I visit a particular supermarket every week
I've got Location History turned off on my Android phone and it still seems to work OK in other respects.  :-X