Today I was taking my step daughter to a college in Glasgow. Now I have driven in San Francisco more often than I have driven in Glasgow (driven through it a thousand times on the M8, but seldom driven in the city).
I Googled my destination and programmed it into my TomTom One before setting off. The sat nav worked perfectly on the roads I knew then as I reached the city boundary it started to show me beside the motorway, then on it, then finally nowhere near the motorway. As I reached the city centre it lost the satellites altogether. Luckily Laura had her Smart phone and she used that to reach our destination. I tried switching sat nav off and on to no avail.
I then turned for home, relying on road signs, but there were none! I eventually spotted one for the M8, but westbound. I was going east. I ended up guddling about in the city centre, trying to avoid bus lanes and still looking for signs. I knew the M8 was to the north so turned that direction, and miles later I saw signs for Aberfoyle and the Trossachs. I headed for names I recognised and eventually got to somewhere I recognised.
On my return I connected the sat nav up to the computer (for power) and it found the satellites okay.
I am now betwixt and between. My wife says she will buy me a sat nav for Christmas, but I don't know if the old one (10 years I have had it) is going to work and if not, should I put the money towards my wife's gift and get another TomTom. I seldom need a sat nav, but when you do it is indispensable.