does anyone know will blue&me nav be available in this country and can it be fitted later 
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does anyone know will blue&me nav be available in this country and can it be fitted later
The last I heard and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but there are no plans for the 500's in the UK to get the Nav option.
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thats pants looks like i will have to buy one to go on the windscreen then
looks like i will have to buy one to go on the windscreen then
You're better off with a protable unit... the Blue and Me Nav system is just like a portable in the respect that it's a unit that sits on your dash. The benefits are of course you can control it though your steering wheel and the voice directions will sound through your speakers.
However you can't move it from car to car and it will be expensive compared to the £150ish Tom Tom One portable sat navs
However you can't move it from car to car and it will be expensive compared to the £150ish Tom Tom One portable sat navs
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that does sound llike the better option cheers
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Really?! I went to the dealership and specced one up with the B&Me nav option, but maybe not... Wait for one of the more senior members to confirm this though
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Seton (seadragon) is correct
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That is certainly the current position.
Fiat announced on 5th December that Blue&Me Nav will not be available in the UK, so if you specced a car up before then it will have shown as an option.
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First week of January:bang: That sucks, i would love to have the Nav in my car if I buy one.
Was that on the Fiat website? It should have been removed as an option by then
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Nope, my dad took me to the dealership, this sucks so much, i really would have liked it, as i'm sure many others would have. Definitely prefer it to the Tom TomWas that on the Fiat website? It should have been removed as an option by then
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Well they certainly should have known!
What's wrong with TomTom?this sucks so much, i really would have liked it, as i'm sure many others would have. Definitely prefer it to the Tom Tom
Aside from being so much cheaper initially than built-in units, they are more accurate and easier, quicker and cheaper to update (both the maps and the units themselves).
The only downside to them (and all portable units) is the theft risk, but as Blue&Me is dash mounted rather than fully integrated that is a risk as well.
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They're all the same in terms of mapping, it's the extra features (Bluetooth etc) that make some model more expensive.
I've got a TomTom ONE Europe as I didn't want any of the other features. The European mapping is only major routes, so if you want something more detailed you are better off buying a UK model and then buying the detailed maps for each country you drive in separately.
All you do then is load each map onto it as and when you need it. It works out more expensive that way though, and I'm pretty sure you can only have a map for one country loaded at a time.
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I just prefer the look of the Fiat one, prefer it being stuck to the dash than windscreen and also liked the voice integration. Tom Tom's are fine, but i'd rather have had the factory one. Ah well, i definitely won't be sticking a Tom Tom to the windscreen, i'd rather blu-tack it to the dash and then take it off when i'm done. The marks on the windscreen really annoy meWell they certainly should have known!
What's wrong with TomTom?
Aside from being so much cheaper initially than built-in units, they are more accurate and easier, quicker and cheaper to update (both the maps and the units themselves).
The only downside to them (and all portable units) is the theft risk, but as Blue&Me is dash mounted rather than fully integrated that is a risk as well.
That's the one I'd go for too. We've got a Garmin one but it's rubbish. The voice directions come far to late and is just generally annoying.
The TomTom ONE is also rather good value. I'm sure I've seen them for about £100ish
Cool, I'm also hearing very good things about TomTom, something about people who have gone down unmarked roads being able to upload their new discoveries to the map database when they get home!
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Cool bigger screen the better
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Cool bigger screen the better
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