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It was raining today... my sat nav told me!

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AVE
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Member Since: 12 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
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2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XXV LE Auto Causeway Grey

It was raining today... my sat nav told me!

On the way home from Stoke today in the very heavy rain, a little red square with an umbrella appreared on my sat nav... Presumably to warn me of spray on the motorway... I never knew it did that! As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way

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26th Jun 2008 8:08 pm

npinks

Member Since: 30 Jan 2008
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1943

was this a fitted satnav? with TMC (traffic Management)

I want to go drive round in the rain now my FL2 to find out if mine does it

26th Jun 2008 8:18 pm

blue meanie
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Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Cairns Blue

are you sure it wasn't a pic of a 'nice man having trouble putting his umbrella up' ?

and theeeeennn......???

26th Jun 2008 8:24 pm

AVE
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Member Since: 12 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3099

It's just the fitted sat nav with TMC... in nearly 3 years of driving the car it's the only time I've ever seen it. On the same journey a grey box appeared along with a voice prompt telling me of heavy congestion, did I want to select an alternative route adding 5 miles to journey... yes or no... Never had that before either.

Maybe I need to get out more.

As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way

Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17

Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)

26th Jun 2008 8:27 pm

AVE
D3 Decade

Member Since: 12 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3099

blue meanie wrote:
are you sure it wasn't a pic of a 'nice man having trouble putting his umbrella up' ?

No... It was a little umbrella with a handle... I'm not that daft!! As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way

Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17

Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)

26th Jun 2008 8:30 pm

blue meanie
D3 Decade

Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861

did you have your sunroof open ?

and theeeeennn......???

26th Jun 2008 8:32 pm

AVE
D3 Decade

Member Since: 12 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3099

Nope... not the weather for it! As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way

Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17

Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)

26th Jun 2008 8:35 pm

SpiderBaby
D3 Decade

Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1411

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zermatt Silver

AVE - mine's got TMC and I often see the little red man but it's usually telling me of road works ahead.... It's never warned me of rain (the wipers coming on do that..

)

I've had the option to re-route several times (it's a setting in the menu if I remember rightly) and it works really well - it's got me out of long jams successfully.

For me TMC is well worth the effort if you have to navigate our motorways on a regular basis. I see no ships........

27th Jun 2008 9:11 am

BrumLee

Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1366

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Bonatti Grey

Isn't it bad luck to open an unbrella indoors

I do love the ways that the D3 tells us it's raining and they're far more successful than the over-paid weather people on TV

27th Jun 2008 1:53 pm

crasha

Member Since: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 67

it has fog symbols too ! wonder if there are any more?

17th Jul 2008 9:18 pm

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