slantvaliant
slantvaliant Dork
10/18/11 8:14 a.m.

It must be the best satnav ... in the world:

TomTom GO LIVE Top Gear edition

Some say the Stig would probably give you a faster route, but you'd never hear it.

No, this is not a canoe. I use a Magellan. With some bossy woman's voice.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/18/11 8:20 a.m.

Not available for the Tom Tom App, shucks.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo Dork
10/18/11 8:30 a.m.

I change it to the sexy UK woman. She probably looks like that UK Olympic Skeleton Luger.

Yea, she gets down.

Sky_Render
Sky_Render New Reader
10/18/11 10:05 a.m.

Does this cause your GPS to make snide "Fat American" comments when asking it to route you to the closest McDonald's?

Because it should.

Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition Reader
10/18/11 11:10 a.m.
Sky_Render wrote: Does this cause your GPS to make snide "Fat American" comments when asking it to route you to the closest McDonald's? Because it should.

It would tell you to put cheeeeese on it, whatever you order.

We'll never know. The BBC has axed the plan because it violates a conflict of interest rule.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/18/11 11:11 a.m.

Not so fast bubba. The BBC put the chop on this and they only made a few thousand. All of the proceeds are now going to charity. If you want it, you better get it quick.

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/18/11 11:21 a.m.

At least it isn't Captain Slow. Though you might get to see parts of the world you've never seen before.

I would think that Hammond on cocaine from the Bolivian special would be hilarious, but eventually you'd end up rolling the car down a sand dune to shut him up.

Oooh, maybe if it has a Performance Meter, Clarkson could critique the handling of the car..... POWaaaaaaa!

4eyes
4eyes HalfDork
10/19/11 8:58 p.m.

I would prefer Sabin Schmidtz.

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 New Reader
10/19/11 9:08 p.m.
tom tom said: Jeremy Clarkson’s helpful voice Let the soothing, helpful voice of Jeremy Clarkson guide you effortlessly to your destination

Is it just me or did everyone read that in clarkson's voice?

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
10/19/11 10:59 p.m.

I miss the customization on Tom Tom. My Garmin has nothing. And it directed me up a washed out state land trail, luckily I was in a 4x4 truck at the time.

Salanis
Salanis SuperDork
10/19/11 11:23 p.m.

Some say that it actually comes with two voices, but if you set it to "The Stig" only your dog will understand.

JoeyM
JoeyM SuperDork
10/20/11 6:25 a.m.
Javelin wrote: If you want it, you better get it *quick*.

Unless Tom Tom has changed things you can use the audio from Top Gear episodes make your own Clarkson voice. All you need to do is find episodes with appropriate dialogue

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/20/11 7:44 a.m.

I'm not a huge fan of navigation systems, but I suppose that if I could get one that gives me directions in Ozzy's voice, I would enjoy it.

Sky_Render
Sky_Render New Reader
10/20/11 8:20 a.m.
neon4891 wrote: I miss the customization on Tom Tom. My Garmin has nothing. And it directed me up a washed out state land trail, luckily I was in a 4x4 truck at the time.

I was able to download additional voices and icons on my Garmin, and it's an old unit.

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