I'm hoping in the next year or two of buying a Ford Fiesta and just wondered if anyone has done a comparison of a standalone TomTom

compared to a Ford GPS built in. I know there are issues about updates, but what about accuracy  ease of use etc?)

I've got a 2016 ST3 with the built in Sony stereo and SatNav. I switched to using TomTom Go on my mobile as I find it easier to use and more responsive to delays ahead. I got stuck in traffic without warning on too many occasions with the built in system which forced me to try the app instead.

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Thank you! Hopefully some more responses.

Sync3 nav works just fine.
Combine it with FordPass on a phone and you get rerouting data and rtc/roadworks alerts.

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My Sync 3 tends to route you through housing estates rather than sticking to the main roads. Just one example i can recall below (not a housing estate but point still stands)

See example The Orange route is the route the Sat Nav wanted you to take (through a 20Mph road) were as i stuck to the A road (in green) on this occasion (as any sensible person and indeed my TomTom did)

Possibly you've got nav set to eco route?

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6 hours ago, Stoney871 said:

Possibly you've got nav set to eco route?

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Off the 3 options it gave me i chose the shortest (red route)

Choose fastest route and change the eco penalty.
Always works well for me.

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21 hours ago, Stoney871 said:

Choose fastest route and change the eco penalty.
Always works well for me.

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Eco Penalty, whats that in Non-Ford language??? Thanks Clive

It's in the nav settings menu.
I believe that it only gives leniency when earning eco points (the petals) but I set mine to low penalty anyway.

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