'Untested' car parts on Ebay

[Duke]

If it doesn't work, just sell on

 

[alex24]

If it doesn't work, just sell on

Ha, it's a never-ending chain. The person you're buying from could well be doing the same!

 

[Duke]

Yup

 

[melbourne720]

It's an auction, so no idea. Working ones are £400. This one is at £160 with a few hours left.

I have a mrk 3 and have looked at these before. It's tempting as the mrk 4 is so much better than earlier ones, and should be a straight swap.

Do you have a existing screen Fox, or are you building from scratch?

 

[[TW]Fox]

I'm building from scratch.

 

[Sukh]

Is the sat nav any good? Most of these built in sat navs are a bit pants.

That said, not-tested = known to be broken in my experience.

 

[Clown]

Where ebay is concerned...



...is always true.

It's been happening for years with computer bits.

I sold 6800 Ultra for 15 quid marked as untested. I assumed it still worked but I just put that disclaimer to avoid any problems in case it got damaged somehow while I didn't use it. They were still going for around 100 quid at the time

 

[Duke]

Is the sat nav any good? Most of these built in sat navs are a bit pants.

That said, not-tested = known to be broken in my experience.

It does the job but isn't anything special but you can get 'dodgy' discs that add speed cameras and other tweaks. It is nice to have an all in one unit for radio, cd, bluetooth, sat nav.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Is the sat nav any good? Most of these built in sat navs are a bit pants.

No not really, its a bit rubbish and not as good as Tomtom.

However it makes the interior look miles better and works really well in conjunction with an Intravee and an Ipod for use as a media centre in the car. Which is the main reason behind getting it all sorted.

 

[Biohazard]

what a poverty spec car you have fox

 

[melbourne720]

at least the mark 4 takes full uk post codes, mine stops after the first letter of the second half

 

[[TW]Fox]

what a poverty spec car you have fox

I know it doesnt even have electric steering column adjust

 

[monkey_boy]

It does the job but isn't anything special but you can get 'dodgy' discs that add speed cameras and other tweaks. It is nice to have an all in one unit for radio, cd, bluetooth, sat nav.

Are those dodgy discs available for Mercedes cars too?

EDIT-

I know it doesnt even have electric steering column adjust

 

[OllyM]

at least the mark 4 takes full uk post codes, mine stops after the first letter of the second half

No it doesn't take full postcodes, the Mk4 does exactly the same as yours. Even the brand new BMW iDrive satnav doesn't support full postcode lookup.

 

[Duke]

Are those dodgy discs available for Mercedes cars too?

No idea It also adds full post code search, which as above isn't even on the newer model

 

[paradigm]

No it doesn't take full postcodes, the Mk4 does exactly the same as yours. Even the brand new BMW iDrive satnav doesn't support full postcode lookup.

Correct, its a bit of a pain in the backside too.

Still, I'd rather have the integrated system than a tomtom stuck to the windscreen like a *****.

 

[Sukh]

Still, I'd rather have the integrated system than a tomtom stuck to the windscreen like a *****.

How is having a Tom Tom a a ***** trait? So all the Aston Martin owners that use portable Sat Nav are *****?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Unless you have a 7 year old non touch screen nav system with no postcode support you are a *****.

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

If it doesn't work then I will offer you £10 and a packet of wotsits for it.

 

[Sukh]

I will hand draw you a card board cut out to replace the broken sat nav so your interior looks smart, and will also offer wotsits.
The ball is firmly in your court.