satnav drama and state of roads again.

[bigmike20vt]

so not pot holes this time but on way back from fruit farm with my lad the satnav auto rerouted me due to traffic issues.....
and it took us down some right "wrong turn" type roads.

even in the best of times it was a narrow road but it got steadily worse and worse. about one mile in I was driving over pure mud and brambles and branches were raking down both sides of the car and even the roof. brambles were growing across the whole road
I was terrified we would meet another car as there were no passing places. by the time I realised I absolutely balls up I would have been looking to reverse close to a mile .
our lad was scared out of his wits as well as both sides of the cars proximity alerts were just beeping permenantly.
I was dreading getting home and seeing the damage.... luckily it seems jaguar paint is a bit more hard wearing than my old nissan and other than a few light scratches and pulling some plant out of the grille, bumpers and wheel arches I mostly got away with it. a combination of gutted and relieved.
back when I was a kid farmers were paid to look after these sort of roads and trim hedges but not here it seems.
Google maps does not do it justice as it was taken when the hedges were neatly trimmed and you can see tarmac.. but near my folks there is a road with a big sign saying unsuitable for vehicles in better state than this is now.
apt name as well

vent over

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[bigmike20vt]

truth is I would have loved it in our old nissan QQ or my wife's pug 308. I like a bit of off piste driving and back in the day when I have my (really old) pug 306 I used to go out in snow and hunt down roads like that (there are a few near my parents).

but in a new (to me) car which cost me 40% of my house.....,.. not fun at all

 

[bigmike20vt]

I'm surprised the Streetview car went down there, but it was 12 years ago!

it seems it gave up as there is a chunk not covered..... I wish the road had been like that yesterday. I would have made it no problem

 

[bigmike20vt]

'Big' mike scared by a hedge.

More accurately Big Mike scared about the damage to his car the hedge has caused....Also Big Mike reminded of the downsides of owning a car you actually care about and beginning to regret getting something nice.

like i said, the sad thing is i love these sorts of roads......... but only in an old banger.

I didnt buy a model S for precisely these sorts of roads, however the I Pace isnt that much narrower to be honest.

I just had a dig in the settings.... whilst avoid dirt roads was checked.... there is another option - avoid roads unsuitable for caravans and large trailers.

I have checked that option. Hopefully this will sort me out. i am gutted, the car was pristine - impressive for a 2.5 year old car with 42k on the clock, but now has at least 2 to the primer marks on it, as well as some lighter marks which i hope to polish out.

 

[bigmike20vt]

Waze shows a bottleneck section on that devils road, and if you drop destination at east , departure on left, will route you round the bottleneck
... complain to JLR, perhaps it thinks you have an invulnerable range rover, or conversely waze is a wimp

thanks for that... good to know some maps have this info on. i have found an avoid roads unsuitable for caravans so i have checked that in the hope its more strict than avoid unpaved roads.

but if it happens again i will look to ignore the car satnav and try this alternate. damn shame tho as a 70k car (when new i paid no where near that) you would think would have actual intelligent navigation.

 

[bigmike20vt]

If you were genuinely worried about your car why didn't you turn back at the first sign of it looking iffy and find another route.

It's like those people that drive across fords, rather than finding another route they take a chance and looking at some YouTube videos a lot seem to not fare well with it.

because it was one of those things that got steadily worse. by the time it was as bad as it got i would have had to reverse over half a mile, what was technically challenging going forward would have been worse going backwards one of the bends specifically with a bank on one side would have been dicey esp if a car came behind me (I did consider it however but my lad was already really scared due to all the alarms going off in the car).......

as as for the name giving it away..... the name is on google, its not on the road - or i didnt see it (not that i would have twigged)
I used to live near gallowsclough lane but not once did i see anyone hanging from a tree

 

[bigmike20vt]

Wait you were using the built in sat nav? I thought everyone these days used either Google maps or *shudders* Apple maps. I'm not sure I'd ever use a car manufacturer for mapping software. Let them focus on the car, and then trust a company that actually specialises in mapping software.

yep i was..... i am still working on android auto. my phone says auto is enabled and connected, my car sees the phone but i dont get a option of android auto. one for another day.

all that said.............. whilst my 2012 nissan QQ maps ended up a little out of date, in 8 years of owning (and 1 map update in 2020) the satnav never let me down.

 

[bigmike20vt]

I use the built in BMW one.

Many years ago when I was still a teen (just) my mate and I used to take his little old Ford Fiesta down these types of roads at night and drive them with just hazards on. Now I try to avoid them even at high noon!

LOL you were not from cheshire were you? i used to do exactly the same thing.... bloody idiotic.. I also had armwrestles over the roof of the car on the back seat date on the door with the window open whilst the driver was doing it. (i wasnt arm wrestling the driver, that would be irresponsible

does not bear thinking about how stupid it was, could have gone wrong 101 ways and i hope to god my lad has more sense

 

[bigmike20vt]

Are you sure your head unit even supports Android Auto. As soon as I connect my Android phone to the USB port in my car it asks me if I want to start Android Auto, well it says screen mirroring but by that it means Android Auto.

If I connect my iPhone to the USB port nothing happens, I know my head unit only supports Android Auto and not CarPlay and that is why.

pretty sure yeah. it was wired in the old car model but upgraded to wireless I think in 2021 facelift