{"id":453,"date":"2014-03-19T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=453"},"modified":"2014-03-19T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T13:51:15","slug":"road-angel-diaries-2000-miles-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"Road Angel Diaries \u2013 2000 miles in…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So…I’ve done another thousand or so miles since getting my Road Angel Gem+ that I wrote about in THIS POST<\/a> and THIS POST <\/a>and I must say its developing into a Love Hate relationship.<\/p>\n

One is its annoying habits is refusing to startup, which at first got me raising a ticket with their Helpdesk who advised I needed to do a reset on the device.<\/p>\n

I figured this was an isolated incident but now know this is a regular ‘feature’ of the Road Angel Gem+, so much so that I now carry around a spare Nokia SIM Key on my car keys as the reset ritual is becoming a regular thing:<\/p>\n

\"\"This little thing is perfect for doing a quick reset and gets used at least once a week \ud83d\ude41<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other annoying thing about the Gem+ is its database accuracy, or lack of. For a \u00a3160 device that you then need to add a \u00a369\/year subscription to I would expect 95% accuracy at least but sadly this is not the case.<\/p>\n

There are camera’s that have been around for months that it does know know about, there are road speed areas that have been around for years it mis-categorises, i.e. telling you a 30mph zone is in fact a 40mph zone so word of caution do not rely 100% on this device or you could get punished<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a shot of the beanbag mount I mentioned in my last Road Angel post<\/a> , I need to run the cabling inside my center console at some point but this at least saves any tell tale mounts being on display when you leave your car unattended.<\/p>\n

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So…I’ve done another thousand or so miles since getting my Road Angel Gem+ that I wrote about in THIS POST and THIS POST and I must say its developing into a Love Hate relationship. One is its annoying habits is …<\/p>\n

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