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Grinding a SatNav to pulp

November 17 2008, 12:54

Having issues with your SatNav? Maybe this simple, but very effective method can ease your frustrations a bit...

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Grinding a SatNav to pulpOf course, we all know SatNavs are very handy in traffic. They make sure you reach your destination without too much stress. At least, that's what they are supposed to do. Sometimes these pesky little things refuse so do their job which actually makes them the cause of frustration and argument inside the car. But don't despair! There's a solution for everything!

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We stumbled onto this movie clip in which a certain Tom Dickson of the company BlendTec (Home of mixers, blenders, pepper mills and more) is demonstrating a very effective way to show a (in this case) TomTom exactly who is boss.

Perhaps an idea for those 'down in the dumps' moments... ?





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Rob Ot
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Posted on: November 17, 2008 12:54 h
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Wishlist
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Posted on: November 17, 2008 14:50 h
Wishlist Ha, it's way more satisfying doing the destruction thing with a hammer as you can really vent your anger. Quite often I thought about placing mine on Harold’s head before I started with the hammer. spiteful.gif
Mate
Posts: 45

Posted on: November 17, 2008 16:27 h
Mate I just tell er indoors to shut up when she gets too annoying. I can switch the TOM TOM off.
mrsmith
Posts: 6

Posted on: November 17, 2008 21:00 h
I threw my Garmin up against a wall in frustration! Not very hard but the thing just cracked open like an egg! Oooops!
alanf
Posts: 86

Posted on: November 17, 2008 21:48 h
I'm leaving mine in one piece, although I may roughen up the corners a bit! as my choice of disposal is to insert it into a certain orafice of the nearest Tomtom customer support advisor while kicking their arse screaming stand still ya @@@@@ I'm only trying to do a soft reset diablo.gif
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