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Summary: Find out if a new car's navigation system is user friendly with expert car buying advice from an experienced new car salesman in this free online used car video clip.
Bill Zervakos has been test driving cars for over fourteen years, and each week he drives one or two new vehicles, supplied to him by auto manufacturers, who are looking for his valued...read more
"CATHY DROZ: I'm Cathy D. BILL ZERVAKOS: And I'm Bill Z with Two for the Road USA on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip, we're going to talk a little about Nav Systems. You can see in this Ford, it's got a pretty nice center console, easy to reach. And you get your map up and going. If you want to punch in the destination, there's a button there to hit for destination. Now, some cars are going to have a knob that you actually turn and then punch to get the letters. I kind of prefer this one, but it's all a matter of preference and this is a good time to find out how user-friendly it is on your test drive. So before you take off, punch in the street name, you'll get a list, on most cars, you will. And there you go. Punch in the street number. And once you have that in, then, the route guidance is going to ask if that's--you might have a choice of routes that you can take. So, you figure whether you want to go the quickest, the shortest, some choices there. And then, you're ready to take it out on the road, so what you want to do is just go ahead and back it out. Start the route guidance system when you're ready to roll. And then, you'll hear what this one has to say. "Please proceed to the highlighted route and then the route guidance will start." There you go. It's as simple as that. In our next clip, preparing for negotiations."
eHow Article: Car Navigation Systems