Mike and I test drove a 2009 V6 Honda Accord Coupe over the weekend. Among the options we wanted to explore was the voice controlled navigation system. We had seen the navi on a car in another lot, but didn't get to play with the voice controls.
I located the manual for the navi system as soon as we got in the car. I was advising Mike how to use it as he drove (it can only be voice activated by the driver). It is a pretty robust system, and therefore, pretty complicated. He worked on some simple commands to get directions, change radio volume, etc... After a while he was pretty comfortable with the voice commands and thought he would get cute. (BTW, the system must be activated with a button on the steering wheel before each command. The system beeps when ready) Here's how things went:
Car: Beep
Mike: Do you want to go on a date tonight?
Car: Climate temperature down.
Mike: What's the matter, are you giving me the cold shoulder?
Car: Audio volume down.
Mike: So, what? Now you aren't talking to me?
Car: Audio volume down.
I was laughing so hard I was almost crying. My own Knight Rider was getting fresh with a car, and the car was turning him down flat. She obviously doesn't know what she's missing out on!
Have a happy day!
The women's voice of the navi. system sounded sexy, so at least I tried. It just hurts being turned down by a car.
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