Comments on: First Drive: 2009 Lincoln MKS luxury sedan

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By: David Goodspeed

David Goodspeed — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:01 +0000

Great questions, thanks.
The Travel Link system works on the next-gen navigation system which is tied to the satellite network. That may mean it is only available in North America where SIRIUS satellites orient their signals to.
In addition to the weather maps, Travel Link does allow to check fuel prices and even goes so far as to prioritize them according to the detected route the vehicle is traveling. You can also get sports score updates and weekly schedules, movie listings (and purchase tickets), get five-day weather forecasting in addition to just radar, obtain real-time traffic info with speed/flow and incident information and get ski resort conditions.
And it will keep playing your favorite SIRIUS programming while it is doing all that.
The weather mapping had a nice scaling feature for 5-, 50- and 500-mile radius images, and on the five-mile scale gives local windspeed and direction markers on the screen as well.
And, I could sit in the car in D.C. and check my local weather radar back home here in Dallas. Cool.

By: Tariq Bamadhaj

Tariq Bamadhaj — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:44:45 +0000

Sounds like you had a really enjoyable time. Is the weather update dependent on cellular technology or radio waves? And does it provide additional information like gas prices and such?