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The last time I used latitude and longitude was on a geography field trip aged 15, yet it's an option on the standard satellite navigation system of our Kia Optima.
But punching in a postcode isn't. It turns out, after much swearing and tribulation, you can input a full seven-digit postcode at the 'City' stage of the destination - I tried it by chance - but it then only acknowledges five of those digits. Thus Kia falls into the same sorry boat of many non-UK car brands and renders the postcode less useful than looking at a paper map.
You may cry 'just type in the street name', but many addresses don't have one and don't always crop up on points of interest either. A call to Kia to check I hadn't missed a trick only confirmed my fear: seven-digit postcodes are a no-go, and seemingly won't be resolved at mapping software upgrade time either.
However, there is a chink of light - the new Ceed launching this year will accept seven-digit postcodes, and all-new Kias thereafter should do too.
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