OK, so you’ve just bought a GPS, but there are a few things you should do before you can head into the bundu with your new toy, says Jaco Kirsten*.

The plan was to quickly drive down to Makro to buy a few nails. But the next thing you knew, you’d “accidentally” bought a GPS.

This article isn’t aimed at providing tips for breaking this news to your other half, but rather to show you a few important steps you have to follow so you can make the most of your GPS.

Just before we start … You’ll see that our instructions are specifically aimed at Garmin products. No, Garmin isn’t giving me a case of Johnny Walker Blue monthly to market its products – it’s the only manufacturer that produces so-called off-road GPSes, which can lead you on those twisty roads for which you need to keep smelling salts handy.

Right, here goes: