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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #100 on: July 27, 2022, 02:51:07 pm »
Maybe something with park sensors and/or a 360 camera? They have been huge for my wife with her parking
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #101 on: July 27, 2022, 03:19:57 pm »
Quote from: PJungnitsch on July 27, 2022, 02:51:07 pm
Maybe something with park sensors and/or a 360 camera? They have been huge for my wife with her parking

LOL.  Low-key burn!
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #102 on: July 27, 2022, 04:17:37 pm »
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on July 27, 2022, 03:19:57 pm
Quote from: PJungnitsch on July 27, 2022, 02:51:07 pm
Maybe something with park sensors and/or a 360 camera? They have been huge for my wife with her parking

LOL.  Low-key burn!
Or if she'd back onto the driveway like I've suggested to her numerous times this wouldn't happen :rofl:

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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #103 on: July 27, 2022, 04:33:13 pm »
No burn meant. For us, my wife is better than me at many things, but spatial awareness of a vehicle is not one of them

Maybe half a lifetime of manoeuvring heavy equipment was worth something, although to be fair I enjoy the sensors and the 360 camera in the RX, hard to see exactly where the corners are

The Vibe is narrow and short with big windows so no issue, a hatch like that might be just fine
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #104 on: July 27, 2022, 04:58:07 pm »
Damn retaining walls and their suicidal jumping in front of cars. Don't feel too bad, neighbor bought his wife a Buick SUV with cameras and sensors, she still managed to back it into a big concrete light pole at Costco, like damaged a back up sensor backed into.
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #105 on: July 27, 2022, 08:31:28 pm »
I just love that irony of that.
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #106 on: July 28, 2022, 09:04:09 am »
How about a Wrangler? This way, she'll just climb over the retaining wall!
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #107 on: July 28, 2022, 01:55:31 pm »
Quote from: Blueprint on July 28, 2022, 09:04:09 am
How about a Wrangler? This way, she'll just climb over the retaining wall!
Get a Toyota with safety sense/parking sensors.

Stops the car automatically before you can hit anything.

A giant red "BRAKE! " warning pops up on the screen and if you do nothing it jams on the brakes...Going forward and reverse!
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #108 on: July 28, 2022, 01:57:02 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on July 27, 2022, 08:31:28 pm
I just love that irony of that.

I laughed, he laughed till he realized she did like $4k worth of damage  :rofl2:
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #109 on: June 11, 2023, 04:52:02 pm »
SOLD!! Lasted another year, then threw it up on Kijiji Friday night. Deposit received today, car goes to its new owner Tuesday.

Now the car shopping begins. Looked at a couple used cars on Friday & Saturday. Hyundai Elantra GT Sport with the 1.6 turbo & a Imprezza hatchback. Gonna be a small hatchback this time around. Looking at Mini's again as well. GTI's are kinda outta budget range for her. Too expensive for newer low mileage ones compared to a Mini or the Elantra GT's. No rush, we can get by with the Passport & SLK for a while :rofl:


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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #110 on: June 11, 2023, 04:54:12 pm »
Congrats on the quick sale!

Just saw your ad. Damn what a steal!  ;D Makes me look like a crazy person.
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #111 on: June 11, 2023, 05:04:22 pm »
Quote from: 1FGC on June 11, 2023, 04:54:12 pm
Congrats on the quick sale!

Just saw your ad. Damn what a steal!  ;D Makes me look like a crazy person.
Too funny cuz I deleted the ads a little while ago. Car needs work, a couple oil leaks to still chase down. So she wanted to just get out of it. Mechanic told us to get rid of it :rofl:

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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #112 on: June 11, 2023, 05:08:18 pm »
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 05:04:22 pm
Quote from: 1FGC on June 11, 2023, 04:54:12 pm
Congrats on the quick sale!

Just saw your ad. Damn what a steal!  ;D Makes me look like a crazy person.
Too funny cuz I deleted the ads a little while ago. Car needs work, a couple oil leaks to still chase down. So she wanted to just get out of it. Mechanic told us to get rid of it :rofl:

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It is a used BMW after all.  ;D
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #113 on: June 11, 2023, 05:09:05 pm »
Quote from: 1FGC on June 11, 2023, 05:08:18 pm
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 05:04:22 pm
Quote from: 1FGC on June 11, 2023, 04:54:12 pm
Congrats on the quick sale!

Just saw your ad. Damn what a steal!  ;D Makes me look like a crazy person.
Too funny cuz I deleted the ads a little while ago. Car needs work, a couple oil leaks to still chase down. So she wanted to just get out of it. Mechanic told us to get rid of it :rofl:

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It is a used BMW after all.  ;D
Yeah, but the :censor: thing drives so nice still, issues & all :rofl:

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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #114 on: June 11, 2023, 05:10:08 pm »
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 04:52:02 pm
SOLD!! Lasted another year, then threw it up on Kijiji Friday night. Deposit received today, car goes to its new owner Tuesday.

Now the car shopping begins. Looked at a couple used cars on Friday & Saturday. Hyundai Elantra GT Sport with the 1.6 turbo & a Imprezza hatchback. Gonna be a small hatchback this time around. Looking at Mini's again as well. GTI's are kinda outta budget range for her. Too expensive for newer low mileage ones compared to a Mini or the Elantra GT's. No rush, we can get by with the Passport & SLK for a while :rofl:


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You could also consider a regular Golf over a GTI.
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #115 on: June 11, 2023, 05:21:21 pm »
Quote from: marcus_go on June 11, 2023, 05:10:08 pm
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 04:52:02 pm
SOLD!! Lasted another year, then threw it up on Kijiji Friday night. Deposit received today, car goes to its new owner Tuesday.

Now the car shopping begins. Looked at a couple used cars on Friday & Saturday. Hyundai Elantra GT Sport with the 1.6 turbo & a Imprezza hatchback. Gonna be a small hatchback this time around. Looking at Mini's again as well. GTI's are kinda outta budget range for her. Too expensive for newer low mileage ones compared to a Mini or the Elantra GT's. No rush, we can get by with the Passport & SLK for a while :rofl:


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You could also consider a regular Golf over a GTI.
Been looking at regular Golf's as well. Requirement is for a sunroof as well, seems a little more rare on the used Golf's thus far. Mini has the nice panoramic sunroof which is a huge bonus point for Bellla.

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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #116 on: June 11, 2023, 05:29:53 pm »
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 05:21:21 pm
Quote from: marcus_go on June 11, 2023, 05:10:08 pm
Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 04:52:02 pm
SOLD!! Lasted another year, then threw it up on Kijiji Friday night. Deposit received today, car goes to its new owner Tuesday.

Now the car shopping begins. Looked at a couple used cars on Friday & Saturday. Hyundai Elantra GT Sport with the 1.6 turbo & a Imprezza hatchback. Gonna be a small hatchback this time around. Looking at Mini's again as well. GTI's are kinda outta budget range for her. Too expensive for newer low mileage ones compared to a Mini or the Elantra GT's. No rush, we can get by with the Passport & SLK for a while :rofl:


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You could also consider a regular Golf over a GTI.
Been looking at regular Golf's as well. Requirement is for a sunroof as well, seems a little more rare on the used Golf's thus far. Mini has the nice panoramic sunroof which is a huge bonus point for Bellla.

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Sunroofs were problematic on the VWs, but mostly the ones with the pano roofs that came on the Golf wagon and Alltrack. IIRC the regular Golf just has a normal sized sunroof. Sweet spot for the Golf was the 2018. They got refreshed that year with new infotainment and few other extras. 2018 was also the last year of the bigger 1.8 turbo engine. 2019 came with the smaller 1.4 turbo engine, but gained 6-speed manual and 8-speed auto vs. the 5-speed manual and 6-speed auto in the 1.8. My sister has the 1.8 and it definitely has enough pep.
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #117 on: June 11, 2023, 06:48:05 pm »


Quote from: Gurgie on June 11, 2023, 04:52:02 pm
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No rush, we can get by with the Passport & SLK for a while :rofl:




Roughing it, eh? LOL [emoji38]
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #118 on: June 11, 2023, 08:18:55 pm »
Mazda3 Turbo?  😁
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Re: Mrs Gurgie's New Ride
« Reply #119 on: June 11, 2023, 08:20:38 pm »
Quote from: Noto on June 11, 2023, 08:18:55 pm
Mazda3 Turbo?  [emoji16]
She's not a fan of the new 3 hatch, unfortunately.

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