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Fred99

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#2706639 12-May-2021 16:41

Can't say I blame them. I'd shudder at the thought of regularly using my ute - which is only about 200mm longer than a CX9 - on school / supermarket runs.

NZ supermarket car parks are too short, too narrow, and the rows spaced too close together for easy use in the ute. Not sure if they're shrinking or not. We've also had an MX5 for about 20 years, and when driving in traffic that seems to have gotten considerably smaller over the years, and it's become very much easier to lose in supermarket parking lots.

turtleattacks

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#2706646 12-May-2021 17:34

Fred99:

Can't say I blame them. I'd shudder at the thought of regularly using my ute - which is only about 200mm longer than a CX9 - on school / supermarket runs.

NZ supermarket car parks are too short, too narrow, and the rows spaced too close together for easy use in the ute. Not sure if they're shrinking or not. We've also had an MX5 for about 20 years, and when driving in traffic that seems to have gotten considerably smaller over the years, and it's become very much easier to lose in supermarket parking lots.

I find the local New World supermarket to be really slim, where the width just fits a CX9.

What kind of Ute is longer than a CX9? I’m surprised!

When we were in Parnell a few weeks back, we actually had huge troubles trying to get the car out of the super compact car park corner. It was where the corner turns into a ramp going down a floor and we got close to getting stuck!

Photo below of the local supermarket https://imgur.com/gallery/36E621H

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Insanekiwi

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#2706651 12-May-2021 18:18

turtleattacks:
danepak: I think the CX-8 is perfect for us for the following reasons:
- I’m no speed monster (acceleration isn’t that important to me)
- 1000 to 1200km on a full tank
- 95% of the time (or more), it will be used as a 5-seater
- slightly smaller than the CX-9 (my wife won’t want to drive it either - a nightmare to park, she reckons)

Maybe our wives could join a coffee club - two months after getting a brand new CX9 Takami - wife still won't drive it.

I got my car in September 2019. She hasn’t driven it once. I told her to have a go even on the way to Auckland from Wellington!

So when is the coffee date? 😂

turtleattacks

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#2706655 12-May-2021 18:42

I got my car in September 2019. She hasn’t driven it once. I told her to have a go even on the way to Auckland from Wellington!

So when is the coffee date? 😂

She needs to drive to Hamilton from Auckland next week with an entire boot full of Lego and would rather fill up her ageing VW Polo to the roof than the new tank.

I now feel like the salesperson and I keep telling her what the salesperson told me: "It's a big car but honest, when you drive it - it doesn't feel big!!"

The answer is still no.

I can bring the popcorn when they start to criticise the size.

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driller2000

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#2706664 12-May-2021 19:37

My partner was worried about her CX-9 before we purchased it - she however quickly got to grips with its size and drives and parks it without issue.

Insanekiwi

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#2706667 12-May-2021 19:44

turtleattacks:

I got my car in September 2019. She hasn’t driven it once. I told her to have a go even on the way to Auckland from Wellington!

So when is the coffee date? 😂

She needs to drive to Hamilton from Auckland next week with an entire boot full of Lego and would rather fill up her ageing VW Polo to the roof than the new tank.

I now feel like the salesperson and I keep telling her what the salesperson told me: "It's a big car but honest, when you drive it - it doesn't feel big!!"

The answer is still no.

I can bring the popcorn when they start to criticise the size.

LOL - out of curiosity why full of LEGOs? I guess if you lose a piece it’s easier to find in Polo than CX9!
To be honest if we were not in Wellington - the size would not be an issue. It is the terrain of the city itself with such narrow roads and tight turning circles that makes the car quite tricky to drive. Often a two way street becomes one way due to parked cars here.

turtleattacks

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#2706668 12-May-2021 19:51

LOL - out of curiosity why full of LEGOs? I guess if you lose a piece it’s easier to find in Polo than CX9!
To be honest if we were not in Wellington - the size would not be an issue. It is the terrain of the city itself with such narrow roads and tight turning circles that makes the car quite tricky to drive. Often a two way street becomes one way due to parked cars here.

She trains teachers, therapists, psychologists to use Lego to help autistic children and other neurodivergent children improve their communication skills. There's a workshop in Hamilton.

Lego Foundation globally picked it up and is fully supportive of this programme.

They recently chose New Zealand to film their promotion video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ61aOZpCzQ

Oh while we are on this topic and a shameless promotion - she'll be on the AM Show tomorrow morning should you wish to find out more.

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Insanekiwi

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#2706669 12-May-2021 19:54

turtleattacks:

LOL - out of curiosity why full of LEGOs? I guess if you lose a piece it’s easier to find in Polo than CX9!
To be honest if we were not in Wellington - the size would not be an issue. It is the terrain of the city itself with such narrow roads and tight turning circles that makes the car quite tricky to drive. Often a two way street becomes one way due to parked cars here.

She trains teachers, therapists, psychologists to use Lego to help autistic children and other neurodivergent children improve their communication skills. There's a workshop in Hamilton.

Lego Foundation globally picked it up and is fully supportive of this programme.

They recently chose New Zealand to film their promotion video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ61aOZpCzQ

Oh while we are on this topic and a shameless promotion - she'll be on the AM Show tomorrow morning should you wish to find out more.

That’s awesome! Will see if I can see the programme on Ondemand. Thanks for sharing that that’s very interesting and I am sure she enjoys it too! It sure helps to connect children who have communication limitations too!

Fred99

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#2706807 12-May-2021 22:42

turtleattacks:

What kind of Ute is longer than a CX9? I’m surprised!

Most dual cab utes I expect. Cx9 is about 5.1 metres, my Dmax is about 5.3 metres, they're all about that size, give or take 100mm or so,

The Silverados being heavily advertised on TV are 6.2 metres in dual cab form. Yikes.

It's not just the length of the park, but the width of the park and distance between rows. If there's another large car in the opposite row when you're backing out between two parked cars, you can't turn enough in reverse to drive forward, a three point turn manoeuvre is often needed to get in or get out of a park.

Parking buildings in the city are also a pain. Small cars are infinitely better for city driving and parking etc.

OTOH on a longer highway trip (as you mentioned with a load of lego), even a fairly agricultural but modern dual cab ute is extremely relaxing and effortless to drive compared to small cars.

Jaxson

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#2706861 13-May-2021 09:33

turtleattacks:

criticise the size.

I get that a lot too, and sometimes it's about the car.

danepak

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#2712969 25-May-2021 19:13

Hmm, looks like the company I work for, are considering all new vehicles to be hybrid SUV's.

For a 7-seater within a realistic budget (approx $50-55k), that only leaves me with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

The reviews are pretty mediocre.

And 55km on a full charge is really not a lot (but looks like other hybrids are around that range too).

Scott3

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#2713009 25-May-2021 22:25

danepak:

Hmm, looks like the company I work for, are considering all new vehicles to be hybrid SUV's.

For a 7-seater within a realistic budget (approx $50-55k), that only leaves me with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

The reviews are pretty mediocre.

And 55km on a full charge is really not a lot (but looks like other hybrids are around that range too).

Outlander PHEV is a 5 seater.

Might need to up the budget to get a highlander hybrid if a 7 seat hybrid SUV is required.

danepak

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#2713011 25-May-2021 22:32

Scott3:
danepak:

Hmm, looks like the company I work for, are considering all new vehicles to be hybrid SUV's.

For a 7-seater within a realistic budget (approx $50-55k), that only leaves me with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

The reviews are pretty mediocre.

And 55km on a full charge is really not a lot (but looks like other hybrids are around that range too).

Outlander PHEV is a 5 seater.

Might need to up the budget to get a highlander hybrid if a 7 seat hybrid SUV is required.

Sweet, nice one!
Hopefully they’ll consider the Highlander or they’ll go back to the diesel CX8, if we’re not talking hybrid.
Is the Skoda Kodiaq a decent car? Comparable to the petrol CX-9?

Scott3

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#2713072 26-May-2021 00:05

danepak:

Sweet, nice one!
Hopefully they’ll consider the Highlander or they’ll go back to the diesel CX8, if we’re not talking hybrid.
Is the Skoda Kodiaq a decent car? Comparable to the petrol CX-9?

I think the Kodiaq is decent, but have never been on one myself.

Note it is much smaller than a CX-9 (370mm shorter). Closer in size to a cx-5 (150mm longer).

4th gen highlander hybrid has really nice specs. 179kW, and just 5.6L/100km of 95ron. $64k is a bit higher than the numbers you mentioned before though.

The Kia sorrento also has a hybrid 7 seater, base hybrid is $64k+ORC, base plug in hybrid is $74k+ORC.

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