We took our newborn Nicki out last week for the first time in Gina, our Hyundai Getz Philippines. We bought a baby stroller for her a few weeks before she was born, but we took that baby stroller home in our old Toyota Revo. Now, it remained to be seen whether we could fit this relatively large stroller in our Hyundai Getz.

One of the reasons why we bought our Hyundai Getz, Gina, from the Quezon City distributor (Wheels Inc. E Rodriguez) was because Cathy was impressed by the size of our hatchback’s trunk. It was noticeable larger than the trunks of either the Kia Picanto or the Suzuki Alto, the only two other hatchbacks in the Philippines we were considering.

Now we’d have to put it to the test.

I opened the trunk of our Hyundai Getz, Gina, where one would see this:

To fit our stroller, we had to remove the optional hatchback hood/dashboard.

To remove it, we simply removed the sling from the hatchback door here…

… and this was the end result.

Lots of space, as you can see. We folded up Nicki’s baby stroller, and it fit like this.

It fit snugly, with plenty of space on the side for other things, including both bags of our kids, as well as a picnic basket of goodies that we took to Mom’s house.

 Once again, Gina, our Hyundai Getz, surprises us with her flexibility and charm!

Owners of a Hyundai Getz in the Philippines will agree with me when I say the Hyundai Getz horn sucks balls.

It’s the worst horn ever. Blech. Horns are supposed to warn other vehicles, pedestrians, or animals on the road that we’re a-comin’. When I tooted my Hyundai Getz horn, all I got were laughing jeepney drivers and the occasional shocked dog.

So I resolved to change the horn of our Hyundai Getz Philippines. I bought myself a nice loud Bosch disc horn from Ace Hardware Greenbelt (at only Php699.75) and had it installed by the friendly folks at Wheels Inc – Hyundai E. Rodriguez for a service fee of Php500 so it doesn’t ruin the electrical warranty of Gina, our Hyundai Getz Philippines.

The end result: a Hyundai Getz horn I can be proud of!