So here’s a funny story: my Rain-X has disappeared. My Hyundai Getz’s favorite rain repellant bottle, which I bought that bottle from a hardware store whose name I can’t recall, seems to have vanished into thin air from my car accessories box. Unfortunately, since I can’t remember where I bought that bottle, I wouldn’t know where to buy another bottle of Rain-X. (I should’ve tried Mr. Handy, or whatever the name of that hardware store at Robinson’s malls are.)

I went to Ace instead and bought a bottle of Auto-Gard Rain Repellant. It’s not the first time I’ve purchased an item from Auto-Gard; I also bought a car shampoo back in the days when I wanted to wash Gina myself. (Days now long-gone.)

Since Typhoon Frank seems to be unleashing his fury on the metro right now, methinks it’d be a perfect time to try Auto-Gard Rain Repellant out. I’ll be sure to post here what I think of it, especially vis-a-vis my contentment with Rain-X.

This review from Helene Griffiths of Cars4Women gives the Hyundai Getz a glowing review. Do read it, it’s got a lot of technical information that would make any person feel better about her/his Getz.

Okay, so the site is Cars4Women, but so what? I love my wife, and I love my kids, and I love this car. To those people who think the only measure of a man is a 4×4 gas-guzzling megatank, well, you’re killing the environment and overcompensating, belat.

I did a Google search for ‘Hyundai Getz’ today on Google.com and Google.com.ph, and there’s a smile on my face as wide as my Gina’s bumpers, because we’re ranking well.*grin*

Hyundai Getz Philippines: Life With Gina is #1 on Google.com.ph for ‘Hyundai Getz’ and related searches, including ‘Hyundai Getz Philippines’ and ‘Philippine Hyundai Getz.’ On Google.com, it’s #35, fifth on Page 3, and well behind at least three other Philippine Hyundai Getz websites (the Getz Club, on whom I am a member, the Hyundai Getz Philippines official website, and autosearchphilippines (yeah, a portal! I KNOW!).

What does Life With Gina offer you? You get exactly what you’d be writing if you owned a Hyundai Getz yourself. I don’t know squat about cars, and if you’re in the same boat, it’s nice knowing you’re going through something that someone else is going through. I tell you exactly what happens, what I pay for, what things happen to me and my Getz, good or bad. If I like a service, I’ll tell you. If I hate it, I’ll tell you. No one has ever paid for a positive referral or review on this website, I can assure you that, 100%.

If you’d like to help Life With Gina rise up the rankings of Google.com and bring this kind of candid information to a greater number of people worldwide who are looking for information about the Hyundai Getz, please place a link to this website, http://hyundaigetz.gannsdeen.com, on your website, and link it with the words, ‘Hyundai Getz.’ Or copy this below and paste it into your HTML code:

<a href=”http://hyundaigetz.gannsdeen.com”>Hyundai Getz</a>

(I’d make buttons, but maybe some other time.)

Thanks for all your support, and keep on swinging by Life With Gina for more updates on the joys (and pains) of owning a Hyundai Getz!

We took our Philippine Hyundai Getz, Gina, to Zambales last Monday, June 2, for a three-day R&R at the beautiful Punta de Uian beach resort in Zambales. We rode there in a massive twelve-vehicle convoy with some friends of mine, and I tell you, they were impressed. All the vehicles in the convoy had 1.6 engines and above; we’re talking Stradas and CRVs and station wagons and Innovas, the powerful kinds.

Along the North Luzon Expressway, we reached speeds of up to 140kph. (I hated going over the speed limit, but these guys were threatening to leave us in their dirt, so I had to keep up or get lost.) Our Hyundai Getz was the tiniest of the lot at its 1.1 engine, but we kept up with those bruisers!

When we got to the resort, one of my friends said, “Bilib ako dito kay Gina! (I believe in Gina!) I was speeding at 140kph, and when I looked in my rear view mirror, there she was, right behind us!” They then christened her, ‘The Little Car That Could.’

Well, of course, we were right behind you. What would you expect? We’re in a Hyundai Getz! Speed is just one of its pleasant qualities!

Plus, we got on a couple of dirt roads on the way there, and Gina’s suspension handled like a pro. My babies slept through it.

So what’s the word on fuel efficiency? Well, we used up more than half a tank of gas for 380 kilometers total. Since I can’t scientifically compute that just yet, I can make a guesstimate of about 25 liters, which pegs my Hyundai Getz’s highway fuel efficiency at 15.2 km/L. Like I said before, Hyundai’s been lying through its teeth about fuel economy on all its cars, but that’s still better than the crappy 11 liters I’ve been scraping by on for city driving.

I’d show photos, but by the time we got there, my Hyundai Getz was all dusty, so sorry, no photos because we don’t take pictures of those we love when they look bad, yesz?

Score one for the Getzers! Woohoo!