It must be a trend -- parental types being carted around in our Kizashi. My in-laws have been in town, and last night, we went out for Japanese food (at a restaurant whose neighbors are a medical marijuana clinic and the lovely coin-op laundry you see above).
The outing gave me a chance to see how the Kizashi suits passengers in their 70s with two very different physical profiles. My mother-in-law is a slight woman with mobility issues. With the usual help, she had little trouble getting in and out of the back seat. My father-in-law is a big boy -- as he'll be the first to admit. He overflowed the passenger seat a bit, groused about the dash nudging his knees and took a few pokes in the side as I shifted. Like I said, he's a big fella and I don't think this would be a great car for him. But it clearly intrigued him.
Before we got in, he peered at the car from our front door. "What is that again?"
"It's a Suzuki Kizashi," I said.
Maybe I mumbled, because his eyebrows shot up. "A Kardashian?"
We fell out laughing and made some jokes in questionable taste about trunk size. And for the rest of the night, we called it the Kardashian (or Car-dashian, if you prefer). Suzuki marketers and actual Kardashians, take note.
Carroll Lachnit, Features Editor @18,568 miles
felonious_monk says:
08:32 AM, 02/ 9/11
That's awesome! I once new an old guy who called every Suzuki Samurai he saw a "Su-suck-i Sam'wich". It got old pretty quick.
I'm hoping Suzuki sticks a turbo in there and slaps a "T" to the end of the name: I want to own a "Suzuki Kiza-shiT"... I'd pronounce it so it sounds like, "Suzuki gives a shit". It could be their new slogan and basis for a far-reaching ad campaign.
jeepsrt says:
08:39 AM, 02/ 9/11
That's pretty funny, my Mom made me laugh when watching the Super Bowl she saw the Mercedes commercial and asked if that was Pop Diddy in it, cracked me up.
zeniff says:
10:31 AM, 02/ 9/11
Felonious....I wouldn't post it myself. But that's pretty good.