I taught him to be a little more frugal however, you can't take the car lover out of the guy. He appreciates the finer mechanics of a car than I probably would. He had an Eagle Talon before he got his Jeep. I just wanted something that could fit everything and still be good to the environment and still be economical," says Small, who runs one of the largest female-only hockey schools in Canada. "And neither one of us wanted a car that was too bad for the environment, either. "It's also very conducive to put our gear in," Small says. On the road, he drives a 2004 Jeep Liberty. I just usually listen to CBC Radio - I'm a dork that way."īridges, who lives with the effects of spina bifida, won gold medals at the Paralympics in Torino in 2006, the World Championship in 2008 and two World Sledge Hockey Challenges in 20. "I think my fiancé would love a better sound system in it, but not me. Now that I have air conditioning, I realize how heavenly it is. My air conditioning previously was just opening the windows. I can't believe I lived for such a long time without it.
"The biggest difference now is that it has air conditioning - that is a great feature for me now. It's called 'Silver Bomber' in honour of the 'Blue Bomber.' " "It drove a lot like the 323, but it was safer and had airbags. Small took a test drive and fell in love instantly. "I decided to get used because I come from a family who instilled those values in me to be frugal and basically buy what you need."īridges came across the Protege5 at a used-car lot. … Now that I have a real job, real income, it was about time to get a new car," she says. "Finally last year, my friends were all over my case to get a car that was a little bit safer with airbags. At times, that was somewhat embarrassing.
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"I am a professional speaker by trade and an Olympian pulling into some event and people expect a certain type of vehicle that you might be driving and they see this little Mazda 323. "Some of my friends would be embarrassed just being seen with me in my little Mazda 323," she laughs. So my friends named it the 'Blue Bomber' after the Blue Bombers," says the native of Winnipeg, who studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University in California. This is Small's second Mazda - her first was a 1992 Mazda 323. So if we go and play hockey together, we have to fit all of that in the car." Not only am I a hockey player, but I'm a goaltender who has a ton of equipment and my fiancé is a sledge hockey player so he has his bag, his sled and his wheelchair. "The hatchback for me was a big selling feature.
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