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Guided Discovery
This past winter, our daughter Emerson fell in love with skiing. Finally! I had a skiing buddy. I’ve been waiting for this moment since she was born.
We got a season pass to Lake Tahoe and started making weekend trips from the Bay Area. Every Friday after school, we’d hit the road. By late night, we’d arrive in the mountains, ready for fresh powder.
The only downside? The drive.
I’ve been driving the same Acura TL for 15 years. It’s a front-wheel drive sedan, and I love the way it handles. These winter trips only reminded me how much I still enjoy driving it.
But once we got near the summit, snow chains became a requirement. No AWD, no exceptions. So I’d be out there in freezing, wet weather, strapping on chains in the dark. Then creeping along carefully through the snow. That part? Not fun.
I’ve had that car since Emerson was born. It’s been good to us. But it was getting old. Little things were starting to go. It was time for something new.
I knew what I wanted:
- All-wheel drive, so I could skip the chains
- A higher driving position — maybe an SUV
- And something that drove like my TL
That last part was tricky. I didn’t really know what “drives like an Acura TL” meant in technical terms. I just knew I’d recognize the feel.
So I framed my search like this: “Find an AWD SUV that drives like an Acura TL.”
I tried ChatGPT. It gave me the usual suspects — Acura RDX, MDX, BMW X3. All decent options. But as I thought more, my list of wants grew:
- American brand, if possible
- Midsize SUV
- Maybe hybrid. Maybe electric.
What else was I not considering? Cue Guiver.
What is Guiver?
Guiver is a tool that helps you define your goal — and then helps you refine it.
You start with a query like: “Find an AWD SUV that drives like an Acura TL.”
Then Guiver starts asking questions. You just click the answers.
Each round of questions helps you uncover more of what you really want — even things you hadn’t thought about. Like what does “drives like an Acura TL” actually mean? Is it performance? Handling? Comfort? Power?
As you go, Guiver builds a better understanding of your goal. After each step, you can choose:
- Ask me more – get more questions and refine further
- Recommend – get 2–3 smart picks based on your answers
Each recommendation comes with a visual summary: features down the rows, cars across the columns. Plus, a carousel of 10 curated links for each pick.
Try it yourself: www.guiver.ai
Why Guiver?
“If you’re like most people, then like most people you don’t know you’re like most people.” My Google searches start with some keywords. I open a few tabs. Skim. Go back. Try a variation. Open more tabs. Then… life happens. I get distracted. I leave the tabs open — all 37 of them — hoping to come back later.
But when I do, the mental thread is gone. What was I searching for again? Why did I open this one?
Guiver fixes that.
Every step of your search is saved. Every answer. Every link. Every recommendation. You can return a week later and pick up where you left off — no guessing, no retracing steps. With Guiver, your search is frozen in time. Exact. Reproducible. Sharable.
Built for Collaboration
You can also share your search. Your partner, friend, or teammate can continue it, adjust it, and send it back. It’s perfect for group goals:
- Choosing flooring with your spouse
- Finding a water heater for your home
- Planning a trip with friends
No more 100 open tabs. Just one clean, collaborative link.
Here is a search I started on looking for investors: https://www.guiver.ai/?r=5ee76c063c1b54ef
One Last Thing
Later, I went back to my original car search in Guiver and added a new requirement: hybrid. Suddenly, I got totally new suggestions — like the Toyota Highlander and Subaru Outback. Same core goal, new direction. That’s the power of refining.
With Guiver, your goals evolve. Your results evolve with them.
See your old searches exactly how you left them.
Share them. Revisit them. Refine them. Together.
And as Emerson likes to say right before flying down the slope —
“Off we go now.”
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