Range Rover Evoque?
Wow. My last car (for 10,000miles) was a Ford Puma with hora junior sat in the back. I never had any issues. Mrshora used to stand in the rear footwell to strap him in or any issues lifting him in there and shes a size8 so not a powerfully built AngloSaxon woman
ignore this pseudo-macho bolleaux..
hora either had naff all to do with the raising of that kid or else has a super athletic structure and a very well developed core and back..
if you're not a power lifter then get a five door at least to avoid hurting your back.. back injuries are the last thing you need with a growing baby to cart around everywhere.. with a value car seat and a 25lb kid that's a lot of weight to be moving in a poor lifting position.. especially with the twisting involved maneuvering in and out of a low 3 door hatch..
3doors tend to have longer front doors than their 5door (same model) equvilient. Friends has a newshape 3door Clio and two children, 1x3yr old and 1x<1yr old.
3doors tend to have longer front doors than their 5door (same model) equvilient.
They tend to have a low roofline, too. I've tried putting Ransos jr in the back of a small three door. It's perfectly possible, but much less convenient than a tallish 5 door. And I'm not mean enough to leave it all to my wife.
my 3 door A3 has long doors and seats that fold all the way forward out the way. although I can fit the car seat in the back its a pain and i'll use the passat estate every time if we have to move junior around.
I don't see any issue but then when mrshora was expecting I didn't think we needed a big car asap. I don't go for upscaling but then our buggy has always been cleverly packaged/designed (as are many small cars). The buggy that hes had since 0-2yrs fits in the boot of a C1 perfectly.
The only downside of having a smaller car is that some drivers (Vauxhalls 99.9% of the time) assume you must be bullied.
The buggy that hes had since 0-2yrs fits in the boot of a C1 perfectly.
And the luggage for a two week holiday?
And the luggage for a two week holiday?
I used to own two MX5's. You tend not to take those clothes that you never end up using.
I used to own two MX5's. You tend not to take those clothes that you never end up using.
I'm taking a pram, travel cot and bike trailer. An MX-5 isn't going to cut it.
I used to own two MX5's. You tend not to take those clothes that you never end up using.
You needed two mx5s to carry all your luggage? That sounds like a holiday logistics nightmare.
We had a Peugeot Partner when our eldest was born. She's now seven and has a brother, we still have the Partner. Sliding doors + tall = win for kids in child seats. But I can't see there's much wrong with a Jazz -- I'd always go for "not buying another car" as my favourite option 😉
New cars are safer than olders ones. Bigger cars are generally safer than small ones. So an older big car versus a newer smaller one is a valid comparison safety wise.
I suppose the middle ground would be something like a 5 door Golf / ... (FWIW I really like he Jazz and it's super practical with the flat folding seats)
Once we got to 3 kids we needed a bigger car and went the 7 seat 4x4 route (2 Shoguns, over 200,000 miles and 13 years but that was before the penal road tax). But for 1 or 2 kids getting a bigger estate type car only really counts for holidays (or the not to be discounted biking holidays). Once we were down to 2 kids (eldest off to Uni) we went to an A6 Estate, which now we are close to being kidless is only useful for trips to/from Uni and bike holidays! When we started the family we had 5dr Golf's.
The world according to Hora is indeed an interesting place...
