I have a Audi RS6 Avant 4.0 T FSI V8 Quattro. It sure does surprise the peasants in their A6 Avant 3.0tdi V6 multitronic 4wd Black Editions. 😆

Yeah, I just thought it seemed a bit argumentative for no real reason. So thought i’d just remove it rather than getting into a debate. 🙂

LoL, and Dad in a hot coupe when 40+ isn’t at all embarrassing 🙂 – make sure you’ve got the comb over.You’re going to be an embarrassment one way or other regardless, don’t kid yourself – it’s inevitable once they hit teenage.

OP – seriously for mo, main issue if you can work around luggage etc. is that it’ll do your back in lifting them in and out of car seats and doing up belts, and lifting the whole seat whilst in rear facing seats. MPVs are just easier to live with. It’s also a case of who’s going to be using the car – if your wife is going to be using day to day she will get very bored very quickly I suspect.

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How very dare you 😛

What do you do when the v10 shows up to the party?

We Had a 130i Msport, but it was the boot that was too small really, its scary how much crap you end up carting about, and pushchairs are awkward shapes.
Changed it for a 535D Touring, which is faster, more composed but will swallow huge amounts of stuff.
Ironically, No2 no longer wants to go in the buggy, and we could probably downsize to a 130 again !!
I do have a van, which will probably get seats and windows in it soon, so then we have an activity vehicle that can swallow bikes / camping stuff etc.

The harder problem to overcome is the Toy…… how do I get 2 kids in the back of a hatchback, which has a rollcage and a fully 4 linked rear axle in there..???
I`m thinking scaled down Carbon Bucket seats and Harnessess to match those in the front

Meant to say, Maxicosi do a swivelling seat that makes life so much easier too

Keep what you have, it’s really big enough and when kids get bigger then can climb into their own seat, no bad back necessary.

Remember you’re a person who is also a dad, not just a dad.

I know people who have bought MPVs for sprog 1, which seems somewhat OTT and something I hope never to have to do (if 4+ come along I may have to go back on that).

AARGH, my eyes. Make it stop!

I know its absolutely gopping, when I first saw pictures of it I thought it was a photoshop joke, but no that genuinely is BMW’s newest model.

Still you could put a BMW or Mini badge on a brown floater and people would still buy it

Ahem…

Get something 5 doors and tall – think Nissan Note / Renault Scenic as when the little one gets taller / bigger and are still in a car seat the extra door height will be appreciated.

Saw a Ford B-Max that has rear sliding doors – very nice

Yes but the 5 door Mini is actually quite sensible, they’ve just taken the standard 3 door mini and lengthened it a liitle bit to add in the doors.

Taking a jacked up crossover / SUV / MPV and then removing two doors and dropping the roofline is not sensible and doesn’t reeally make for a nice looking coupe

I had the 2.7tdi SE Quattro so that wouldn’t apply to me 8). I did have a drive in the RS – wow – priced to match though !

RRR if the Mrs wants her own little car get one suitable for junior, eg Fiesta/Polo/etc sized 4dr and hold onto the Couple for a bit longer. If/when you realise you are spending more time in the little car then time to change the Coupe.