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VanIsleMommy
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I'm totally lost. So if you love your vehicle I'd love to hear more
What I have:
$20,000 CAD maximum budget (this means buying used most likely)
I don't really *LIKE* driving a car, I find them too low with too many blind spots, I don't feel safe. However I don't want an SUV that is really high off the ground either (currently the 4runner is too high), and DH is ADAMENT that he will not buy a minivan.:thumbsdown:
Back injury from a car accident 10 years ago, so lifting kids and strollers and gear into a vehicle over waist height can sometimes put my back out.
Currently have an almost 3 year old RF in a true fit, he's 31 pounds and will stay RF until he outgrows the TF, then into a graco nautilus FF. The newborn will be RF in an infant seat for a few months then move into my sons old graco myride RF, if this child is tall too he/she may end up in the TF RF at some point. The reason I mention this is because the TF is a BEAST to install RF, it's SO BIG
ABSOLUTELY needs to have anchors in all seats in the middle row, since I don't know if we're having any more kids or not. Also the middle seat must be actually a full sized seat, not the tiny sliver of a seat I've seen. I'm open to third row seating if there is easy access without uninstalling the car seat to get to it. So far I haven't seen any crossover that offers this.
Has to be relatively easy to install car seats. LATCH would be lovely, but at the very least I don't really want to have to use an H clip.
Of course safety is the primary concern. Side curtain air bags would be nice, I also don't like how close the kids will be in their car seats placed outboard to the doors. They're practically touching the doors!
Any other features or input you'd like to add I'm open to!
So far I've pretty much ruled out the Dodge Journey due to the middle seat, the Ford Explorer was too high, I may test drive the Toyota Rav 4 (used, have to check out the safety features), I'm not sure about the Kia's (haven't seen them in person yet), or the chevy's. I don't know about the mazdas etc.. I think they might be out of our budget.
What I have:
$20,000 CAD maximum budget (this means buying used most likely)
I don't really *LIKE* driving a car, I find them too low with too many blind spots, I don't feel safe. However I don't want an SUV that is really high off the ground either (currently the 4runner is too high), and DH is ADAMENT that he will not buy a minivan.:thumbsdown:
Back injury from a car accident 10 years ago, so lifting kids and strollers and gear into a vehicle over waist height can sometimes put my back out.
Currently have an almost 3 year old RF in a true fit, he's 31 pounds and will stay RF until he outgrows the TF, then into a graco nautilus FF. The newborn will be RF in an infant seat for a few months then move into my sons old graco myride RF, if this child is tall too he/she may end up in the TF RF at some point. The reason I mention this is because the TF is a BEAST to install RF, it's SO BIG
ABSOLUTELY needs to have anchors in all seats in the middle row, since I don't know if we're having any more kids or not. Also the middle seat must be actually a full sized seat, not the tiny sliver of a seat I've seen. I'm open to third row seating if there is easy access without uninstalling the car seat to get to it. So far I haven't seen any crossover that offers this.
Has to be relatively easy to install car seats. LATCH would be lovely, but at the very least I don't really want to have to use an H clip.
Of course safety is the primary concern. Side curtain air bags would be nice, I also don't like how close the kids will be in their car seats placed outboard to the doors. They're practically touching the doors!
Any other features or input you'd like to add I'm open to!
So far I've pretty much ruled out the Dodge Journey due to the middle seat, the Ford Explorer was too high, I may test drive the Toyota Rav 4 (used, have to check out the safety features), I'm not sure about the Kia's (haven't seen them in person yet), or the chevy's. I don't know about the mazdas etc.. I think they might be out of our budget.