Question Looking to buy a van...

mommy_quigg

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I have 3 boys, ages almost-10, 5.5, and 3.5.

10yo in a booster, needs to be able to get out the passenger side on his own for school, without climbing over 5.5 yo. He can climb over 3.5 yo, he doesn't get as upset.
5.5 yo in a Frontier, has autism, cannot be within arm's reach of either brother.
3.5 yo ffing in a SureRide. I might buy a Frontier for him too, depending on how much of my tax return money is left over. :)

I also give a ride to my friend's 5yo twice a week, she's in a booster.

I currently have a car, but am looking to buy a minivan with my tax return money. I love the stow 'n go seats as I'm a single mom so no man to haul them in and out for me (I have scoliosis so I can't lift them on my own), and I live in an apartment so I have nowhere to store them. I'd have to haul them up stairs and leave them in the middle of my living room. I want the room to haul the kids' bikes during the summer.
I don't know if I can afford them though, I can spend $5,000-$6,000.

Advice?
 
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ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob
Staff member
Bumping for you. My main advice is that if you want flexibility in where you put forward facing seats, look for something with more than 3 tether anchors. Also, the Town & Country/Grand Caravan has outboard third row seats that don't work with a lot of high back boosters and aren't safe for backless booster or belt only riders, due to poor geometry, and you also can't install a harnessed seat forward facing there (no top tether anchors.)
 

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