snowbird25ca
Moderator - CPST Instructor
This is a WWYD question. :thumbsup:
Here's the background...
Right now I have 4 seats for 2 kids and we're a single vehicle family. I want to keep spare seats for the kids in case of emergency, so having 2 extra seats is necessary. (I have a short strapped radian as well, but I don't count it since it's not a personal use seat.)
Right now I have 1 radian, 1 MA, 1 TF, and 1 EFTA. The TF and EFTA are currently being used by my dd and ds, while the radian and MA are in storage.
Long term plan, is that I will buy a Nautilus for dd once it's available in Canada. This should happen some time around Christmas or the early new year. Dd has plenty of growing room in the TF, so I have time to wait in that regard.
I plan to sell the MA, and the funds from that will go towards a new seat, so my options are:
- sell the MA now and buy an EFTA - it will depreciate less sitting in my basement than the MA will, and I might even use it for dd and put the TF in storage. (I really love the EFTA.)
- wait to sell the MA until the Nautilus is here. This will probably knock another $30 to $40 off of it's resale value depending on how soon I sell it, so in the long run I'd be out more money - selling my MA right now will completely pay for another EFTA and I'll still have money left over...
In the end the money will probably work out about equal even if I buy the EFTA since I can resell one of my seats once the Nautilus is here...
So WWYD?
(This is assuming that the Nautilus installs well in my truck... if it ends up not installing well, then whatever I have now is what I'd be keeping, and I don't want to have the MA as an every day seat when we eventually get a 2nd vehicle...)
Here's the background...
Right now I have 4 seats for 2 kids and we're a single vehicle family. I want to keep spare seats for the kids in case of emergency, so having 2 extra seats is necessary. (I have a short strapped radian as well, but I don't count it since it's not a personal use seat.)
Right now I have 1 radian, 1 MA, 1 TF, and 1 EFTA. The TF and EFTA are currently being used by my dd and ds, while the radian and MA are in storage.
Long term plan, is that I will buy a Nautilus for dd once it's available in Canada. This should happen some time around Christmas or the early new year. Dd has plenty of growing room in the TF, so I have time to wait in that regard.
I plan to sell the MA, and the funds from that will go towards a new seat, so my options are:
- sell the MA now and buy an EFTA - it will depreciate less sitting in my basement than the MA will, and I might even use it for dd and put the TF in storage. (I really love the EFTA.)
- wait to sell the MA until the Nautilus is here. This will probably knock another $30 to $40 off of it's resale value depending on how soon I sell it, so in the long run I'd be out more money - selling my MA right now will completely pay for another EFTA and I'll still have money left over...
In the end the money will probably work out about equal even if I buy the EFTA since I can resell one of my seats once the Nautilus is here...
So WWYD?
(This is assuming that the Nautilus installs well in my truck... if it ends up not installing well, then whatever I have now is what I'd be keeping, and I don't want to have the MA as an every day seat when we eventually get a 2nd vehicle...)