Best car to drive a newborn home from hospital in?

[craig_m67]

170 London bus. Easy.

[Rovinghawk]

JD PH said:

So come on, what do people suggest?

Use an Astra/Focus; tell the baby any story you like when he's older- he'll never know.

[R6VED]

My daughter came home from hospital in a 5.0l V8 CLS and my son came home in a 4.4l V8 X5.

[Qussz]

Were I a talking newborn I would demand a FF Range Rover, or Kelly Brook in an Aston Martin

[aspirated]

I'm a good 10 years from becoming a father but I've already decided I'll be doing it in a MK2 XC90

[AlexIT]

Done both ways with the Clio RS.

Must say that the wife did not appreciate the trip to the hospital, but there was no time to move cars around and the Clio was the first to be taken out of the garage.

No good reason for using it on the trip back though...

[XB70]

bmthnick1981 said:

My boy came home from the hospital in my V12 e38 bmw;

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Big, safe, comfortable, quiet (double glazed), fast if needed. Perfect.

My little girl came home in a Lexus LS400 and my little boy in a W140 S600L

Got to start them on the barges young!

[LotusOmega375D]

JD PH said:

On the flip side, being able to claim that the first car you ever travelled in was something exotic would be pretty cool for my offspring, so is obviously of paramount importance!

Being realistic, there are some obvious rules that need to be adhered to:

1) Must seat 3 people (so don't rule out a McLaren F1 just yet!)
2) Must be able to carry a small amount of luggage.
3) Must be able to safely carry a baby seat, (preferably via Isofix)
4) It needs to be unusual / exotic / luxurious / memorable / safe
5) It needs to be unnecessarily fast. Whilst I've got no intention of travelling above about 20mph with the baby on board, I may well need to make some emergency trips to the shops to stock up on nappies, baby wipes and gin. In my experience 400bhp is about the minimum required for such outings.JD

My brother fetched his new-born offspring back from the Hospital in his Ferrari 456 GTA, which seems to tick these boxes.

[Snollygoster]

Practically got it's own cot. Who needs ISOFIX?

[Prev]

When I picked up the boy from Hospital on Christmas day 2013 I used the gf's parents Audi A4 Avant. Nothing special, but it easily swallowed up all of the stuff that accompanies an expecting mother to hospital and all the stuff that accumulates over the few days mother and baby spend in hospital (Flowers, cards, balloons, teddies, clothes to name a few.).

So something big is what you need to be looking at. Oh and nothing too high or low either, don't want the stiches in your o/h ripping as she tries to clamber in.

[JD PH]

LotusOmega375D said:

My brother fetched his new-born offspring back from the Hospital in his Ferrari 456 GTA, which seems to tick these boxes.

Now we're talking!

[Justayellowbadge]

JD PH said:

LotusOmega375D said:

My brother fetched his new-born offspring back from the Hospital in his Ferrari 456 GTA, which seems to tick these boxes.

Now we're talking!

Oh. I see.

[Eric Mc]

I was brought home from the hospital in one of these -



A full size one - of course.

[paintman]

All three of ours ( no, not triplets!) came home in our Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5.
Unfortunately whilst two fitted in fine in car seats in the rear, the third meant we needed a bigger car.......

ETA we also found with the first two that if they wouldn't settle popping them in the car for a quick run round the block did the job a treat! Must be the soothing sound of a 3litre V6

Edited by paintman on Wednesday 1st October 17:22

[Agent Orange]

JD PH said:

Something a bit like a FV4034 Challenger 2.

I can only assume everyone answering hasn't driven their first newborn back from hospital.

If they had they'd have known you've already answered it. A Challenger tank is the answer.

Once you leave the hospital grounds you will soon realise that EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE on the road is trying to kill your child. Everyone on the road is a very real threat. Front, rear and both side. Even pedestrians are looking at you funny and are probably packing heat. You are not being paranoid but that person 10 car lengths behind you is driving FAR too close and needs to be taken out.

Likewise if the child starts to cry (they won't of course as they'll be asleep the whole way) you'll realise you need to clear a path to home. Blast them out the way or drive over them it doesn't matter.

Get a tank

[Nervasport]

http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/,37,/45842...

Fits your criteria

[Rawhide]

Porsche Cayenne s with air suspension for our first. The height adjustment was very handy for my wife who had an emergency cesarean.

It was an awesome family car.

For child 2 she got a tired Volvo v70 as parenting tends to knacker out cars so the Cayenne was sold

[deltashad]

Aerial Atom?

[paintman]

Agent Orange said:

JD PH said:

Something a bit like a FV4034 Challenger 2.

I can only assume everyone answering hasn't driven their first newborn back from hospital.

If they had they'd have known you've already answered it. A Challenger tank is the answer.

Once you leave the hospital grounds you will soon realise that EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE on the road is trying to kill your child. Everyone on the road is a very real threat. Front, rear and both side. Even pedestrians are looking at you funny and are probably packing heat. You are not being paranoid but that person 10 car lengths behind you is driving FAR too close and needs to be taken out.

Likewise if the child starts to cry (they won't of course as they'll be asleep the whole way) you'll realise you need to clear a path to home. Blast them out the way or drive over them it doesn't matter.

Get a tank

Brilliant. And now I come to think of it absolutely correct

[FailHere]

Avoid having to make a decision and go for a home birth.