Becoming a Dad + next car quandary

[dvs_dave]

Welshbeef said:

dvs_dave said:

You're getting into the weeds and blinding yourself with theory.

This evening I took another baby carrier we have and installed it in the other rear seat of my A8. I didn't install the base as that would make it difficult to actually get into and out of the middle seat. Rather I slid into the middle seat whilst carrying the other baby carrier and buckled it in beside me. I then buckled myself inbetween the two baby carriers without any difficulty at all. Elbow room was a bit tight but it wasn't particularly cramped or uncomfortable. And for a sense of scale, I am a huge man....6'8" and 20 stone so a more normal sized person would find it even easier.

So, back to the OP. There are better, more practical, but also crap to drive family buses. But for 2 kids and to retain some PH cred, a large saloon car is more than up to the job, yet is perhaps not an obvious option .

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1538078&i=999999&nmt=Bangernomics%20verses%20New%20Cars


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Hi DVS Dave

Picking up on this I was surprised to see on a totally different thread and without prompting another A8 owner smaller than yourself claims the opposite is true for width space in the back of an A8.

Confused.com

It's not clear if he's talking about 3 kids without seats, 3 kids seats, 3 baby seats, or even 3 adults. Anything to do with kids and there's plenty of room, although the center seat of course is not as commodious as the two outer.
If we're talking 3 adults abreast comfortably then we're into the World of passenger vans which is outside of the scope of this discussion.

[dvs_dave]

Welshbeef said:

dvs_dave said:

You're getting into the weeds and blinding yourself with theory.

This evening I took another baby carrier we have and installed it in the other rear seat of my A8. I didn't install the base as that would make it difficult to actually get into and out of the middle seat. Rather I slid into the middle seat whilst carrying the other baby carrier and buckled it in beside me. I then buckled myself inbetween the two baby carriers without any difficulty at all. Elbow room was a bit tight but it wasn't particularly cramped or uncomfortable. And for a sense of scale, I am a huge man....6'8" and 20 stone so a more normal sized person would find it even easier.

So, back to the OP. There are better, more practical, but also crap to drive family buses. But for 2 kids and to retain some PH cred, a large saloon car is more than up to the job, yet is perhaps not an obvious option .

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1538078&i=999999&nmt=Bangernomics%20verses%20New%20Cars


Page 10.

Hi DVS Dave

Picking up on this I was surprised to see on a totally different thread and without prompting another A8 owner smaller than yourself claims the opposite is true for width space in the back of an A8.

Confused.com

It's not clear if he's talking about 3 kids without seats, 3 kids seats, 3 baby seats, or even 3 adults. Anything to do with kids and there's plenty of room, although the center seat of course is not as commodious as the two outer.
If we're talking 3 adults abreast comfortably then we're into the World of passenger vans which is outside of the scope of this discussion.

[Bill]

It was two kids in high back boosters and pretty much anything bigger than a skinny six year old in the middle. I want to be convinced but really can't see it. Were you talking about rear facing baby seats?

[Joe M]

Touran se 1.4 tsi brand new for 17500,thoughts?

[TokyoRich]

Legacy GT or if you are really going for it a Nissan Elgrand (E51 or 52). Both look (in my view) great, both have bags of space, both are quick and fun to drive..