What happend to Your "PH" car when You become a parent?

[havoc]

sleep envy said:

This happened to it.

:nooooooooooooooo:


Lucky here - kept one (guess which), initially kept the other (DC2R...still miss it) for 6/9 months while I looked for a 4-door replacement...which, oh, happened to be a 4-door replacement Type R!

Unless you're going to have a whole tribe (in which case I'm going to look at you with a "why?!?" face), then there's no need to sacrifice driving fun...after all, I suspect 80%+ of the time we're still the only ones in our cars!

[MuscleSaloon]

My VXR8 got sold within 12 months of daughter arriving. The rear seat belts weren't long enough for the rear facing seat that we had bought which I thought was pretty pants, on top of which I just wasn't prepared to see my immaculate pride and joy get trashed! Mrs already had family type 5 door car so was good to go using that as a 'do it all' car, and to use previous posters quotes I've been 'in the wilderness' and living the shed dream ever since! On the plus side I invested the VXR8 proceeds into something that's done reasonably well and now in a position to be looking at getting something properly decent within the next 12 months so its not all bad!

[LanceRS]

Mk 6 RS2000 became an e36 328 sport coupe, which in turn has become a 330 Clubsport. It's also convenient that the Cosworth has many seats and four doors (wife hates it with a passion). It too has stayed although very rarely used.
The problem is not fitting children in you pride and joy, it's finding the time and money to enjoy them as much as you once did.
Fortunate my children like the cars too so they are enjoyed in a different way now. Despite what SWMBO tells me, I don't think that making them take their shoes off before the get in or refusing to let them eat and drink in the car is OCD.

[AC43]

jock mcsporran said:

Bought RS6

Skillz

[wile7]

First child 1992...Caterham went. Got a Quad Cam Legacy Turbo estate. Brilliant bit of kit. Managed to find a 'family' car that still hooned. Almost as quick as the caterham actually in real world terms.

[Martin_M]

Most of my cars would have been child friendly anyway but now that my wife is 6 months pregnant, I sold my Abarth for a Volvo V60 which wouldn't be my normal choice of car but my criteria for this one was very different:

Needed to be big enough to carry a German shepherd and baby.
Lots of safety kit
Comfortable as opposed to the rock hard suspension most of my other cars have had.
Excellent mpg (don't want to be spending a fortune on fuel until I know just how expensive the newest addition to our family will be)
Cheap to insure and tax (insurance shouldn't be too bad come renewal time and tax is iro £20 pa IIRC)
Cheap to service (got three free services)

All in all, I couldn't ask for more and it's one of my favourite cars to date, but for completely different reasons.

I'm totally converted to the estate bodyshell now so my plan is to trade the v60 in for (most likely) a Golf R estate in a couple of years...if I can keep the Volvo that long...and if I actually have any money left!!!

[MGJohn]

Well over thirty years ago now so sold this :~



And got a new Cinnabar red one of these. That's it on the left:~



Soon after getting it, my life long motorcycle and car mad friend accused me of buying a "tarted up Metro"... true ... I tossed him the keys and he took a drive. He then got a black one very soon after that. So soon, note the consecutive reg-nos. Well nippy and ideal for getting about that traffic infested madhouse known as the Metrollops.

Move on a few years and got a Montego. The MG Metro became our second car. The spacious ergonomics and practicality of the Montego made it an ideal car for the transport demands of a growing family. Both the MG Metro and Montego took a load of abuse and each lasted thirteen years and well in excess of 120,000 miles and were very reliable. Both started to suffer from corrosion by that time although both had strong engines one of which was transferred to another car.

[GAjon]

It just became my sons car.

[shielsy]

It was only when the second nipper came along things started to change. I got rid of my 1994 RX7 and kidded myself a BMW 840i would fit all four of us in come the weekend. That lasted all of about 3 months before I went ultimate PH and bought an E39 M5. Just shy of a year after getting it I soon got bored of cleaning up all the detritus that 2 small children seem leave behind after a 10 minute drive to the shops.

Family duties now get fulfilled by an old Jeep Grand Cherokee which looks like the inside of a wheelie bin, while daddy keeps himself entertained with motorbikes.

[HannsG]

2 kids and a wife. The E46 M3 will stay unless a third kid arrives. The it's an X5 or Range.

[DonkeyApple]

Never really thought about it but I sold a TVR T350 and an XJR convertible and bought the final Overfinch Classic that was built, the Typhon and a 130i. They all seemed appropriate for the task at hand.

[Jonathanb48]

Tuscan sold when number 1 son arrived , bought Audi a8 sport which then became rs6 when number two arrived to sit along side TVR race car and then bought M3 cabrio when daughter arrived. ( wife got x5)

[Jonathanb48]

Tuscan sold when number 1 son arrived , bought Audi a8 sport which then became rs6 when number two arrived to sit along side TVR race car and then bought M3 cabrio when daughter arrived. ( wife got x5)

[SWH]

It's still outside on the drive and I use it as my daily drive

Alfa GTV - the practical family car, sort of.

....we may also have a Touran full of kids seats, DVD screens, and large pebbles from the beach.

[skyrover]

I bought mine after I became a father.

When my daughter turns 18, she's getting it as her first car

[Leptons]

On becoming a parent I sold my 325tds and bought a 300bhp Impreza.

Edited by Leptons on Saturday 8th August 07:45

[AC43]

When the first one came along sold the 200SX and bought a C43 saloon.

When the second one came along sold that and bought a C43 estate.

Job jobbed.

[Hungrymc]

Kawasicki said:

"PH" is a mindset, not a set of wheels.

A mind set that influences your choice of car.

[Pauly-b]

I bought a B7 RS4 which was fantastic when the little fella was born for carting around baby stuff - it was indeed a fantastic car which I loved...

Then an RS3 - which was considerably less than fantastic and was moved on... Very disappointing..

Now he's old enough to get in himself I have a Cayman R - which he loves.. As does daddy..

[Mr E]

chrispj said:

Sadly it's seeing about 10% of the use it had before...

This I'm afraid.