"New baby forces sale"
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I keep seeing all these sob stories about selling the pride and joy toy ad buying a dull, sensible family drone-mobile. WHY ????
OK, sometimes practicality dictates size-wize but there are still many awesome saloons, estates and 2+2 coupes which can easily house baby needs for many years, without bringing on the misery of loss!
OK, sometimes practicality dictates size-wize but there are still many awesome saloons, estates and 2+2 coupes which can easily house baby needs for many years, without bringing on the misery of loss!
Guvernator said:
oyster said:
It's not so much about spending what you've earnt, it's about making use of that spend.
We have our 1st baby on the way in a few months and whilst I'd love to have a toy in the garage as well as a family wagon, I'm trying to think when I would ever get to use it. I work hard during the week, so at the weekend will likely spend time with the wife and nipper. If we go anywhere, we're likely to all go together, so what use is a toy for that?
Oh I totally agree but I wasn't advocating splurging money on a toy when a baby is due, that would be a bit selfish, however at the same time their is no need to totally give up on life and trade in for an MPV either. We have our 1st baby on the way in a few months and whilst I'd love to have a toy in the garage as well as a family wagon, I'm trying to think when I would ever get to use it. I work hard during the week, so at the weekend will likely spend time with the wife and nipper. If we go anywhere, we're likely to all go together, so what use is a toy for that?
There are many practical yet still fun cars which are perfectly adequate to ferry baby around too. What I see many many times and object to is this totally illogical panic which seems to ensue when baby is due.
Just recently a friend traded in a perfectly acceptable 5 door Golf GTI (which he loved) for a Kia something or other (which he hates) which isn't really any more practical, economical or has as decent a residual value because he thought he needed to for baby's sake. It's almost as if the act of having to give up the decent car in exchange for a sh*tbox MPV is some weird right of passage to fatherhood. Either that or they have been forced into it by peer pressure\other half\family.
I also have an old V8 Range Rover which has stacks of room but the 9mpg around town isn't great!
stormy22 said:
I keep seeing all these sob stories about selling the pride and joy toy ad buying a dull, sensible family drone-mobile. WHY ????
OK, sometimes practicality dictates size-wize but there are still many awesome saloons, estates and 2+2 coupes which can easily house baby needs for many years, without bringing on the misery of loss!
Because their wives tell them. OK, sometimes practicality dictates size-wize but there are still many awesome saloons, estates and 2+2 coupes which can easily house baby needs for many years, without bringing on the misery of loss!
Baby no.1: sold my fiesta and OH's Punto to trade in for a Croma and a newer Punto.
Baby no.2: OH decided she needed a bigger car so we traded the Punto and the Croma for a C4 Grand Pic and, for me, the small Alfa 147. Unbeknownst to the OH it was the more powerful version of the same engine that was in the Croma. Result!
Baby no.2: OH decided she needed a bigger car so we traded the Punto and the Croma for a C4 Grand Pic and, for me, the small Alfa 147. Unbeknownst to the OH it was the more powerful version of the same engine that was in the Croma. Result!
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Had a Tuscan before Jnr 1 arrived, sold it on the basis that the three of us could never go out together. I"forced" the sale.....bought a Cerbera instead.
Junior 2 arrived and realising actually that the fun car could be just me and Jnr 1/2/wife sold the Cerb and bought a Tamora (and why do I need a roof?)
Junior 1 loves the TVR but rather annoyingly shouts " slow down" more than "go fast daddy".
Your priorities change. Mrs Z was is always anti me selling any fun car. If money was required the cars would go in a heartbeat.
Junior 2 arrived and realising actually that the fun car could be just me and Jnr 1/2/wife sold the Cerb and bought a Tamora (and why do I need a roof?)
Junior 1 loves the TVR but rather annoyingly shouts " slow down" more than "go fast daddy".
Your priorities change. Mrs Z was is always anti me selling any fun car. If money was required the cars would go in a heartbeat.
Ive got a 7 month old. 2 car family. Mine is A mr2 tubby and hers is a 3 door fn civic type s. I wanted to change mine after he was about a month old. I missed being able to give my car a polish and then go out for a random drive with the oh. Got over that now but dare bet the twitch will be back come the nice weather again.
Her civic whilst the boot is a fair size we still struggle with the Shopping sometimes and getting him in and out is a pain with him getting heavy in his car seat now. Come that with really long doors a small parking space when you're out and about and the rear seat seems quite far back has the oh complaining of a bad back all the time. The rock harsh ride is no good for him either. His poor little head looks like it's going to fall off when he's asleep and the cars bouncing around like your driving down the side of a volcano.
Her civic whilst the boot is a fair size we still struggle with the Shopping sometimes and getting him in and out is a pain with him getting heavy in his car seat now. Come that with really long doors a small parking space when you're out and about and the rear seat seems quite far back has the oh complaining of a bad back all the time. The rock harsh ride is no good for him either. His poor little head looks like it's going to fall off when he's asleep and the cars bouncing around like your driving down the side of a volcano.
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