"New baby forces sale"

[darkcat]

w1bbles said:

We have 3 children. For me, the fun started once they arrived. What's not to like?

Subaru Impreza turbo 5 door
Volvo V70R estate
Saab 9-5 Aero HOT estate
Now - Audi RS6 Avant

'New baby forces irresponsible car choices'!

Proper job

In my case it was "new house with garage and rear off-road parking for 4 cars causes silly and interesting car choices"

[CarlosV8]

darkcat said:

Indeed - but 99% of the sales i see, theres a generic people-shifer on the same driveway.

We've got the generic people shifter on the driveway, and yes, that is generally used for baby duties. However this means my Monaro is basically only getting used for commuting and the odd bit of hoonage, whilst doing 13mpg. Although it's nice to drive a V8 everyday, I'm essentially just throwing money away, so you'll see another "New baby forces sale" ad in the new year.

Instead I'll get some sort of cheap estate that will fit all the baby stuff in, and the money I save will be used to a) fund my 309 Goodwood project and b) save for a bigger house with a bigger garage so I can get another silly car at some point in the future. You may think I'm a weak male, but I'm actually playing the long game and I'm happy with my choice!

[darkcat]

CarlosV8 said:

darkcat said:

Indeed - but 99% of the sales i see, theres a generic people-shifer on the same driveway.

We've got the generic people shifter on the driveway, and yes, that is generally used for baby duties. However this means my Monaro is basically only getting used for commuting and the odd bit of hoonage, whilst doing 13mpg. Although it's nice to drive a V8 everyday, I'm essentially just throwing money away, so you'll see another "New baby forces sale" ad in the new year.

Instead I'll get some sort of cheap estate that will fit all the baby stuff in, and the money I save will be used to a) fund my 309 Goodwood project and b) save for a bigger house with a bigger garage so I can get another silly car at some point in the future. You may think I'm a weak male, but I'm actually playing the long game and I'm happy with my choice!

Makes sense in the long run :-) Vote of non-weakness +1

Edited by darkcat on Thursday 27th December 23:18

[AlexKing]

Two months before the arrival of my first born, I had to chop the RX-8 in....





... for an XKR!


Great decision - two days after selling the RX-8 it lunched the power steering, and the XKR has been utterly reliable. My view is that the crap you carry expands to fill the space provided. The Jag has been just fine for a two-week camping holiday, carefully packed, so my advice for expectant dads is to get the least practical car you can conceivably get away with...

[Kong]

Because people think because they have a baby that they automatically have to go and buy a st car.
Why the hell anyone would want a Renault Scenic or a Citroen Picasso over a nice estate car is beyond me. It's the usual over reaction you see on PH all the time, other examples include:

- My commute has gone up from 10 to 15 miles a day, which brand new diesel should I buy?

- I need a 4X4 because it snowed once.

[peterbredde]

We had to rid the bride of an MX-5 when she was expecting. Its the only time she has cried over a car. We had no choice in the matter though as I wanted to keep my P&J.

[wildcat45]

When I see that phrase I always imagine some angry baby who can talk - perhaps with a New York accent.

"Hey Dad your car is st do you hear me buddy? S H I....yes MoFo, get the fk outa here until you come back with a decent ride."

[L666]

It's not always when a new baby comes along, a couple of my friends who hat hot cars sold them after their new girlfriends moved in with them, one excuse was "because we can't fit the shopping in the Elise". More likely the new bird wanted rid of "the fanny magnet" so no other woman would make a play for her man

[stormy22]

soad said:

I imagine the person crying while their baby holds a gun to their head and makes them sell their car...
 

That wouldmake an awesome T-Shirt idea..... in fact, I'm on the case right now....too late

[Rushmore]

I any case I'd demand to see the baby. Or preggo wifey.

[refoman2]

lol i saw that on my old scoob recently advertised,yet the people selling it already had kids when they bought it,you would have thought sense would have dictated that a booted impreza was never going to be a practical car for a family!

[aww999]

We lost an income after having a kid, and although my car was very cheap to run I had no time for trackdays or driving for pleasure anyway. I couldn't even take him out for a drive in it (it was a Fury with four-point harnesses and no windscreen) so it just sat there for three months before I sold it. I miss it every (sunny!) day but I have been trying to explain to the wife that the boy building an Ultima with me would be great mechanical training for a two year old. Unfortunately, I gave up my job and she kept hers, so I have absolutely no say in the matter; and her buying an Ultima for me to play with is quite unlikely.

<Insert insincere waffle about how having kids is so great you would gladly sell everything you own and live in a bucket of cold sick just to see their smiling cherubic faces etc etc>

[SLacKer]

SELL THAT CAR NOW YOU bd

[Ari]

BFG TERRANO said:

I have a 3 year old and 1 of our cars is a 3 door hatch. Trust me, its not easy!

Why?

Had a Mk2 Golf GTI 3 door when my son was 3, then a Honda Prelude. Open door, tell him to get in, he scrambles into seat, then with the seat pushed pushed forward you've got room to get in front of him and do up the belts.

The only issue I had was legroom in the Prelude. Hateful car anyway so swapped it for a 3 door Audi A3.

[Bezza1969]

Yeah, ya big girls blouse!

My wife managed with wife, pram, baby, other child and just a liddl Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9!
no power steering either and that would be too much for most modern softies!!

People are just lemmings, they get a baby and assume they need a 4 x 4, Its a friggin arms race...

[stormy22]

When my Mk3 cortina was converted to a 2 door, I had a 2 year old and twin babies. So I fitted 3 rear belts, 3 baby seats in the back and a double and single pushchairs in the boot....and the fuel cell filler as in the boot too. That was no problem.

You can make do. Babies and baby seats don't take up much seat room. NO leg room needed. Pushchairs aren't huge, keep the car, buy a shorter pushchair.

[Rushmore]

Kong said:

Because people think because they have a baby that they automatically have to go and buy a st car.
Why the hell anyone would want a Renault Scenic or a Citroen Picasso over a nice estate car is beyond me.

Again a typical example of middle-class anxiety wanting to blend in. If all the other families in the semi-detach suburb have a Scenic, noone wants to stand out like a sore thumb with a wide-bodied Bentley Conti T (with Mulliner fireplace chimney exhaust).

[darkcat]

L666 said:

It's not always when a new baby comes along, a couple of my friends who hat hot cars sold them after their new girlfriends moved in with them, one excuse was "because we can't fit the shopping in the Elise". More likely the new bird wanted rid of "the fanny magnet" so no other woman would make a play for her man

seriously if a new gf suggested selling ANYTHING of mine she wouldn't last the end of the sentence. Of course you can fit "the shopping" in an elise, what about her car?? If she hasn't got one at all then she can obviously manage to shop without one at all...

[rsv gone!]

Pushchairs are big! These travel systems - which supposedly make life so easy - take up loads of room, with the chassis filling most boots. That's before you've added changing bags and all the other baby crap.

We stopped taking our chassis food-shopping. We just got a second small shopping trolley to put the car seat on.

[darkcat]

rsv gone! said:

Pushchairs are big! These travel systems - which supposedly make life so easy - take up loads of room, with the chassis filling most boots. That's before you've added changing bags and all the other baby crap.

We stopped taking our chassis food-shopping. We just got a second small shopping trolley to put the car seat on.

roof rack?