Best way to transport 3 kids and a wife...

Best way to transport 3 kids and a wife...

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Original Poster:

2,380 posts

207 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Having 3 young kids has effectively ruled out about 90% of nice cars that can be 'man maths'd' into being family cars due to the rear seats - Aston Rapide / DBS, Porsche Panamera, 911, Maserati Gran Turismo, even semi sensible stuff like Mercedes S-class AMG coupe.

So what's the best way to transport 3 kids, a wife and some luggage about, while still feeling like you're in something special without going 4x4?

The only things I can really think of are RS6 Avant, Porsche Taycan or some flavour of fast Tesla. (Not a BMW fan personally and usually not keen on Audi, RS6 aside)

Any other options?


LHRFlightman

1,929 posts

169 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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A 1.0 Honda civic and an S2000 for fun works for me. Appreciate this might not be a helpful suggestion. wink

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Original Poster:

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207 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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LHRFlightman said:
A 1.0 Honda civic and an S2000 for fun works for me. Appreciate this might not be a helpful suggestion. wink
A workaround for sure... But not entirely what I'm after!

Surely there is a market for cars like the Panamera / Rapide etc to have 3 rear seats?

buymeabar

165 posts

188 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Cadillac Escalade? A bold statement, but a statement nonetheless.

Haltamer

2,453 posts

79 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Hmm, Anything is something of a compromise when relying on middle seat use - Especially as the children grow taller, you could be putting a "useful life" on the car, depending on how long you plan to keep it - In that regard, a bit of both may be a proposition.

A model X with 7 Seats would be a straight line rocket ship, and you've got the gull wing door bling factor too.

Dapster

6,869 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Budget, age of kids, number of car seats....

There are only ever 3 answers!







BrettMRC

4,037 posts

159 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Mercedes R500....?

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Original Poster:

2,380 posts

207 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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BrettMRC said:
Mercedes R500....?
Not much of a looker is it!!


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Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Dapster said:
Budget, age of kids, number of car seats....

There are only ever 3 answers!
Think you might be right here. Shame there isn't something a little different from the usual German suspects

RichardAP

276 posts

41 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Dapster said:
Budget, age of kids, number of car seats....

There are only ever 3 answers!





Not sure the E53 nails it, E63s and you get my vote.

M5 competition if you can get past it being a bmw

Panamera sport turismo

SkodaIan

706 posts

84 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Does it need to be something fast, or something which would be thought of as "premium" with a nice interior etc.
There's the option of the Mercedes V-Class or a top end VW Caravelle which can transport large numbers of children around in to a pretty decent degree of comfort. There's no denying their van origins though....

In quite a few bigger cars it's possible to cram three car seats across the back seat even if the middle one has to be held in place with a seatbelt. Unless the OP has twins or triplets, it's fairly likely at least one child will be old enough to use an high back booster and seatbelt anyway. The right ones of these take up much less space than the seats for 0-3 year olds.

For another 7 seat option, is it possible to still get the 2 extra seats in the boot of an E-Class? Not sure which model variants can have them, but I suspect the children facing backwards in the boot would be sick long before the full performance of the faster models was used!

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Tuesday 27th October 2020
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RichardAP said:
Not sure the E53 nails it, E63s and you get my vote.

M5 competition if you can get past it being a bmw

Panamera sport turismo
Great shout - I didn't realise the Sport Turismo had 3 rear seats. I had a first gen Panamera turbo and loved it.

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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What about the Jaguar XFR-S estate thing too? Cracking cars.


akirk

5,376 posts

113 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Doesn't the Nanny drive the kids in a discovery, while you and missus take the Aston / Ferrari?

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Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Krikkit said:
What about the Jaguar XFR-S estate thing too? Cracking cars.

Good shout. I have a diesel XF at the moment. It's getting a bit old, and I'm not sure it's 'special' in the way an Aston or Porsche is, but would definitely be an RS6 alternative.

dudleybloke

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185 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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akirk said:
Doesn't the Nanny drive the kids in a discovery, while you and missus take the Aston / Ferrari?
Yeah obviously, but the mrs mentioned something about spending more time with the kids...

akirk

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113 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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ol said:
akirk said:
Doesn't the Nanny drive the kids in a discovery, while you and missus take the Aston / Ferrari?
Yeah obviously, but the mrs mentioned something about spending more time with the kids...
So, you and the nanny go in the 2-seater?! biggrin

carreauchompeur

17,830 posts

203 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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BMW 550?

Dapster

6,869 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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RichardAP said:
Panamera sport turismo
Only if you hate the one you make sit in the middle!