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My minivan went out and I will most likely need another vehicle. It was a
7-passenger car. Where are all you families with lots of children, and what car do you drive? I would love to have one of those full-sized vans. I only have 3 kids, but I have alot of neices and nephews and the kids have friends, and sometimes I don't have anymore room in my van if my whole family +2 extras are with us. There have been times we've just had to drive both cars to someplace so everyone will fit(and I don't put two kids in one seatbelt, which most people I know do if there's not enough room. people act like it's no big deal!) -- Marie ~The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.~ Ralph W. Sockman |
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MarieD wrote:
My minivan went out and I will most likely need another vehicle. It was a 7-passenger car. Where are all you families with lots of children, and what car do you drive? I would love to have one of those full-sized vans. I only have 3 kids, but I have alot of neices and nephews and the kids have friends, and sometimes I don't have anymore room in my van if my whole family +2 extras are with us. There have been times we've just had to drive both cars to someplace so everyone will fit(and I don't put two kids in one seatbelt, which most people I know do if there's not enough room. people act like it's no big deal!) I have four kids. We got an eight passenger minivan. Ours is a Toyota Sienna, but it is an option for various minivans. It can be inconvenient getting to the back seat when the middle row is full. I like to be able to take friends along with us too. --Betsy |
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"MarieD" wrote in message ... My minivan went out and I will most likely need another vehicle. It was a 7-passenger car. Where are all you families with lots of children, and what car do you drive? I would love to have one of those full-sized vans. I only have 3 kids, but I have alot of neices and nephews and the kids have friends, and sometimes I don't have anymore room in my van if my whole family +2 extras are with us. There have been times we've just had to drive both cars to someplace so everyone will fit(and I don't put two kids in one seatbelt, which most people I know do if there's not enough room. people act like it's no big deal!) I drive a Caravan It currently seats 7, but I could put the middle row with 3 seats (to have 2 back rows of 3 seats) if need be. Right now, though, how it is, there's 2 in the middle back, 3 in the back. It does the job. I don't find issues with the dual sliding doors for getting in and out - even with the back seat. I would NEVER consider putting 2 children in one seatbelt... That's soooo 1988 (or earlier!) or so lol I also can't put a child (under 12, anyways) in the front seat due to airbags. The van seems to do the job for me, anyways... I don't have many complaints about it. Plenty of room, enough seats for what I need and to fit all the kids in! |
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MarieD wrote:
My minivan went out and I will most likely need another vehicle. It was a 7-passenger car. Where are all you families with lots of children, and what car do you drive? I would love to have one of those full-sized vans. I only have 3 kids, but I have alot of neices and nephews and the kids have friends, and sometimes I don't have anymore room in my van if my whole family +2 extras are with us. There have been times we've just had to drive both cars to someplace so everyone will fit(and I don't put two kids in one seatbelt, which most people I know do if there's not enough room. people act like it's no big deal!) I have three kids, and do lots of running around with extra kids, but I refuse to go any bigger than a minivan. If we need a short trip with more people, we just suck it up and do two vehicles. If it's a long trip, we sometimes rent something bigger, but I have no urge to have to drive a full-sized van all the time to accommodate the times when more seating would be handy. Best wishes, Ericka |
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I have three kids, and do lots of running around with extra kids, but I refuse to go any bigger than a minivan. If we need a short trip with more people, we just suck it up and do two vehicles. If it's a long trip, we sometimes rent something bigger, but I have no urge to have to drive a full-sized van all the time to accommodate the times when more seating would be handy. That's kind of what we do, we have one car, two kids, if there is a rare weekend when the adults need to be in different places, we rent, if grandparents are here, we rent, we even have to rent when just my sister comes, because we have a really irritating car where the rear seats are shaped such that even a skinny adult can't sit between the two seats! I think it would have to be a regular weekly occurance for it to start being worth getting a big van to deal with more kids - such as sharing a long school run. We're currently looking at mini-vans as we're expecting an addition to the family, I'm torn between looking for something that has a removable seat in the 2nd row, which we could leave out for regular use, or one that has only has 2 seats in the 2nd row by default. We figure one child in the third row is pretty much inevitable, as WA state laws are one of the strictest which is mighty frustrating for those of us with small kids, either just before, or just after this baby is born the current youngest turns 4, the age for a booster, but she'll be a heck of a long way off 40 pounds and even the one turning 6 around that time doesn't look like he'll get there til well past 7! Given we will be getting a vehicle that wouldn't require us to hire when grandparents are here, we want to get something comfortable for that - when we hire, we usually specify large SUV as none of the companies we've dealt with allow you to specify mini-van and we usually have one in the back and 3 in the middle, but with the mini-vans that seat 2 in the middle and 3 in the back, squeezing 2 adults and a kid with a car seat in there looks painful! I think that design is aimed at places that don't have such strict car seat laws, here it's 4'9" before you don't have to use one and those seats only look to be comfortable for three if you are that small! Cheers Anne |
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Anne Rogers wrote:
I have three kids, and do lots of running around with extra kids, but I refuse to go any bigger than a minivan. If we need a short trip with more people, we just suck it up and do two vehicles. If it's a long trip, we sometimes rent something bigger, but I have no urge to have to drive a full-sized van all the time to accommodate the times when more seating would be handy. That's kind of what we do, we have one car, two kids, if there is a rare weekend when the adults need to be in different places, we rent, if grandparents are here, we rent, we even have to rent when just my sister comes, because we have a really irritating car where the rear seats are shaped such that even a skinny adult can't sit between the two seats! I think it would have to be a regular weekly occurance for it to start being worth getting a big van to deal with more kids - such as sharing a long school run. We're currently looking at mini-vans as we're expecting an addition to the family, Congratulations! I need to read more often! Clisby |
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