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I had the same considerations and ended up with a V60 1.6 Drive (Diesel but £30 tax) in SE LUX trim (it's a posh ex-reps car). Slightly smaller boot than the V70 but still good enough for a buggy system. The only current complaint is with the Cybex Sirona you're limited in how far you can move the front seat back. ____________________ "intelligent inattention is preferable to unintelligent tinkering"
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I was in a similar position a couple of years ago, went with a lease on a new hyundai ioniq hybrid. The KIA niro is essentially the same thing, but a little higher and cheaper.
There are a few unexpected requirements that parenthood brought on, and worth making sure a prospective car has:
1. Cupholders. Several. Cups will be taken out to the car, but cupholders will only be emptied while you do it - she will have excuses about not enough hands when carrying a baby.
2. An interior light above the rear seats, so you can see what you're doing to load a baby into a car seat in the dark.
3. Heated seats. If the baby falls asleep during a drive, you or her will be sitting there until baby wakes up. Hybrid is also good here, so you can keep the heating on without having the engine running.
4. Digital radio, Android Auto/Apple Carplay. Same reasons are point 3.
5. Really good keyless entry. On ours, the car wakes up when you walk near it, you can press a little button on the door handle to unlock it. Easier than fishing for keys in your pocket when you're also holding a squirming child.
6. Warranty and reliability. I live in London. We have decent public tranport. It's still a massive pain in the arse having to use it with a baby.
Those requirements appeared after getting the car. In terms of straight numbers, £6k is a bit of an odd amount. It isn't enough to get something decent and 3 years old in Focus class. When I was looking, a £6k car was going to be a £2k car in two years.
There are also some quite tempting looking deals on the new Nissan Leaf, if you want to feel like driving the future. The autonomy (self driving) stuff on some of the new cars is pretty sweet, too. |
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Robby wrote: | I was in a similar position a couple of years ago, went with a lease on a new hyundai ioniq hybrid. The KIA niro is essentially the same thing, but a little higher and cheaper.
There are a few unexpected requirements that parenthood brought on, and worth making sure a prospective car has:
1. Cupholders. Several. Cups will be taken out to the car, but cupholders will only be emptied while you do it - she will have excuses about not enough hands when carrying a baby.
2. An interior light above the rear seats, so you can see what you're doing to load a baby into a car seat in the dark.
3. Heated seats. If the baby falls asleep during a drive, you or her will be sitting there until baby wakes up. Hybrid is also good here, so you can keep the heating on without having the engine running.
4. Digital radio, Android Auto/Apple Carplay. Same reasons are point 3.
5. Really good keyless entry. On ours, the car wakes up when you walk near it, you can press a little button on the door handle to unlock it. Easier than fishing for keys in your pocket when you're also holding a squirming child.
6. Warranty and reliability. I live in London. We have decent public tranport. It's still a massive pain in the arse having to use it with a baby.
Those requirements appeared after getting the car. In terms of straight numbers, £6k is a bit of an odd amount. It isn't enough to get something decent and 3 years old in Focus class. When I was looking, a £6k car was going to be a £2k car in two years.
There are also some quite tempting looking deals on the new Nissan Leaf, if you want to feel like driving the future. The autonomy (self driving) stuff on some of the new cars is pretty sweet, too. |
Interesting, but in terms of staying in the car whilst the child is asleep i am not sure we would need to do - you have car seats with 'bases' the base stays in the car and the seat simply drops into it and clicks into place allowing you to clip and unclip the car seat out of.
My 'plan' as naive as it may be is put child (baby) in seat inside the flat, carry out to the car and click into the base. The reverse when taking it out of the car and back indoors.
If the baby is sleeping the car seat can also be reclined when not in the car so disturbances can be kept to a minimum and its healthier for them to not be in a car seat position for too long when they are small.
Source: - wife is an OT with Pediatric specialism. |
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dydey90 wrote: | Vauxhall Meriva. |
I bought myself one of the older ones as a banger, and soon lost it to Mrs Borg. Decent space inside, easy access, good visibility, compact boxy exterior so easy to park for the ladies, bless 'em. Not quick or thrilling, but it had a certain eager-puppy appeal. Worth considering. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 64 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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