Ladies - what do you drive that is family friendly?

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Originally Posted by jennaesue

The Radian is also what allowed me to jam 3 car seats in a Nissan Sentra! It's a great seat! We ended up getting another one for ds3 when he outgrew his infant seat just because we liked it so much, even though we had our Sienna by then. Now we have two Radians and a backless Graco Turbobooster three-in-a-row in the 2nd row of my van because the boys all want to be together. It's ridiculous!

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I wish we could do that! I really wish one of the rows had a bench so we could squish all the boys in a row, but I guess it's not 'trendy'. Too bad.

I'm trying not to think about what we're gonna do if we had twins or eventually #5.......LOL.......we're gonna have to strap someone on the roof! ;)

My dream minivan is the Honda Odyssey. Looooove that van. But can't justify the cost, not when we just moved into our new house last year and there's still SO much money to be put into basic things (like fencing!)

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Originally Posted by Boymomsrock

No no not you! You wouldn't need one with two Kids. I'm just saying in general I know so many ppl (my sister included) that will say I would NEVER drive a minivan. As if it takes away your cool factor or something. Um you have spit up on your shirt, you're not cool anymore lmao!

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Haha this made me laugh!!!
Unfortunately, I hate to admit it, but we are young (22&26), and the "cool factor" is still part of it for us I guess you could say. I'm an only child so I grew up spoiled and was raised in that materialistic mindset, which I have no problem acknowledging, and haven't quite outgrown my ways hehe so I want something that'll look nice, that I'll like for the years to come! And DH well he is from a farming family that only drives trucks, so that's why he is against minivans lol it's not "manly" enough. Hahaha oh geez. I don't think our family will ever agree on another vehicle!

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Originally Posted by LacePrincess

I wish we could do that! I really wish one of the rows had a bench so we could squish all the boys in a row, but I guess it's not 'trendy'. Too bad.

I'm trying not to think about what we're gonna do if we had twins or eventually #5.......LOL.......we're gonna have to strap someone on the roof! ;)

My dream minivan is the Honda Odyssey. Looooove that van. But can't justify the cost, not when we just moved into our new house last year and there's still SO much money to be put into basic things (like fencing!)

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Oh geez I can relate to the house thing. We moved into this house a year and a half ago, and we have put SO much work into it. We finally are happy with it now, but we still have future projects on our list LOL. Sometimes owning a house feels terrible LOL!!!

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Originally Posted by LacePrincess

I wish we could do that! I really wish one of the rows had a bench so we could squish all the boys in a row, but I guess it's not 'trendy'. Too bad.

I'm trying not to think about what we're gonna do if we had twins or eventually #5.......LOL.......we're gonna have to strap someone on the roof! ;)

My dream minivan is the Honda Odyssey. Looooove that van. But can't justify the cost, not when we just moved into our new house last year and there's still SO much money to be put into basic things (like fencing!)

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One of the cool things about the Sienna is that is has a removable seat that can go in the 2nd row or can be stored in a cute little locker in the back. So if it can seat 7 or 8. We keep the seat in all the time and the boys all sit in the 2nd row, but once the new baby comes, I'll take the extra seat out and the big boys will sit in the back row, and the little ones will sit in the 2nd row captains chairs.

Please just look at the cargo spaces. Think about having a stroller and when u do grocery shopping ect. Will you have to put the seats down to load groceries ect or have to leave the stroller home? It really is a PITA when all 5 of us go somewhere and I have to shift everything around if we buy anything... I personally am not a minivan person, I love trucks but the inside is not big enough for 3 kids let alone 4 comfortably. That's why I am aiming for a suburban. And for an SUV the new ones with the flex fuel offer pretty good mileage and not to mention the safety rating! HTH

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Originally Posted by BabyCakesTor

Please just look at the cargo spaces. Think about having a stroller and when u do grocery shopping ect. Will you have to put the seats down to load groceries ect or have to leave the stroller home? It really is a PITA when all 5 of us go somewhere and I have to shift everything around if we buy anything... I personally am not a minivan person, I love trucks but the inside is not big enough for 3 kids let alone 4 comfortably. That's why I am aiming for a suburban. And for an SUV the new ones with the flex fuel offer pretty good mileage and not to mention the safety rating! HTH

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We're not looking at the ones with 3rd row seating since there is only 4 of us so cargo space isn't that bad in the crossovers/suvs. It's about double my Jetta which is PLENTY! Haha thank you though.

Thanks for all the comments ladies!
Still hoping to get some reviews about the VW Touareg or Volvo CX90 for a family of 4?? Anyone out there?? Lol!