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Those of you with three children - which car do yo drive/recommend?

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emkana · 18/02/2006 20:09

That's it really - number three due in June and we need a new car - could do with recommendations!
Does anybody have the Honda FRV by any chance?

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Enid · 21/03/2006 09:42

btw the multipla has three seats in the front too so extra children no problem

Enid · 21/03/2006 09:44

If I had unlimited funds I would put my name down for a BMW 7 seater - out next year I think or later this year

ernest · 21/03/2006 13:25

How old are the other 2? Are they still in seat belts? Will you need another 2 seats, ie 7 seater for family visits/ferrying mates to footie practice or whatever? We've got 3 and are just about to get a new car, so have recently done huge amounts of obsessive research into the perfect car for family with 3 little ones. Smile

For now, after huge amounts of research, for us the peugeot 807 is the perfect car.

Has 3 full seats in middle & seat belt fastening easy. (just used landrover discovery, also 3 full seats in middle but bloody difficult to fasten the seat belts)

then you have ENORMOUS boot, plus can have the 2 spare seats for friends/ grannies, which we are using more & more now.
Having one of these mpv's - the full size ones - the extra hieght is fantasctic, much easier for getting little ones in & out. & the electronic slidey doors are just brilliant. I never want to go back to normal doors.

Prob with Chrysler when you've got 3 kids is that 1 child will always have to be on their own, as it's only 2 seats in middle & "3" seats in back (they are not full size seats - you will not get 3 car seats back there. So you will never have the huge boot space, as there will always be 1 kid back there. A real let down in the design. Ok if you've only got 2 kids, but a pain with 3.

Mazda have just brought out an x5 which looks interesting but a bit small for us. Much better than eg zafira

Prob with the bmw x5 & all these similar (volvo xc90 etc) is that 3rd row only accessible from middle row, so a pain if the kids in the middle row are still using car seats. Sure dh will want on of those next. Would be ok once the kids don't need car seats anymore. But no slidey doors Sad

RosieL · 12/04/2006 15:18

volvo estate! has an intergrated booster in the middle of back, plus 2 further seats in the boot with proper diagonal seat belts PLUS it's not a 4 wheel drive either! or a mini van looking people carrier!

SHHHH · 12/04/2006 15:41

Only got dd but I have a toyota verso. It's a 7 seater and v roomy....May be worth a look as well..??? Not badly priced.

omtmum · 12/04/2006 16:03

I have an XC90 and it is quite the best car I've ever owned. You can even get adults in the back row and when all seven seats are up you can still get a buggy and a weeks shopping in the boot. It was pricey but worth every penny.

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