looking for an 8 seater car!

[mandyc66]

Can anyone recommend one?

Ford Tourneo

Toyota Previa!

(How much though?)

We have an eight seater Toyota Previa

oh not heard of it. Does it have all 3point seat belts or lap belts?

It's a Transit minibus, mandy!

Lap belts in my S reg in the middle seats.

Toyota have stopped doing 8 seater and their old ones have lap belts I think. Does anyone know anything about the 806?

Yes, I can - we've got a MAZDA Bongo - don't laugh . It an import and you can get them in the Auto Trader or Southampton has ships full of them. It has a roof the elevates at a press of a button, where two can sleep and the back seats lie flat to sleep two more! We love ours and my husband takes our three children for weekends away regularly (I stay at home with ds (13 months) - as it gives me a rest!! Can't be bad eh? [grin}, but you want one now!!lol.

It's also really useful for carting stuff to the local tip (we recently took two mattresses, a sofa and two chairs (in two trips!).

Good luck!!

806 and Citroen C8 (same car) both popular with owners (have less luggage space behind 3rd row though).

Was that to me mandy??

Tourneo has 8 proper seatbelts. It's built like a mini-bus though. Once used to it, lovely to drive. Huge boot - I can put my pushchair in there without folding it first. Loads of headroom and footroom.

Insurance for me and dh fully comp is £300

Expensive to buy though - I paid £15,000 I think with my old 7 seater as a trade-in for £6,000.

But I think all the 8-seaters have a bench in the back, and I'm not sure if you get a 3-point belt in the middle of any of them.

In case my last post didn't make sense - that's £21,000 altogether.

Oh, the Peugeot is an 807 now, 806 was the old one (like Citroen Synergie) - the new ones are supposed to be much better.

just looked at the ford one!
Nice. Will see if i can find a second hand one. Cant afford £25000!!!!!!
Some 8 seaters have 2 lap belts which would be useless to me can manage if it has one as car seat fits on a lap belt

orderd brochure for 807 and ford
Thanks you are a good bunch!!!
Need to start looking for one now!!! Luggage space is always a prob in these people carriers, doesnt anyone realise lots of people= lots of luggage!!!

The Previa and Grand Espace and Grand Voyager all have better luggage space but you said the Previa doesn't do 8 seats any more and I don't think the others ever did. This is why QE loves her BUS so much

Jan

I like the look of the Toureno and when the kids are at school I can do erport runs!!!!!!!!!!

I've often wondered if I could set up in business doing that Mandy!!

I know it looks big, well it is big but it really does drive beautifully - similar to the way a Ford Galaxy drives I would say.

Sorry, QE

mandy, according to this , you can still get an 8-seater Previa if you import one. I'm pretty sure they have a 3-point belt in the centre seat of the middle row, not sure about the rear.

4 months delivery though

when I went to Toyota garage they said they didnt do them and the old ones had lap belts. Will look at site though. Imports would be new though, so dont think I could afford that!

mmm does say 8 seats I wonder where I can find out about seat belts!

This place says it sells used imports - worth emailing? (You could ask about belts too.)

have a look on ebay there and then get an AA check done on it or another mechanical check by someone to make sure( theyre about £100 i htink but worth it...

This one looks fab - a bargain if the mileage is true - but it will have 2 lap belts I think.

I love it when they say "Will arrange for local pickup only (no postage)" for a car! Imagine wrapping it in brown paper and taking it down to the post office.