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July 2013 Moms
hollandmama
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If you love your car... Rec please?
hollandmama
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Yes, after 5.5 years sans car we decided we may want one... as much as I adore being environmentally friendly and saving thousands a year in gas, tax, maintenance, and so on... it's getting quite difficult to go everywhere by bike with a toddler because:
1) I can't take much weight apart from him, so you can imagine how difficult grocery shopping has become
2) I can't take my stroller on the bike, (in theory I can but I don't because it takes too long to engage it to the bike), so when going for long periods of time we end up carrying LO who is not little anymore.
3) It freaking hailed on us last Friday, it hurt a lot, we got super wet and achy and I had to keep biking under falling ice for 20 minutes. It had hailed on me before but as a single person I could always park my bike and lose some time in a coffee shop or a store. Not with a hungry, sleepy toddler who needs to get home! (It was our worst experience so far!).... chances are, weather in Holland is not improving anytime soon and our winters are looooong...
So after reading lots of forums I cannot make my mind about the car we want/need... I'd love comfort, space and efficiency... what are you driving?
Now we're 3 but I'd like to keep this car as long as possible so space for 4 or 5 would be better...
TIA 
Surprise BFP on 11/02/12 EDD 07/06/13 --> Express wedding on 12/29/2012 --> G was born on 07/15/13
*Multicultural family raising a multilingual toddler: Spanish, Italian, Dutch and English
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Re: If you love your car... Rec please?
But 3 friend-couples with a little one (or 2) of their own bought cars in Germany this year:
Notice a trend back to the station wagon?
The ones who have the VW love it, the two others are not complaining (at least to me).
Hope you find something you like!
ETA: I think a hatchback is HUGELY useful - every so often, you're going to want to move something big, and in that case, you can lie the seats down, and get a lot more space than you would with a standard trunk.