Our Kluger is an 08, it has the weird smaller middle seat but we actually take it out so the girls have access to walk through the back of the car (so much easier loading kids & shopping), we have the 7 seater but there is no rear anchor point so it can only be used for an approved non-anchor booster etc.
Personally i LOVE my kluger anhd even DP who is a ford man said NO to a territory but i know ppl who have them that love them.
Belle- I would buy a CX9 in a heartbeat if it was in our budget!! I LOVE them!!
The thing with a 7 seater is the space for shopping etc. We currently don't need all the space in our wagon but will use about half the floor space for shopping. The 7 seaters I have seen have minimal space. However, they are much more practical for being able to fit more people in. So much to weigh up, still working on my shortlist. Once that's done I guess it's a matter of getting out their & checking them out & test driving!!
With the back seats down in the kluger there is HEAPS of room for shopping, i have my pram in and still have half the boot for shopping and more room to stack UP IYKWIM, when the seats are up though your lucky to fit a stroller in the back
X-trail here too! The boot space is just huge.........seriously massive. It can fit out bugaboo pram in 2 pieces plus baby bags and a weeks worth of groceries without it being squeezy at all. I can not tell you how much I love this car. We are onto X-trail number 2 we love them so much.
ETA: Just to expand.. lol I realise a V70 isn't an SUV..BUT - I have 7 seats, can fit 3 baby carseats across the back, have a built in booster, can fold the rear seats in the boot completly flat and into the floor, has a massive boot... and I don't have to worry about getting around city streets or small carparks
Last edited by LimeSlice; December 8th, 2011 at 06:06 PM.
Enchanted!- I would buy the Cx9 too if I could LOL!!!
Most the 7 seaters do not have anchor points for the 3rd row, the Territory does, but we dont use it. We have the 3rd row down so we have the massive boot. I can fit a double pram, lots of shopping and still have 1/2 the boot space left. In NSW RTA and the car fitting place (pearces) advised me im not allowed to have a booster in the 3rd row even though I have anchor points. Same when all seats are up you can just fit a stroller in but no shopping much.
We had a territory and are now looking for another one, nothing else compares, i miss all my hiding holes and storage a must for any mum I have done lots of research and test drives and I vote territory, but wait a bit longer until the 09 drops into you price bracket they have the new front suspension without the problems of the older model and all the side airbags etc, get hubby to take a test drive you won't be dissapointed, loads of bang for your buck and a good size, bigger than most of the other SUV type cars, Kluger is a bit eXXXy .
I say go for a 7 seater as well, even if you don't want to use the extra seating yet, you will at some point!!! 3 boosters seats/baby seats fit fine but as they get older you will get extra passengers.With the 7 seats up I can carry a childcare twin pram, even around the back anchor points, we have the anchor type boosters seats and the territory has 2 rear floor anchor points...i just pop the shopping in the front seat.
Other than that I really like the look of the grandis, and the Chrysler voyager is a really nice looking car with a good repuatation, good luck, we are starting to look mid year when the price tickets drop...and remember many goverment department use them, so that can't be anything other than a good wrap.
Just wondering what you think of the Territory? We are looking at upgrading and are tossing up between this and the Captiva. We would be looking at an '05-06' aswell.
We're loving the Territory so far! We get about 500km per tank and it's great to drive.
We looked at the Captiva too but the Territory is a lot bigger inside which is what we needed. The only thing is to look for the ball joints I think.... ask if they have been replaced. I think they cost over 1k to replace. Ours had already been done, so that was a massive plus.
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I am soooooooooooooo in love with it!!! It's a 7 seater also but the 2 in the back fold up
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