Do you have a toyota troop carrier 11 seater car?

[LaDeeDa]

my IL'S always had a troopy about a late 70's model used with 4 kids and then also family day care
I don't know about the car seats .... but i'd have to warn you - i reckon a semi trailer would be easier to drive. ...LOL

[Anila]

Thanks for the replies, i forgot about the "not putting carseat in sideways" rule, but other than that does any one know how they run, are they costly etc.

[LaDeeDa]

Hi Lisa,

It depends on how you run it (city or highway) k's but if your looking at a diesel model without long range tanks your probably looking at about 4-600k's per tank.....

what model are you looking at getting ?

[Anila]

what model are you looking at getting ?

He is not sure, he wants something that will tow a boat and hold all the kids as we are trying to expand the family, problem is that we still have 2 in baby seats.We also need it to be the family car when we all go out after we eventually have #6 as my car is a 7 seater only.

[LaDeeDa]

thats fair enough.....

i don't know how you'd get around the baby seats though..... i'm pretty sure you'd have to get them front facing seats put in and have them engineered......

DF says to look at a '91' troopy if thats in your price range - they are a big step up with power steering etc (much nicer than ours ...LOL)
he said to make sure you get diesel and the largest engine you can afford and that way you won't have any probs (other than with your fuel bill i reminded him) but there are places now that do diesel gas conversions that don't wreck the engine so thats something that might be worth looking into.

he also said that some models seat 11 with forward facing seats..... i hope this helps

[Anila]

yes thanks doubledee, hubby has fallen asleep on the lounge so when i wake him ill let him know what you said, we thought about a seat conversion but think its way out of our price range.

[Pretty Butterfly]

We looked at getting one, but it turned out to difficult for the babies to get in and out, (you have to climb up in there, and then get back out with them)and having the prpoer seats insatalled is surprisingly expensive.

We ended up with a 14 seater Hiace Commuter, and just love it!!!! We took out the long back seat, and made it an 11 seater, with a MASSIVE boot. (In the Troop, everything just sits on the floor, between the two side seats. We didnt like the idea of flying luggage around the kids!)

All front facing seats, anchor points on any seat, and good on fuel. WE payed $10,000 for second hand, with air con and proper seat belts, not just lap sashes. The Troops we found only had lap sashes.

Good luck, I hope you find the right car for you!!!