What car are you larger families driving??!!

[halltribe]

Toyota Commuter. I have no probs driving it and neither will you if don't expect to handle it like a sports car. you can't go as tight around the corners and it won't get to 0-100km in 5 seconds and it does Ok on hills (its 5 speed) but it won't get you up like a rocketship. I love it and and love the extra room for music/ sports gear. All the other vans etc I know of only have 8 seats and not alot of boot space. Look out for an ex childcare centre or resthome van for sale if money is an issue. They are usually well serviced and because they have had depreciation claimed on them usually sell fairly cheap. Happy van hunting.

[aussienic]

Toyota Landcruiser here.. 8 seats.. bit squashy at times with 3 car seats.. will have 4 in there in a couple week plus a booster for friends that are visiting.. should be interesting

[AngelPunks]

friends of ours (4 older kids - blended family) use a Honda Oddesey - they had a Kia and got rid of it because it was too huge.

My MIL, when she was a foster mum, had a starwagon - when that died we bought her a Mitsubishi Delica - yes that is a bus type thing but the height of it etc suited her perfectly & the seats in the back were great when she had 4 booster seats in there.

DH bought me a 63 Chevy Impala for when we have kids (fits 2 kids seats & an adult across the back with room to spare + 3 adults across the front)

[Jesswith6]

We did have a Toyota Tarago '87 model but we found that it was too expensive to run. It ended up running on 2 and a half cylinders and blowing fire out of the exhaust!
We now drive 2 Holden JE Camiras. We have boot space, enough space for all 6 kids, we live 4 doors from the school so don't need to take any other kids to the school.

We would love to own a car that all of us could travel in but in our price range, there are only Taragos and I refuse to buy another one of them.

[pansy]

Dh and I have been discussing getting a bigger car as we will be TTC later in the year and may be lucky enough to concieve twins again...I hate 4WD's and we have been looking at the Honda Oddessy as well...We originally thought of the Kia Carnival but heard bad reports about it.

[Pretty Butterfly]

If you google the Kia, and whats wrong with them, the reports come flooding in!! So far the best would have to be our Trajet, just not big enough now!! I think we'll go the commuter...I'll have to find one to test drive!!

[katkins]

Hyundai have now released the IMax. I believe u can get it to seat 12. Or u can in the overseas model. HTH's!

[savina]

toyota prado..... i love it 8 seats although maybe if u had more than 4 kids could get squashy but suits us fine with our 4 kiddies they can fit a friend in

[halltribe]

Our van is off the road atm so driving a friends car for a week, so weird. I don't have the vision I have when high up in a van and I have become a nobody on the road. People notice you more in a van but in a car your'e just a little person! I felt like I was sitting on the road when driving as well. I can't wait to get my into my van next week and see the world again! It has been a novelty for the kids though to ride in a car with their own doors that open out!

[mummy of many]

we drive a tarago 94 model 8 seater , we a 4 children , my hubbie wants more

[kittykat]

We have 4 kids and usually a few extra so the kia carnival was the best option its a 2002 model and dispite the bad reports we have never had a day of trouble its good on fuel heaps of room we have a roof mounted dvd player and head phone for all kids so when its playing we dont hear a sound the seats can be removed to make more room the only down side is the more room for kids the less room for pram we had a 3 wheeler and to fit it in i had to take the front wheel off that was so much drama so i sold it and bought a pram/ stroller birth to 18 kgs its great and the price to by the pram was good too
kath

[lisa 79]

Hi Well A Lot Of Us Cant Afford Much So Im Thnking Of The Ba Wagan With The Seats In The Back . Its Modern Low Kms Reliable And U Can Over Take Any Thng Really Lol. They Are Low But No Different To The Oddesey I Think. And For Us We Would Only Need That One Extra Seat When Hubby Is Travelling With Us . So Most Of The Time We Wouldnt Use Them Can Just Fold Them Down .

[Jami80]

We have a 04 Toyota V8 Landcruiser(8 seater)...love it although it chews through the juice...although it has a gas conversion on it so it evens it out. We also have an 03 Mitsubishi Magna Wagon which we got 2 seats installed in the very back so it became a 7 seater. I love that one too...although its a bit smaller than the cruiser.