What car are you larger families driving??!!

[maz]

thanks honey

going to go and look up the mitsubishi now

and WOO HOO one the new car...WTG on the boot room.

[Charmzy]

oh I've just gone and looked at the commuter it looks great Right now we've got a Chrysler Grand Voyager 7 seater but with TTC #5 I'm reallyyy not going to fit 4 carseats and a booster in it so we are looking at something bigger (also because we do want to foster and we always seem to have extra kids with us so need a cpl of spare seats!)

We've been looking at a transit but they seem TOO big, a commuter looksjust right so we will have to go start searching some out

I love my chrysler although its rather expensive for repairs and whatnot as all parts need shipping in from america but its roomy enough that when I've had 'girls nights out' we've quite comfortably had 7 adult females in there Its lovely to drive but trying to get 3 carseats in the back is impossible and even with 2 its squishy for any child thats old enough to just sit on the seat!

[maz]

Jed and I just had a good look at af ew of these cars and we have now decided that we like the trajet..wow is all I can say..and god I wish I had the $$$ cause theirs one on ebay that has really taken our eye

[Pretty Butterfly]

We bought our Trajet 18 months ago for $18000, a 2001 model, and are selling it now for around the $15000, prob get about 13,500- 14000. So have alook at second hand ones too. They are cheap to repair, but ours didn't have a days trouble!!

Transits are VERY big, and expensive to repair. They are very boxy too. We went with commuters after talking to my cousin who is a truck dealer. Will run for around 600000 kms and very cheap and easy to repair (toyota)

We took out the back 3 seater. We still have 11 seats, but it gave us the big boot.

PLease note, in NSW, any seats over 12 need a LR licence to drive it, and blue slips each year. We dont need to now because the backseat is gone.

Good luck folks!!!

[Lulu]

Oh yay! You got the commuter PM. I saw one the other day and thought "oh yeah, I'd wanna fill that with kids too" Hee hee

[storm]

We have a trajet!! Love it!

[Pretty Butterfly]

Thanks Lulu. We just love it!!! we have the...
2 car seats on one 2-seater bench, so the babies are with each other
2 more 2-seater benches
and 2 single seaters,
with a 3rd seat in the middle in the front (which we wont be using)
So each big kid has their own seperate seat, and there is three spare seats for friends and such. Just perfect!!
We took off the old tint, it was purpley and bubbly, and just had it re done... she looks so flash!! For a 91 model, she's great!! Air con, stereo and a microphone from when she was a tour bus!! We plugged our ipod into it!!

ETA: Storm, aren't they great!! I'd rather sell Adams little car and keep the Trajet as the second car, but we wont get as much money for Adams, so its goodbye to my baby...

[storm]

Sounds great Jodie