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Coupes & Convertibles Cars you gave up for your kids
54 messages, Last post on Jul 13, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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...my Dad didn't need a minivan when my brother and I were little. He managed with a 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne two-door sedan.
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 08, 2007 7:32 am) |
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Jul 07, 2007 4:21 pm) What you got there is basically a chia pet.  wait until # 2 comes along and the one keeps staring at the other or crossing the "line". Although we were good with a 4 door Gran Prix as the family car when we had just 2 , the 3rd drove my wife to get the dreaded Minivan. Once you get one you'll never know how you lived with out one. When we were kids we used to get half the neighborhood in the back of a '72 Pontiac Catalina(well 7 kids with one on the back ledge). Try that today and you could be looking at jail time. |
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Up to two kids you can make do in an Accord sized car (I went camping with my wife and two kids in our 00 Accord with a cap on it) and you'll be OK. You might have to be creative in packing but if you're not creative the kids will leave you in the dust anyway. Once you cross the magic line from 2 kids to three you have put yourself in a minivan. You can kid yourself and put yourself in an SUV but you're not fooling any of us that know.... It's just a poorly designed minivan. Come over to the dark side.
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 09, 2007 7:15 am) I am your Minivan fezo . (in a James Earl Jones Voice) |
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wifey has informed me she wants to quit work and stay home full time.  waaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! soooo... what's the first to go? I think her recently acquired BMW vert. But, unfortunately, the one that will fetch the most money is my Alfa.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 09, 2007 8:48 am) You may want to E-mail me but only if it's an older (cheaper) one. If not a mutual firend is looking.... guss - That's what it sounded like when my Sebring turned into an Ody. Scary. |
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Wife gave up a BMW 3 when she figured out that the stroller that we just HAD to have did not fit in the trunk. My plan is to pay off my Accord and then get the fun vehicle, BMW Z4 would be nice. gbrozen- do not sell the alfa. It's the kind of thing that you won't be able to recreate and when the babies are grown up they will be able to tell the stories of riding in it when they were big kids! |
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Replying to: bristol2 (Aug 13, 2007 1:36 pm) we'll see what happens. she is currently still working, but wants to stop as soon as we can figure out how to afford it. By the way, our one stroller just fits in the bimmer trunk, but the "jogging stroller" doesn't stand a chance.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 13, 2007 4:47 pm) Same for us, we had one of those 'crossover' strollers that was supposed to be useful as a jogger and with enough storage etc to use as a regular stroller. Of course, in the end it did neither well and was too big. I think we probably used it a total of 30 times. 
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