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#40 of 44 Re: the three kid dilemma [5_more] by spacewagonz Oct 29, 2008 (7:16 pm)
Replying to: 5_more (Sep 05, 2008 2:37 pm) What, specifically, is the safety difference that you mentioned?   I have only 2 kids, but have been in the same dilemma. I LOVE everything about the 5. However, it does not seem to be larger enough for long trips with luggage, double stroller, and 6" 1 spouse. Plan to use it for daily driving with just myself and 2 kids (7 month old and 2 yrs old), since this is 90% of our driving and probably end up getting a full size fan at some point down the road. Right now, though, the incentives on the Chrysler vans are outstanding and there is nothing to be had on the 5, so there is still some indecision on my part. Replies to this message: castg1 (Oct 30, 2008 9:35 pm) andydico (Oct 30, 2008 10:06 pm) redberry (Nov 25, 2008 1:37 pm)
#41 of 44 Re: the three kid dilemma [spacewagonz] by castg1 Oct 30, 2008 (9:35 pm)
Replying to: spacewagonz (Oct 29, 2008 7:16 pm) I suggest comparing the 'ease of loading' the little ones into their car seats.   In our mazda5, there is no bending down, or climbing up to load and strap the little ones unto their seats. Replies to this message: andydico (Oct 30, 2008 10:06 pm)
#42 of 44 Re: the three kid dilemma [castg1] by andydico Oct 30, 2008 (10:06 pm)
Replying to: castg1 (Oct 30, 2008 9:35 pm) I'm driving a Nissan Sentra courtesy car with my 5 on the shop right now. Now I realize how convenient it is to strap/ unstrap a kid on a car seat with the 5. When it's cold, my wife would go inside the 5, strap the kid and go into the front seats from the 2nd row without going outside. Now that's convenient.
#43 of 44 Re: the three kid dilemma [spacewagonz] by redberry Nov 25, 2008 (1:37 pm)
Replying to: spacewagonz (Oct 29, 2008 7:16 pm) I also have two children, mine are under age 8. But I don't seem to have your space needs. The 5 seems perfect for my family (haven't bought it yet, plan to in the next month). For long trips with luggage, we've used our 4 door sedan, with tent, sleeping bags, luggage, large cooler, umbrella strollers in the trunk (back when the kids used strollers). I've verified the 5 has more cargo capacity than our sedan when the second row seats have passengers (and the 5's third-row seats are folded): the 5 has 15 cubic feet, our sedan, 13 cubic feet. Not a lot, but enough for us without paying the penalties for a larger vehicle.   In fact, one of the reasons I'm so looking forward to getting a 5 is because it seems to be an ideal long distance family travel-mobile. If you need to haul more things only occasionally, like bikes, etc, I think it's much more economical to get roof racks and roof cargo units than have the expense of a large van. Looking forward to my 5!

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