Mardi Gras Audrey
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Jul 25, 2015 12:18:23 GMT -5
Haha, yeah. I'm dead serious though. if I change my mind you can all let me have it! For full disclosure, when my husband's car dies we do plan to get a small SUV or crossover, but we always planned on that. Need something we could tow a popup camper with, which we desperately want. I do miss my station wagon.. so much easier for camping! The bad thing is when the need to replace comes at a bad time. DH and I planned to replace my car (2006 Prius) in a few years (We are childless right now but are working on it   . In a few years, we will hopefully have a few kids and maybe the parents living with us . We planned to keep his 2010 4 door sedan and just replace the Prius when we "need a bigger car". Some jerk spoiled that plan a few months ago by rear-ending him. 2010 was totalled. Now it is, Do we get a small car to replace it (because we don't need anything bigger now)? Or do we look ahead to a few years when we need a bigger car? we ended up buying another 4 door sedan. Hopefully, we can still replace my car if we need a bigger one and will just trade off driving that car with the larger car.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 25, 2015 12:19:08 GMT -5
My sister and BIL survive as a one-car family with two kids in a Honda Civic. However, they have more student loans that you and Mrs. C do, and they pay $2200 per month. We are currently sending about ~3,000/month towards all our debts (student loans and car loan) not including the mortgage so I definitely feel their pain But if we can stick to the plan for 4-5 years, all that money is ours afterwards (knock on wood). Anyway my concern with the 1 car is the miscommunication and double bookings etc. She plan on doing this while I planned on doing something else and only 1 car.... But I think we can make it work or I will have to buy a car sooner than I want to
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 12:26:22 GMT -5
I'd never go to a one car family. DS is leasing a Jetta. $249 a month including maintenance. It's big enough for two car seats and two adults and a lot of stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 12:36:01 GMT -5
I think kids take up the most space as infants because of the rear facing carseat, strollers and diaper bags. It gets better as they age. Maybe. But as someone else suggested, then it fills up with rock claiming gear, horseback riding gear, art portfolios, guitars...
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 25, 2015 12:36:38 GMT -5
I'd never go to a one car family. DS is leasing a Jetta. $249 a month including maintenance. It's big enough for two car seats and two adults and a lot of stuff. I just don't want another payment... I just don't! I have reached a point (maybe too exposed to Dave Ramsey) that I am Sick and tired of payments. I am sick and tired of seeing all my money come in just to leave my account. I am already paying $479 for my wife Car, I think I am good for now. I would prefer to keep maintaining the Kia till it drops dead in the middle of somewhere than finance yet another car.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jul 25, 2015 12:38:35 GMT -5
OK, so it's great for all of you who were able to drive 10 kids on the back of your bicycle and fit all their stuff there as well.
I couldn't. And I didn't have a lot of "stuff". It was the kind of stuff that I had. My stroller was huge and heavy. Could I have fitted in the trunk of my 2dr Nissan? maaayybe. But did I want to? Not really.
I know this is YM, but common guys, it's really not a federal crime to want a bit more convenience for certain things.
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Post by busymom on Jul 25, 2015 12:42:14 GMT -5
I'd wait on buying a bigger car until Mrs. C is in the third trimester of a pregnancy. IMHO.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 12:42:51 GMT -5
How much longer are you stuck paying on her car? It's a lease isn't it? So not even a car free and clear when it's done.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 12:43:30 GMT -5
The next story will be she can't get in and out of her car while pregnant.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 25, 2015 12:47:31 GMT -5
How much longer are you stuck paying on her car? It's a lease isn't it? So not even a car free and clear when it's done. Financed at 0.9% 3 years left
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 25, 2015 12:48:47 GMT -5
I'm confused. (Nothing new, LOL)
But exactly who on this thread is pregnant?
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 25, 2015 12:49:35 GMT -5
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 25, 2015 12:54:01 GMT -5
I'm confused. (Nothing new, LOL) But exactly who on this thread is pregnant? I am spotting a serious beer belly lately so maybe me. I really need to cut back on the drinking but when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere USA... Drinking sounds like a pretty good idea!
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 25, 2015 12:55:15 GMT -5
The next story will be she can't get in and out of her car while pregnant. If my fat ass can get in and out of my wife car, she can definitely do it while pregnant.
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Mardi Gras Audrey
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Jul 25, 2015 12:57:10 GMT -5
How much longer are you stuck paying on her car? It's a lease isn't it? So not even a car free and clear when it's done. Financed at 0.9% 3 years left Why not keep the Mini? When you get to the stage you need a bigger car (At a minimum 9 months from now, probably longer as a new born doesn't have much stuff?), the mini will be paid off and you can become a 2 car family again (With the mini and a larger car). Since you don't seem to care what car you drive, y'all can trade off the larger car/mini with whoever needs the bigger one. Does MIL have one? I would think you will be a 2 car family again once you have kids?
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jul 25, 2015 12:57:20 GMT -5
I'm afraid you're jinxing yourself with all this jumping the gun planning for pregnancy/babies. (When i was trying, i would avoid talking like it was inevitable. I was honestly afraid of jinxing myself.). Worry about it when it happens---you'll have 9 months to figure it out.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 12:57:20 GMT -5
Isn't this the woman who can't carry a box while having her period?
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Post by milee on Jul 25, 2015 13:03:40 GMT -5
OK, so it's great for all of you who were able to drive 10 kids on the back of your bicycle and fit all their stuff there as well. I couldn't. And I didn't have a lot of "stuff". It was the kind of stuff that I had. My stroller was huge and heavy. Could I have fitted in the trunk of my 2dr Nissan? maaayybe. But did I want to? Not really. I know this is YM, but common guys, it's really not a federal crime to want a bit more convenience for certain things. No, it's not wrong to want convenience. Heck, my current car is practically a tank.
My point wasn't that everybody could or should fit 10 kids on their bicycle. It was a response to someone who said they had no idea how someone else coped with their 2 door car - I was pointing out that it's not a big deal depending on what you choose. Neither a big car nor a small car is the 100% right choice for everybody.
The important thing is being realistic about what you can do and are willing to do. If I remember correctly, I was one who told Carl that although it was completely possible to haul around his family in the Mini SUV, it was crazy to buy it because it was completely unrealistic to expect that his wife would think it was adequate based on her earlier choices and behavior. So... possible? Yes. Good idea? Nope.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jul 25, 2015 13:10:06 GMT -5
OK, so it's great for all of you who were able to drive 10 kids on the back of your bicycle and fit all their stuff there as well. I couldn't. And I didn't have a lot of "stuff". It was the kind of stuff that I had. My stroller was huge and heavy. Could I have fitted in the trunk of my 2dr Nissan? maaayybe. But did I want to? Not really. I know this is YM, but common guys, it's really not a federal crime to want a bit more convenience for certain things. No, it's not wrong to want convenience. Heck, my current car is practically a tank.
My point wasn't that everybody could or should fit 10 kids on their bicycle. It was a response to someone who said they had no idea how someone else coped with their 2 door car - I was pointing out that it's not a big deal depending on what you choose. Neither a big car nor a small car is the 100% right choice for everybody.
The important thing is being realistic about what you can do and are willing to do. If I remember correctly, I was one who told Carl that although it was completely possible to haul around his family in the Mini SUV, it was crazy to buy it because it was completely unrealistic to expect that his wife would think it was adequate based on her earlier choices and behavior. So... possible? Yes. Good idea? Nope.
milee....my tank is bigger than your tank now. I'm sporting a new 2015 Mercedes GL 350 diesel.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 13:13:39 GMT -5
We are starting to sound like men! Mine's bigger than yours, nonny nonny boo boo!
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jul 25, 2015 13:18:17 GMT -5
milee knew I loved my Mercedes ML as she does hers. Unfortunately, the new walker DH uses was too large to fit in the back without turning it sideways. I'm not quite strong enough to do all the lifting of it along with pushing and pulling to get it to fit. With the GL and the 3rd row seats down, I can slide it right in.
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Post by gooddecisions on Jul 25, 2015 13:19:26 GMT -5
I've been driving my 1998 Nissan maxima since 2002. I had my first baby in 2011, my second baby in 2014 and my third will be here in 2016. I went looking at minivans yesterday only because there is no way I can fit 3 car seats in my sedan. But, I'm not even that worried about it. I'd like to have one next spring, but I'll make due if it's next summer and just not have all the kids in the same car at once.
There is a big difference between 3 kids and 2 adults and 1 baby and 2 adults, so your wife is stretching. But maybe your car really is that small.
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Post by yogiii on Jul 25, 2015 13:23:43 GMT -5
Don't stress about the car now. If you need a bigger one (for YM reasons or not) you can deal with it then. The two years of rear-facing seats is the biggest challenge for small cars, not the amount of stuff in the trunk. I'm done with rear-facing ... YAY!
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Post by gooddecisions on Jul 25, 2015 13:29:15 GMT -5
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Jul 25, 2015 13:32:57 GMT -5
Don't stress about the car now. If you need a bigger one (for YM reasons or not) you can deal with it then. The two years of rear-facing seats is the biggest challenge for small cars, not the amount of stuff in the trunk. I'm done with rear-facing ... YAY! Are you sure? www.yahoo.com/parenting/should-it-be-illegal-for-kids-to-ride-in-the-front-124345112737.htmlPretty soon we will have 30 year olds riding in car seats. The only ones who will be able to it in front and drive will be those between the ages of 40 and 60...
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 25, 2015 13:48:10 GMT -5
TheHaitian stick with your original plan. When the time comes that you are expecting a baby, just buy a carseat and stroller with the car you have in mind. If a superlight stroller would be more expensive than a "regular" one, who cares? Still less expensive than a new car. And that diaperbag? It fits on the floor of the car in front of the carseat if there is an extra passenger or next to it if not. By the time you really need more space the mini might need replacing --- unless there are some very tall genes in your family, than you may run into problems a few years earlier. But before you get there your SL will be gone and that will make things easier. So I see no reason to change anything in your plans.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 25, 2015 14:05:03 GMT -5
Why are you thinking of getting rid of the Kia? Is it starting to malfunction and cost too much to repair? I'd keep both cars for now, since the Kia is paid for and you've got uses for it to haul things for your home maintenance, decorating, etc. Even if Mrs. C were to turn up pregnant tomorrow, you've got a couple of years before you're going to start wanting more room in the Mini and could use the Kia under those circumstances. It's my feeling Mrs. C is thinking too far ahead. Probably, because she's so focused on getting preggers right now and is doing some hopeful planning. The car situation just isn't something that needs to be addressed right now, from the sound of it. Relax, m'man. You'll be fine.
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Post by simser on Jul 25, 2015 14:35:23 GMT -5
Ok this is a true story. I swear.
My exhusband and I went through 5 years of infertility. In that time he bought a Mini Cooper. At the end of that time we bought me a Kia rondo so that we could have something "bigger" for when the babies came.
3 rounds of IVF later, we are divorced and I still don't have a kid. Sooo. Take that story as you will. I do still have the kia though. I don't think he has that mini with his new kid, but I don't know.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 25, 2015 16:03:23 GMT -5
I've been driving my 1998 Nissan maxima since 2002. I had my first baby in 2011, my second baby in 2014 and my third will be here in 2016. I went looking at minivans yesterday only because there is no way I can fit 3 car seats in my sedan. But, I'm not even that worried about it. I'd like to have one next spring, but I'll make due if it's next summer and just not have all the kids in the same car at once.
There is a big difference between 3 kids and 2 adults and 1 baby and 2 adults, so your wife is stretching. But maybe your car really is that small.
. Why are you in 3 car seats? Does a 4 year old have to be on a car seat now? In 2016, your oldest will be 5, right? Have the laws changed that much since I had my kids?
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jul 25, 2015 16:08:54 GMT -5
Don't stress about the car now. If you need a bigger one (for YM reasons or not) you can deal with it then. The two years of rear-facing seats is the biggest challenge for small cars, not the amount of stuff in the trunk. I'm done with rear-facing ... YAY! Interestingly enough, I had much easier time getting an infant car seat in my 2dr Nissan than in my 2008 Outback bc Nissan doors open very wide and 2008 Outback had a very narrow back door opening. However, to fit my humangous stroller into Nissan's trunk was not a challenge I was willing to undertake.
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