The big squirrels work car has died - and being as mechanical minded as we are, we don't know why! Anyway as we are one car down, we thought it was a good opportunity to test drive some cars.
With the new car seat laws in place, the issue for us is fitting three large booster seats across the back of a station wagon. (Incase you are wondering, they dont fit!!!) I am not a real 'car' person, but I never imagined myself driving a people mover!
We had a few days with the Tarago, and moved to the Kia Carnival. There is a significant difference in price and functions. The Tarago is a nice car that really drives well, but feels like, a van. I was sitting to turn right in traffic and my head was wobbling like on of those dash toys from the movement of the other cars. The rear row of seats folded away but there wasn't a lot of storage space, or cup holders etc.
The kia sits much lower and is a lot more car like. It has lots of little hidey holes and cup holders. It drives well - probably not as well, but I am really only doing running around jobs. The best bit was the way the seats folded down in the back row. The folded flat to the floor and when the back row was up, there was actually decent storage space, which could fit my double pram!
The seats in the kia were better, three adults could easily fit across the back - the seats were big and wide with plenty of space. For us, this is a much better option and when we are ready it will be the runabout (I will still dream about a little zippy car that could be parallel parked in the city....)
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