Help Me Find a New Ride
The Picket Fence Post family is in the market for a new ride, but we’re having trouble weighing all the factors that are important to us: Safety, cost, fuel efficiency, green-ness, space for three kids (plus booster seat for the Youngest Boy) and room to tote around their friends when we carpool to football and/or soccer practices/games. While I’m trying to avoid the classic, unhip mom-mobile — the dreaded minivan — I’m afraid that’s the vehicle with which we’ll wind up.
My September Parents and Kids Magazine column is all about our difficulties in trying to find a vehicle that’s right for us. What do you think? What fuel efficient/green choice would you make for an active family of five, with one child in a booster seat, children who have sports equipment and a family who’ll be driving additional children around on occasion?
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Our Hyundai Santa Fe SUV has treated us very well for the past 8 years. The back seat fits a booster seat plus two more kids (although it’s “snug” to say the least).
I hope to replace our Sante Fe for another one sometime. I think it’s smaller than your current van though. On the flip side, it is probably more gas efficient.
It comes with an optional third row seat to fit a larger family.
Good luck in your search.
Comment by Kris Spazz — August 29, 2008 @ 1:58 pm