I am seriously soooo annoyed at how long car shopping takes! Currently, I drive a supercute VW Beetle which suits my personality well (as my husband says, "It's cute and curvy, just like you!") but unfortunately, our family is growing out of this small vehicle. 
We have to position Chloe's carseat in the middle because her legs don't fit behind the driver or passenger seats. This is not really the safest thing considering the middle is not even a real seat! We use the latches from the other two seats to secure her in, but still, we really should just find a new option.
Saturday I went to a Pampered Chef party hosted by some friends and since C was with Daddy, I went car shopping. I was seriously there for two hours!!! I test drove a Ford Fusion, had them take my car for a drive and give me their trade-in price, filled out some paperwork for a loan approval and did lots of sitting around waiting for them to "let me know" about prices and loans and stuff. The salesman pursuaded me to take the car home for an extended test drive, talk prices over with Will and return on Monday (with a check in hand preferably). We decided that the price of the car was more than we wanted to spend (by about $5,000) so we'll just keep looking. I'm test driving this one today http://tinyurl.com/cuqqnx
This Fusion has almost 40K miles, which is a lot, but the price is really good, they'll take my car for a trade-in, and the best part is, it's PURPLE!
We have to position Chloe's carseat in the middle because her legs don't fit behind the driver or passenger seats. This is not really the safest thing considering the middle is not even a real seat! We use the latches from the other two seats to secure her in, but still, we really should just find a new option.Saturday I went to a Pampered Chef party hosted by some friends and since C was with Daddy, I went car shopping. I was seriously there for two hours!!! I test drove a Ford Fusion, had them take my car for a drive and give me their trade-in price, filled out some paperwork for a loan approval and did lots of sitting around waiting for them to "let me know" about prices and loans and stuff. The salesman pursuaded me to take the car home for an extended test drive, talk prices over with Will and return on Monday (with a check in hand preferably). We decided that the price of the car was more than we wanted to spend (by about $5,000) so we'll just keep looking. I'm test driving this one today http://tinyurl.com/cuqqnx
This Fusion has almost 40K miles, which is a lot, but the price is really good, they'll take my car for a trade-in, and the best part is, it's PURPLE!Hopefully I can find a quality car soon and use my time to have fun with my kid!
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Tim and I are doing the same thing right now in preparation for a family. I drive a mini cooper right now, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it, but it's just not practical for a carseat... :(
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