vehicles.

hey ladies,
df and i are talking about trading our car in when we get pg with #2 if not before and i am just wondering what u all drive and what u love/dont love about it.
we have a few requirements- has to be a auto as i cant drive a manual, central locking, decent boot space, room for two car seats, must have a good radio with cd player, power steering, electric windows,ecomonical, and df would prefer it was newer the a 99 and he woiuld like 4wd as it would most likely end up cruising round the farm.
we are thinking about possibly and nissan terrano but we cant afford to spend mega bucks.

i dont uderstand much about cars lol. i put tash in and get in turn the key and go lol. so whats the deel with long or short wheel bases? the other half is lying next to me snoring so he isnt much help at the moment. are pajeros good?

we have a nissan avenir, Its great. Not 4wd though. Just had a look on TM and there are quite a few on there newer than 1999 and the cheapest starts at about $6500 but it has 142000ks . Heres a pic of what they look like

I drive a VW golf. It's surprising big in the back and the boot! I love it, but the next car I want is one of the new Rav 4s. The four door kind. The look like a nice "ladies" 4 wheel drive!

We have a Nissan Bluebird ecept it has a badly shaped boot and no space in it - my head scrapes against the ute. It is so economical tho I drive from Putaruru to Opotiki and it uses approx 1/4 of a tank. We are also looking into something bigger and better

we hate our primera camino. we have had nothing but problems with it since the day we got it-it stalls heaps of the time(and yes its auto, yes autos can stall)and after having many mechanics look at it we still dont know why it stalls, it is ok on gas for long trips but not so much on the short trips, it does have a big boot though but the boot gets filled with crap, the radio is crap, the central locking is a bit dodgy and the button on the key doesnt work, and just lil things like that...
we dont really want a station wagon as they probably wont go round the farm very well, and i have enough trouble with parking our car as i is and station wagons just seem longer then our car.
we will be going to our fav car dealer as the guy who owns it is a good friend of both out families and trade our car in.unless we could borrow a car then we would send urs to auction as we would probably get more for it

thanks for the insight ladies. i never though about the rav4s. not sure df would be happy driving a more 'ladies' wagon. but i do way more driving then him any way.

Edited by tashzmum

my parents had a mitsi airtrek very spacious, we borrowed it and fitted all the baby stuff in comfortably.
i preferred their challenger though

I couldnt go past the Nissan R'Nessa. Amazing boot and cabin space. The back seats move forward and back making the already big boot HUUUGEEE! Could def fit two carseats in.. I also went for this when my Honda Accord got smashed into cos I dont need to lean down to put Ethan in the car, he is at my height. Also really easy to "walk" into the back cabin space as there is not handbrake etc in the way... (It is a foot operated "hand" brake..) Mine is auto, column shift (which you get used too really quickly) The front seats also "spin" around and face the back seats, so we can have a "picnic in the car" if we need... Also means you can use the seats as beds.

Can you tell i love it!!!

See here for pics.

df wouldnt touch a ford with a 10 foot pole lol. he is a holden man an di am a ford chick so make for some interesting car talks in our house!!i love the idea of a ford though. we are thinking we may go with a nissan terrano as we have our new bosses on on loan for a couple of days and its been great. df picked it up tonight and he has been h aving fun in it. there was heaps and heaps of room behind the front seat so tash wasnt kicking the back of my seat and i couldnt get over how big the boot was!!
df also said that he wasnt to keen on the station wagon type 4wd as they will be a bit low for cruising round the farm in and would scrape heaps and heaps.
thanks for all the advie tough ladies. its been great hearing who like what and why.

We have a mitsi legnum - I love it! Ours is a 99, V6 twin turbo manual (rare apparently) and is terribly uneconomical But it is a spacious station wagon and 4WD.

I thoroughly recommend a station wagon with kids.