Big cars

We own a people mover (Toyota Lucida) because it's the only car we all fit in together as a family (mum, dad, three kids and gran) AND it has enough boot space to fit a couple of pushchairs and a portacot. I hated it at first, because I moved from my nice sporty three door RAV4 which I loved into the people mover family van. I hate that it costs so much to fill now with the price of petrol, but kinda have to laugh when the middle-aged old men in my neighbourhood pull up at the gas station in their suburban land cruiser (why do you need one if you live on the north shore????) and end up paying twice as much to fill their tanks up.
We've also got a nice fuel efficient second car for hubby to take to work which doesn't cost us as much to fill.

Edited by emeldee

We have always owned SUV's and V8's and Love them... the gas is just the price you have to pay I guess. I couldn't see myself in a little fuel efficient car now. But I'd never say never!

We have a Toyota Emina, which we love. Our "first" car which we bought about 6 months after we got married was a small Toyota Corolla station wagon... it was a 1.5l gutless wonder, but brilliant for around Hamilton and the odd longer trip (would struggle up the Kaimais when fully loaded though!) and roomy enough to fit everything we needed for a two week holiday with two kids.

We bought the Emina off my parents in May or June this year... going from a 1.5l to a 2.4l we expected to pay more for petrol, but really, it hasn't made that much difference to our budget as far as normal use goes.

We just bought a brand new Honda CRV, and I am sooooo in love with my new wheels. It is a 2.4l "SUV", and my honda civic, which we traded in was a 2.5l, so the gas isn't really any difference. Both cost about $80 to fill up (at these prices) my civic was bout $70 - $75 at the beginning of the year. We got it cos it has heaps of boot space, and tonnes of backseat space, including 3 built into the roof thingys for the car seat tethers and a belt type one as well. You can easy fit 2 car seats and a teenager in the back, which we tried. I am super shallow, and image concious (well, not really, but what I am going to say next will sound that way)when we needed a bigger vehicle for our expanding family, I stated I would rather have a bike and 2 seats than a van or a wagon (unless it was an audi..)not to offend anyone, but I guess I never got over selling the MX5 dream for a 4 door sedan when I got preg with Jake...I wanted styley and sporty as well as practical, and the RAV4 4 doors, my first choice, too small! anyhow. Yep, I guess we have an SUV sort of, but not a real gas guzzler (although hubbys falcon futura is a guzzler..)

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Annie my sister has a CRV and she loves it.

Willie has a tank. A Nissan Safari 7 seater but really you should just call it a tank. It's a diesel, so pretty cost effective, but I hate driving it coz it's so big and clunky. Suits him tho coz he is a truck driver and likes to own the road. It atually gives me the heebies when he drives my little car coz he's not used to autos, and not used to being so low to the ground.

Paws... my Dad is one of those. Arrogant middle aged males! Arghhhh!!!!

My dad just bought a bus. WTF!?!?!

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emma, those Safari things are HUUUUUUUGGGEEE, I once had to back one out of our drive so I could get out, and holy crackers it was like driving a bus, I HATED it.
Paws, no offence taken! It has to be said, though, ours isn't a remuera taxi, though, we bought it for economy (I only fill once a month) and towing the boat down the marlborough sounds, you need an AWD or 4WD as some of the roads are pretty yuck, especially if you get car sick like me! and it still fit into my looks sporty criteria...

mmm boysenberry icecream

snap! It was so good I might have to sneak a bit more Nice and creamy