I bought a new car (the "I wanna be like Gugs" thread)...

[lurch70]

i want to honestly ... but the mpg's are a disaster.

this is what I would most likely get if I go big

- looks polarizing
- drives like a car
- 3rd row seating
- 2nd row sliding seats


if I ever get a minivan please come and shoot me ... really.

 

[dorian gray]

That's exactly what the wife said we should get

I was actually thinking Tahoe but they're pretty fucking expensive....not that a Flex isn't

 

[lurch70]

it is expensive and even 2-3 year old ones are ...
Ford is discoing it though from what I hear.

great all around ... did my researh on it

Tahoe kicks ass as well ... love the front row bench on those ... super comfy and couch like.

but fuck me ... I run for 3 days on $10 of gas with the MINI ... those cars would make me weep at the pump.

 

[dorian gray]

I looked at my credit card statement today and we've apparently spent almost $4000 on gas in the past 12 months.

Jack White drives a Flex, btw

 

[dorian gray]

Is Ford discontinuing the Flex because they have the C-Max coming? Is no one buying it?

 

[lurch70]

i stand corrected ...
http://jalopnik.com/5796554/the-ford-flex-is-not-yet-dead

C-Max ... hahhah

 

[lurch70]

not bad actually ... cough

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/minivans-vans/1010_2012_ford_c_max_u_s_spec_look/index.html

still a Minivan though

 

[dorian gray]

i stand corrected ...
http://jalopnik.com/5796554/the-ford-flex-is-not-yet-dead

C-Max ... hahhah

6800 units sold in Q1? haha It will be dead soon enough.

 

[dorian gray]

not bad actually ... cough

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/minivans-vans/1010_2012_ford_c_max_u_s_spec_look/index.html

still a Minivan though

Yeah, it's nice...like the Mazda5. I rented one of those when they first came out and really liked it.

 

[dorian gray]

I wonder if you can fit three across in the new Outback. Auto websites should post that kind of info: number of safety seats you can fit in one row. Because maybe there's some of us left in America who don't want or need the biggest fucking vehicle on the planet just so we can drive to elementary school and hockey practice.
I miss the days of riding around in a Chevy Malibu wagon....then again we didn't have safety seats back then hahahaha and if there were too many of us, someone would just sit in the hatch. It was a fucking greenhouse back there.

 

[lurch70]

doubt it ... my pops in law has the new Forester and that doesn't have it either.

are there ANY cars with 3 across?

 

[dorian gray]

I doubt it. I can't imagine how wide a modern car would have to be to accommodate three huge safety seats. Maybe a 7 series could do it but....hmm....slightly out of my price range

 

[neal]

maybe they think no one is crazy enough to have a third baby when the first one hasnt even grown out of the carseat yet!

 

[dorian gray]

Children stay in safety seats for an unbelievable length of time by body weight and height. My son's goes up to - I think - 100 pounds.

 

[neal]

woah, guess i forgot how long the kiddies stay in the seat

guess that means its minivan season!

 

[lurch70]

 

[dorian gray]

nice!

 

[neal]

My son's goes up to - I think - 100 pounds.

upon further thought, i wrestled at ~95 lbs in 7th grade. kinda hard to imagine a 100 lb kid young enough to be in a car seat :zombie:

 

[dorian gray]

Here's what we have. Goes up to 120

 

[dorian gray]

...thing is, we *all* should be in safety seats in our vehicle. It's just that no adult would tolerate it for one second. But for kiddies, the seat belts are what's actually the dangerous part....will cut your head right off if you're not boosted up high enough.

When I was a kid though....we just didn't use seat belts