What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Jun 15th 2005, 7:45 pm
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What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
What are people with minimum of 2+ kids driving around in and why?Lynn
Jun 15th 2005, 7:48 pm
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Originally Posted by lynnbrooks
What are people with minimum of 2+ kids driving around in and why?Lynn
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Jun 15th 2005, 8:08 pm
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
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What are people with minimum of 2+ kids driving around in and why?Lynn
Jun 15th 2005, 8:54 pm
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
We're not in Oz yet but are planning on having a car a similar size to a Mondeo, gonna have a manuel cos hubby doesn't like automatics, I've never drove one so can't compare.
Really like the Mitsubishi Magna V8 executive sport, so depending on getting a second hand one at a reasonable price, that's what we're looking at getting. We keep having a look at Ebay for other options.
We alos only have one child at the moment but when settled we'll be trying for another....then another.
Marie
Really like the Mitsubishi Magna V8 executive sport, so depending on getting a second hand one at a reasonable price, that's what we're looking at getting. We keep having a look at Ebay for other options.
We alos only have one child at the moment but when settled we'll be trying for another....then another.
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Jun 16th 2005, 2:16 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Mitsubishi Magna Wagon......why? because i can fit the 3 kids in no probelm and have loads of space on the back for all the stuff we have to cart about everywhere, including the hound.
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Jun 16th 2005, 2:26 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Yup, beaten up Holdens covers it for us too! Old jackeroo - that's all we can afford with kids too!
Jun 16th 2005, 3:22 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
We also have a Mitsubishi Magna Wagon.
We have found it very handy, especially when we first arrived and were buying bits and pieces of furniture etc.
With the back seats down you can fit in wide screen T.V.'s, carpets etc. and don't have to fork out for the delivery charges that the shops over here charge.
It has also been handy for throwing all our bits in when we have gone down to the beach for the day.
Julie.
We have found it very handy, especially when we first arrived and were buying bits and pieces of furniture etc.
With the back seats down you can fit in wide screen T.V.'s, carpets etc. and don't have to fork out for the delivery charges that the shops over here charge.
It has also been handy for throwing all our bits in when we have gone down to the beach for the day.
Julie.
Jun 16th 2005, 3:43 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Originally Posted by Grayling
A 1995 beat up Holden Commodore...'cos with 2+ kids that's all they can afford
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Not a Holden , but a Ford Falcon,1994.
Jun 16th 2005, 4:13 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Third vote for a Mitsubishi Magna Wagon here, heaps of room, always useful having a wagon. Our other car (the main one) is a Nissan Pathfinder 4x4.
Jun 16th 2005, 4:47 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Mitsubishi Magna Wagon - with an extra 3 seats in the wagon bit - making an 8 seater!!
Jun 16th 2005, 5:00 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
I was intersted to read this thread as we are expecting a baby in a few weeks time and are hoping to be blessed with more children after this. When we moved here we looked for a second hand car that we thought would fit a car seat, and buggy in the boot, plus room for other people, ie visiting parents, and shopping. We got a Ford Lazer. It will be interesting to see whether it is big enough for all our requirements. If I were not pregnant we would have got something like a Holden Barina.
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Jun 16th 2005, 5:11 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Ford Territory - for the extra row of seats in the back and the 4WD.
We can fit 7 people in which is handy as we've got 2 kids and we'll be able to fit them plus friends/parents/relatives in when necessary.
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We can fit 7 people in which is handy as we've got 2 kids and we'll be able to fit them plus friends/parents/relatives in when necessary.
Cheers
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Jun 16th 2005, 5:37 am
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
Originally Posted by Tass
Not a Holden , but a Ford Falcon,1994.
Jun 16th 2005, 12:17 pm
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
What's the running costs and insurance costs like for the mitsubishi magna wagon and is it a 4x4 truck or people carrier?
As you can imagine,in the uk most things seem to be called different names but likely to be the same model.Wondered if the wagon is the 'shogun' we have in the uk?
Lynn
As you can imagine,in the uk most things seem to be called different names but likely to be the same model.Wondered if the wagon is the 'shogun' we have in the uk?
Lynn
Jun 16th 2005, 12:25 pm
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Re: What are people with 2+ kids driving around in OZ and why?
people carriers/movers are what i'm leaning towards or 7-seater 4x4 but the cost steadily goes up with these, any comments?
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