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Pin Fish
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| There's one thing you never realize until after you have a baby, and that's just how small your car is. Anyone who has kids knows how much stuff they come with and God forbid you try and travel with one! We currently have a small car and a pickup truck, neither of which is ideal for a family vehicle. We would love to get something bigger but with gas prices and the economy, things are tight. I know a lot of dealerships are putting out great incentives to try and get cars sold so there may be some good deals out there. Is there a SUV out there that's not so bad on gas? Is there a car out there that's got the room of an SUV? Any suggestions?
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Sailfish
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| I bought my wife a Toyota Sienna Van and it gets incredible gas mileage for as big as it is. She gets 20 mpgs around town and 25 or so on the road. And you can almost haul a small army with it.
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White Marlin
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lobsterman (5/13/2008)
I bought my wife a Toyota Sienna Van and it gets incredible gas mileage for as big as it is. She gets 20 mpgs around town and 25 or so on the road. And you can almost haul a small army with it.Same vehicle my Dad has and they love it. They travel quite a bit and take the grandkids. My Dad has to have a refrigerator for his medicine and there is PLENTY of room.
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Sailfish
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| Jeep Grand Cherokee gets about 20 avg. and I think they're giving you gas at $2.99 a gallon for the first 12,000 of the first three years you own it. Good room in them and they ride well. I've had two, 293,000 on the first one and someone else is still driving it and I'm at 180,??? on this one and love it.
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White Marlin
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With one kid, our 2005 Altima is plenty big enough. And with two, I think it will be fine. Anymore than that and you better be looking at a minivan. It has a huge trunk. We have packed the car for a 7 day trip and not had a problem. It was stuffed full of baby stuff, but it worked just fine. Look at all the larger midsized cars with the 4 cyl engines like the Camary, Altima, etc... We get about 28-30 mpg with our 4cyl Altima.
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Snapper
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IF THIS IS THE ONLYBABY FOR A WHILE I SECOND THE 4 CYL ALTIMA, CAMRY, ACCORD. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF HAVING ANOTHER BABY IN THE NEAR FUTURE I WOULD SUGGEST A USED MINIVAN (EASY TO GET CAR SEATS IN AND OUT OF)THEY GET GOOD GAS MILEAGE AND THEY DEPRECIATE VERY FAST SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ONE WITH 10-20K MILES ON IT AND SAVE 8-10K OFF WHAT IT SOLD FOR NEW. JUST MY 2 CENTS HOPE IT HELPS
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