https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 20:38:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050622 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:17:25 +0000 MrsTal 1050622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We want a new Mazda cx-5 but will probably end up buying a used SUV since we can't justify the price of a brand new car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050585 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:59:34 +0000 mrs. bird 1050585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We each buy what we want (within reason!). As long as it's safe and could fit a carseat, I don't care what he buys. I think I'll have my Pacifica for a few more years, depending on where we're at kid wise- i'll either get another SUV or a minivan. I want to hate them, but the sliding doors in the carpool drop off lane would rock my world! Hahaha. He doesn't car at all what I buy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050562 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:48:45 +0000 yin 1050562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want a station wagon version of my current car, and DH wants a SUV like the Acura RDX. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050544 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:42:35 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1050544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: girl, I feel for you. My husband is car shopping for his new car. It won't be a family car, but it will need to be able to hold two car seats (so it eliminates a two door, and that's it). He's changed his mind so many times I've lost track, and now he's negotiating prices on a model he swore he didn't want.</p> <p>Mind. Blown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050518 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:24:39 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1050518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an SUV (Volvo) but we differ on what to get next. I wouldn't mind the minivan for space and good gas but he'd rather get a big SUV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050501 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:13:45 +0000 MrsH 1050501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just got new so we are on the same page that we won't be getting new for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050492 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:06:30 +0000 Smurfette 1050492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! He wants a 4 door Jeep Wrangler and I want an SUV. We will probably compromise on a Jeep Cherokee </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050465 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:57:18 +0000 Penny Lane 1050465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the next car will be my car, and I want an SUV. I'm pretty sure DH agrees with me, but he still likes to push my buttons and send me links to minivans because he knows I refuse to be a minivan driver! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050232 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:34:00 +0000 HLK208 1050232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weren't for a long time. He wanted a truck to do fun family things with (camping, towing a boat, towing a camper, etc.). I really wanted a mom car (an SUV) that had a third row seat + room for strollers.</p> <p>We ended up having his truck for a year and trading it in for an SUV after he realized we aren't towing a ton with two very young children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050219 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:28:29 +0000 LazyLightning 1050219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I suppose with just having the 1 baby almost any car can be a 'family car' so we have that going for us!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050217 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:27:27 +0000 autumnlove 1050217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: I wish we could do the same! We have different schedules so we both use the car with good gas mileage when we work and the other person gets the "family" car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050201 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:22:29 +0000 LazyLightning 1050201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep each of us gets whatever car we want. Bingo, problem solved. I figure if I'm driving it, I pick it, and vice-versa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050093 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:32:00 +0000 yellowbird 1050093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: We are because the next family car is my pick! We both want an SUV though. We aren't sure what kind. It will be a while before we pull the trigger finance wise, but we really need one NOW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1050090 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:30:22 +0000 autumnlove 1050090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: :-) Our friends were mini van haters but they got an Odyssey before their 3rd LO was born and they love it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049856 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:05:15 +0000 Ginger333 1049856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to DH we're looking at trading my SUV for a minivan ... I refuse to make the switch until it becomes necessary (meaning my SUV dies or I get knocked up with #4).<br /> I am indifferent to new cars - the ones we have work just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049849 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:02:53 +0000 StbHisMrs 1049849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: i just saw a commercial for the new Odyssey and it has a built in vacuum!! That'd be my selling point ;)</p> <p>We are kind of, but still disagree on a few things. I want to sell my Explorer (paid off) and buy a used Infiniti QX56. He agrees with the Infiniti but he wants to trade the Explorer in, I don't.</p> <p>Then I want to sell our diesel Excursion (still paying on) and get a King Cab Chevy Duramax so that he can have a truck and we can get a camper. He's on the fence about selling the Excursion. I finaly confessed that I can't stand driving it because it's so freaking hard to park!</p> <p>Plus he still gets to keep his Jeep and old Ford, he's a vehicle hoarder ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049826 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:54:54 +0000 Freckles 1049826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we want an SUV, hopefully a Highlander. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049808 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:45:19 +0000 Bookish 1049808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no! We both want him to get a Tacoma next, but I want it a lot sooner than he does! Right now he has a Ranger that has all of two seats.... Not exactly practical for our family. He wants to drive it til the wheels fall off...we'll see about that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049787 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:39:17 +0000 LuLu Mom 1049787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just got me a SUV last year so we are on the same page on waiting for a long time. He just bought a commuter car, but says he wants another truck....I'm not on board with this! So hopefully we can put this off. I don't think he needs a truck, if anythign we get a nice car for him to drive (he commutes) and if he needs AWD then he takes my SUV and I take the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049776 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:37:38 +0000 anonysquire 1049776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I want him to get a SUV and he wants a sports car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049744 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:31:31 +0000 T-Mom 1049744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Tell your DH he will get over the fact that it's a mini van once he operates the sliding doors, haha. Says the proud owner of an Odyssey :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049723 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:25:04 +0000 LovelyPlum 1049723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both know we want a small hatchback with decent trunk space/place for the dog when there are two car seats. Right now, the current preference is a Mazda 3, though we're open to other ideas! Has to be good in the snow, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049715 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:23:39 +0000 chopsuey 1049715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you guys are having 3, mini van is the way to go! </p> <p>We're gonna get an SUV in a few years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049711 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:22:35 +0000 PurplePumps 1049711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both never wanted a mini van so we were easily on the same page for a small SUV. We got the CRV recently. We just got a sedan too for better gas mileage so we're set for cars for at least a decade I hope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049705 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:20:50 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1049705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are on the same page in that we are both unsure!!</p> <p>We drive a lot back to our home town with the dogs, and our big dog takes up the whole back seat.. aka no room for baby! We are thinking something with a 3rd row, but are torn between giving up my car (its paid off) or getting rid of DHs truck.</p> <p>I want to keep the truck and get a new SUV. We both agree with no van ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049696 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:18:54 +0000 BSB 1049696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a LO yet but DH wants to keep his Impala SS and buy a truck for his next car. I really would prefer to use his Impala as a trade in. We'll see if we can afford to buy a house, child care expenses and afford 3 cars. I doubt it but I can allow him dream about keeping his Impala in the future for now. After we buy a house and have some kids, I hope his priorities change.</p> <p>I have a new CRV so I should be good for a while. Unless we have triplets or 3 kids in the next couple years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049687 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:16:08 +0000 NCSUchick27 1049687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both want a Subaru Forester, but it will be a while before we buy one. We are trying to wait until one of our current cars die before we buy a new one.</p> <p>We don't have any kids yet, but our next purchase will definitely be a family car. We will be TTC in a little over a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049654 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:07:24 +0000 heffalump 1049654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We recently got an Odyssey and love it. We were both in full agreement. I'm pretty sure our next will also be an Odyssey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049647 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:05:17 +0000 prettylizy 1049647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is a total car flopper and changes his mind pretty much weekly on what our next car will be, and that is 2(!) years from now. Some days, he's getting a big truck. Some days its a van, some days he's getting a luxury sedan and my Rogue will remain the family car (which I'm sure it easily could). Sigh. I just let him stew on it forever and eventually he'll make a sales pitch that I'll fall for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-and-your-so-on-the-same-page-about-the-next-family-car#post-1049623 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:00:31 +0000 KT326 1049623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought my car in 2009 with the mindset that it would be our family car. It's a Mazda CX-7 and we both like it. I just wish the gas mileage was better. I kind of want a Prius V. </p>