https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:39:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156185 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:29:05 +0000 swurlygurl 1156185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Hah - yeah, goes to show how often I get out of the house, 700 miles seem like SO much! ;)</p> <p>@Shutterbug: Oh man, that would be a tough choice! Glad the roominess was the right call.</p> <p>Yay - I wanted to take my car! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156116 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:13:51 +0000 Bao 1156116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: well that's not too terribly bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156080 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:00:26 +0000 artsyfartsy 1156080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm. I would say the newer car. Comfort outweighs the extra 5-6 mpg.<br /> We have a '10 dodge charger and a '09 dodge ram. (Yes they match. They are even the same color.) My charger is super roomy and big and gets pretty good gas mileage, whereas DHs truck gets terrible gas mileage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156078 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:59:39 +0000 keiki_mama 1156078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Newer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156073 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:57:54 +0000 Alivoo01 1156073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Newer bc you can't give up comfort on road trips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156035 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:46:05 +0000 yin 1156035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vote for the more reliable car, which it assume would be the new one. :) Plus don't worry so much about miles. Cars are meant to be driven. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156029 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:43:05 +0000 swurlygurl 1156029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Probably 700 total.</p> <p>I was hoping people agreed that it made sense to take my car. The IL's always rent a car for such roadtrips - Whaaat? I don't have that much extra money... haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156024 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:41:34 +0000 Shutterbug 1156024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had this dilemma for our road trip (10 hours each way) and we were debating between my newer SUV that gets 25mpg but has very low miles and also has a navigation system or DH's Prius that gets 50mpg but has 4x the miles on it already and is smaller. We went with my car and I'm glad we did because it was more comfortable and we actually got better mileage that I was expecting because it was all highway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1156005 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:34:07 +0000 Bao 1156005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: I know what you mean about the miles thing. DH has a newer car but has a long commute so he puts so many miles on it, and I hate it. However, mine is older and already has a lot of miles and we can't afford two care payments so his is for work and mine is for everything else. I think you will be more cozy in a newer vehicle, with four doors. How many miles would you be putting on it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1155999 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:32:27 +0000 swedishfish 1155999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yours. I'd rather be comfy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1155997 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:32:00 +0000 swurlygurl 1155997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: @shinymama: That's the way I was leaning (my car is an SUV), but I feel like the responsible thing is to put major miles on the older car? Not that we want that car to die any quicker... haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1155986 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:28:44 +0000 shinymama 1155986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always take my car (SUV) because it's roomier than DHs car (sporty sedan), and we also prefer the car seat in mine too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1155983 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:27:49 +0000 Bao 1155983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say your newer car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roadtrip-which-car#post-1155961 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:21:37 +0000 swurlygurl 1155961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate having to choose which car to take on road trips! It used to be easy because I had a baby truck with no AC so we always took DH's car. Now I have a nice new car, but we can't figure which car to take. It's a 5-6 hour car ride each way. </p> <p>Take mine and put miles on the new car but be cozy and have lots of trunk space/back seat space (might have to tote around 2 other people once we get there). </p> <p>Or, take DH's older car, has 5-6 mpg better, but smaller trunk (doable, just cramped), and is a 2-door car so we'd either have to cram the other two in the back, or deal with putting our car seat in their car. ETA: It's a very roomy backseat! Bigger than most 4-door newer cars</p> <p>How do you choose? </p>