https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:08:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602576 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:35:07 +0000 meredithNYC 1602576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: @Freckles: I totally agree that it's not a hipster car! I think there is a large prevalence of them in places like Brooklyn - but honestly, more in the family-friendly neighborhoods than the younger, more hipster-y ones. I think my husband keeps using that argument just to annoy me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602562 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:33:00 +0000 Freckles 1602562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Damnit, i have a Subaru Impreza...i'm pretty sure i'm not a hipster. :silly: The gas mileage isn't that great, but it's AWD and handles great in snow/ice...very important considering where i live is winter 6-7 months out of the year. </p> <p>Our wagon is small but i really like it. I love Volvos, but they're pricey! If you get one with AWD, it's not going to be as fuel efficient as a Prius. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602539 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:29:07 +0000 snowjewelz 1602539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Subaru can't be THAT hipster if my dad's a loyal hardcore fan hahaha :grin: Since I refuse to call my dad a hipster :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602419 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:05:06 +0000 BoogieBea 1602419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a vw passat wagon and we love it. With snow tires, it handles really well in the snow. It has good trunk space and overall pretty roomy interior. It's is a 2003 make so the gas mileage is not very good. One of the reasons why we're looking to switch. We're also looking for something with optional third row seating so that we don't have to take 2 cars when we have visitors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602406 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:02:23 +0000 meredithNYC 1602406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, how cool is the built-in booster seat? I wonder if that's still a thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602400 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:01:31 +0000 meredithNYC 1602400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: Oh man, I want one so badly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602398 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:00:28 +0000 Bookish 1602398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: I know!!!! I just texted my husband all excited. I was soo sad when they stopped selling it! :heart: :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602395 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:59:52 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1602395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh...and our Subaru handled like a dream on hills in the ice and snow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602393 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:59:44 +0000 Dandelion 1602393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: what? Yay!! I was sad when they discontinued it. So glad it's returning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602390 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:59:18 +0000 jape14 1602390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a Volvo wagon (XC70) and I love it! It doesn't get the best gas mileage in the world, but I'm biased because my previous car was a Honda Civic. I think it gets about 23 mpg? I have the AWD version. </p> <p>We also looked at the Jetta wagon, but the Volvo has more space and is legit my dream car. I am so happy with it and I think it'll be great with kids (pregnant with my first right now). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602387 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:58:44 +0000 Dandelion 1602387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I had a built in booster, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602366 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:55:51 +0000 Bookish 1602366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Umm I LOVED my Volvo wagon! It was my first car, a 98' and it was fabulous. Moonroof, leather seats, tape deck. I thought I was the shiz. </p> <p>I desperately want another one! I'm sure I'm not the only one that's bummed they aren't sold in the US anymore! :crying:</p> <p>ETA OMG WAIT. DID YALL SEE THIS? </p> <p><a href="http://www.thewagonisback.com/#home/wagon-adventures" rel="nofollow">http://www.thewagonisback.com/#home/wagon-adventures</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602365 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:55:41 +0000 mrs. bird 1602365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: mine first was rear wheel i think, but the last one was front wheel, it was awful. i used to have to park elsewhere &amp; have my mom drive me home because it couldn't make it up the hill where i lived, i tried snow tires, all weather, nothing helped </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602362 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:55:24 +0000 meredithNYC 1602362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Oh yeah, we used to live in Prospect Heights and it was like the official car of the area :)</p> <p>@mrs. bird: Yep, we're in the Northeast, so looks like AWD is a must. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602357 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:54:02 +0000 mfa_lady 1602357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure about the gas mileage, but my ILs have a newer Volvo wagon and that thing is AWESOME. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602354 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:53:35 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1602354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subarus are great! (design, handling, AWD, fuel economy...need I say more?). Not sure about multiple carseats...but the backseat is very comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602353 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:53:23 +0000 mrs. bird 1602353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: subaru station wagons are very small IMO. i wanted to love them, but was so cramped &amp; i couldn't put three carseats across if i needed to, but i could in my volvo. i also had handy built in booster seat in my volvo :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602352 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:53:19 +0000 Dandelion 1602352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: mine was great in snow. I think it had front wheel drivs, which helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602348 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:52:11 +0000 Dandelion 1602348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: it was a 94...no diesel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602342 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:51:10 +0000 Greentea 1602342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved my volvo. I mean loooove. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602339 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:50:55 +0000 mrs. bird 1602339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had a volvo wagon!!! actually, i've had two, one was my first car a million years ago and the other was the car prior to my current car, i had a volvo sedan too, i really love volvos! my last one got 22mpg (sadly, i'm jealous of this number now that i get 14 in my pacifica), lots of driving around town but some highway driving. repairs are pricey compared to some other makes, but they're tanks and i never had any crazy issues. they also use surprisingly large tires which make for a comfy ride, but pricey to replace. my wagon SUCKED in the snow, like i would have been better off in a carolla, so if you're somewhere with any significant amount of snow, go with the AWD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602331 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:50:14 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1602331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: haha there are a lot of subarus in my neighborhood!</p> <p>volkswagon also makes a stationwagon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602329 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:50:02 +0000 meredithNYC 1602329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Oh, wow - the Focus does get good milage. As for your Volvo, was it an older one? I might be wrong, but I seem to remember the old-school version using diesel? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602318 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:48:20 +0000 meredithNYC 1602318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Glad I'm not alone!</p> <p>As for the Subaru, I'm into it. However, one time my husband read an article in the Times "Sunday Styles" section about hipsters moving to suburbia and it referenced Subarus. So now he's all like, "We can't have one of those, it's a hipster car!" Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602311 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:46:41 +0000 Dandelion 1602311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a volvo...it was pretty good on gas. We now have a ford focus wagon. We just got it last weekend but so far so good. Its great on gas. We love roomy vehicles so our other one is a town and country.</p> <p>I loved my volvo. But it needed more work than it was worth at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602304 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:45:15 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1602304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that's always been my dream car!</p> <p>what about a subaru? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/station-wagons#post-1602297 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:42:57 +0000 meredithNYC 1602297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aka: my dream car (seriously!). Anyone have one? If so, what kind and how do you like it?</p> <p>I really, really want a Volvo, but my husband says they don't get very good highway gas mileage. We currently have a Prius, so that definitely kind of skews our perspective of what is good gas mileage. But still, I don't want a gas-guzzler of a car. </p>