We need a new vehicle that will fit 3 booster seats comfortably, has good cargo space, enough head room for my tall husband, decent mileage and won't break the bank. We are open to used. Any recommendations would be appreciated I am tired of looking and DH wants to go look again tomorrow! PLEASE help me! :) Or if there is a vehicle that you would NOT recommend, I'd love to hear about it too.
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We just bought a Toyota Sienna and it is huge inside. There is plenty of room for each person. The front seats and the 2nd row are captain's chairs so they are super comfortable and spacious. Then there is a 3rd row for another booster seat. it seats 7. Plenty of head room too. You can get toyota Highlander with 3rd row too, Pacifica is more of a car instead of SUV or van so may have better gas mileage.
I have a high back booster and two 5 point harness convertable boosters in the back seat of my 2003 Chevy Tahoe.
As far as the type of vehicle I am and SUV girl all the way, there is no way you will get my in a car or van. I like being higher up off the road so to me it's a personal choice. I have had 2 Explorers and I think I would have been able to get three seats in the back, both had lots of cargo space plus storage on the roof with a roof rack. I currently have a 05 Land Rover LR3 and I think three would fit there to but it's horrible on gas but with no car payment it's fine for us. DH and I usually buy only used cars, we have found that we can afford a nicer car for our money than if we bought new.
As far as the endless trips to dealerships try Carmax if there is one near by. Tons of vehicles, all makes and models so it make test driving and side by side comparisons a snap. We did this and it was great but we ended up finding my LR3 at a dealer near us and got a better deal.
Hope you find what you are looking for. Oh and test fit all car seats when doing the test drive this way you know for sure that they will all fit.
we fit two regular carseats and a booster in a kia rio. my fiance is also 6' tall and has plenty of head room. i actually love our car, lol. we have a decent trunk too.
We just purchased a Toyota Sienna and it is great.
We have 3 kids in car seats/boosters and they all fit comfortably in our 2nd row of our Mazda CX-9. That leaves lots of room for cargo in the third row and behind. It gets good gas mileage and is a comfortable affordable vehicle. Best wishes.
We have a 2005 toyota highlander with 3rd row - can fit 3 boosters in the second row but it's a bit tight and buckling the middle one can be a PITA. Hubby is 6'2" and long legged and feels he has enough leg room. Cargo space is pretty good although there's not much cargo space if you flip up the third row (works for us though b/c when we have a lot of cargo we're usually just taking our family of 4 somewhere, when we have a lot of passengers it's for things like school field trips where we don't have a lot of cargo)
We have an Acura MDX, we bought it used and got a great deal. An adult can sit between the kids car seats in the middle row so I'm sure a 3rd car seat would fit. We brought them and transfered the car seats with every test drive. With the 3rd row up theres not much storage but I hardly use the 3rd row. I've had my 3 yr old, at the time, in the 3rd row and our 1 yr old in the middle row so I could transport a long box home. It worked great. Tons of standard amenities too that are great. If you only drive around town then gas mileage isn't that great at around 14, but I commute 25 miles through country and city and average 19 miles. If commuting or traveling by freeway you can average 22-23 miles.
