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Offline rob_e

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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2013, 10:09:05 pm »
Quote from: mattgolfgti on February 03, 2013, 10:01:55 pm
We have got our first baby due in 8 weeks and I have got a 3 door ed 30. I know it's going to be a bit awkward but I'm keeping it as long as poss (especially as i have just gone stage 1 revo with it)! I have bought an isofix base/seat to make things a bit easier but I think it's still going to be a bit difficult getting the seat into the back!

Get some practice in now ;)
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2013, 10:10:35 pm »
5 doors would certainly help, make's getting the nephew in the back of mine easier compared to my sisters Twingo, but she cope's ok with it. 
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2013, 10:42:57 pm »
Quote from: rob_e on February 03, 2013, 09:36:53 pm
5 door definitely better, you can manage with a 3 though but it will be a PITA putting the seat in and out of the back. 

We had a 5 door mk5 when the first one came along... swapped for a vRS wagon when we had number two.

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I am so close to that myself now it's not funny. If you have a 3 dr you should view parenting as mentioned a path to 5 door + spec upgrade.
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2013, 10:55:56 pm »
Get a Jetta, perfect car for babies. Loads of room in the boot for all the paraphernalia that goes along with them. We had a Passat Estate and then a Bora when our son was a baby. Fitted everything in the boot perfectly as it should be with nothing in the interior so no chance of things flying around should the worst happen.

In fact, the perfect vehicle for kids is a 4x4, thanks to them being higher you don't have to bend down to put the kid in the seat and strap them in.
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2013, 11:07:12 pm »
Quote from: Squeeguk on February 03, 2013, 10:55:56 pm
Get a Jetta, perfect car for babies. Loads of room in the boot for all the paraphernalia that goes along with them. We had a Passat Estate and then a Bora when our son was a baby. Fitted everything in the boot perfectly as it should be with nothing in the interior so no chance of things flying around should the worst happen.
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2013, 11:18:59 pm »
Quote from: Squeeguk on February 03, 2013, 10:55:56 pm

In fact, the perfect vehicle for kids is a 4x4, thanks to them being higher you don't have to bend down to put the kid in the seat and strap them in.


....Hence 'Knighstbridge Chariots'! Also, their wealthy husbands think that their offspring and wifey are safer while in a huge 4x4.
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2013, 11:19:04 pm »
I have had my Golf for a year now and it's a 3 door. I have a 2 yr old and one leg (well 2 if u count my prosthetic) and I have no problems at all with getting my lad in and out of the car so no need to get rid of your 3 door for a 5 door :)
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2013, 11:32:35 pm »
Quote from: Sonic6103 on February 03, 2013, 11:19:04 pm
I have had my Golf for a year now and it's a 3 door. I have a 2 yr old and one leg (well 2 if u count my prosthetic) and I have no problems at all with getting my lad in and out of the car so no need to get rid of your 3 door for a 5 door :)

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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2013, 11:36:58 pm »
although the 3 door would be fine life would def be easier with a 5 door.
i have a 5dr with a 7 yr old and a 3 yr old and im imagining pouring rain with a nasty wind whilst the front seat is forward and door wide open while you are fastenning his / her seat belt and then giving them whatever attention they need before you actually get in the car yourself.
i still remember the days having this problem esp if it is a busy road with one foot outside the car and one foot in the back whilst frantically trying to get the little ones secure in their seats and giving them things like teddies etc before someone came along and took my large drivers door off along with my leg.
at least with the 5dr the door is a lot smaller and lighter.
the joys of adapting for our little ones lol
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2013, 11:43:16 pm »
If its raining I be in the back fully and close the door whilst I fasten him in his seat, I just use the back of the front seat to rest against because squatting with one legs gets harder very quickly haha

Adapt and overcome is something I go by in life! :)
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2013, 12:04:11 am »
^^^^ like your style matey!  :happy2:

I've had moredoors for years (because of the kids and their friends etc). As soon as they had both left home I went out and bought a 3dr, assuming (wrongly as it turn out) the car was for me and my convenience and not that of my passengers as a year after buying my car my daughter now has her own daughter and I now find having a 3dr a PITA.

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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2013, 02:48:29 am »
Kids = 5 door.....

One other thing to consider is imagine heaven forbid you have an accident........I guarantee you will be in the mangled wreck of your 3 door TELLING the emergency services to get your kid out the back first before they lay finger on you.

If they've got to move you to get access its a little more difficult.

For me.....Lowered Rocco on 19s + Twins = Mondeo Estate.....   :sad1:
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2013, 06:53:58 am »
I've got to admit that is a very good point Dave!
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2013, 07:26:16 am »
We've just weighed in the wifes 3 door A3 Cabriolet (as she's pregnant with our first) , for a Nissan Qashqai (that's what she wanted).  It's not a bad drive really, .........a little bit plodding, but big, safe and 5 door  :happy2:
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Re: Does baby=5 door?
« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2013, 09:47:15 am »
There is no dounbt a 5 door is easier,  although you can get by with a 3. We has the ISO ifx base and baby carrier and putting him in and out was quite easy, does start to get a bit heavy as they grow though. He is now 19 months and has the second stage seat that stays in the car and that makes life abit easier.

Having said that O/H has a 5 door which we use some of the time as well.
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