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I've been putting this off for as long as possible, but I finally had to bite the bullet and buy a practical family car. We had even bought a baby car seat without owning a car to put it in. Here is our journey, along with some Website links I found useful.
By Dad
I was quite happy with my Range Rover, and last Summer we drove through France and Spain in Clare's open top MX5. Even though it's really a girls car the MX5 was great fun in the Summer, and the Range Rover was great in the winter. Unfortunately neither were practical family cars, and at some point they both had to go.
The Range Rover was first to go, I was getting between 10 and 12 miles per gallon which is fine when you just use it to take the dogs out, or a quick trip to the DIY store. When you use it as your main car things can get very expensive, I could see the needle moving on the fuel gauge as I idled at traffic lights. On one long trip I considered sabotaging the engine and calling the AA to tow us home just to save on petrol.
We made do with the MX5 for a while and put off buying a family car until the baby was born. We didn't want to tempt fate and prepare for a baby we may never have. Legally you need a car seat to take the baby home from Hospital, when we went to buy one they asked us what kind of car we had. When we told them we didn't have a car, they looked at us like we were crazy.
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