Carseat...kids...and Marriage

[luscious]

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

This is why I'm single. No compromise.

In my case....this is why I don't have kids =) My wife drives her Porsche, I got the FR-S =)

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

This is why I'm single. No compromise.

Interesting because I would consider being single is a compromise.

[troek]

http://www.securatot.co.uk/klippan-triofix

its advertised as the most compact rear facing car seat on the market, but your child has to be approximately 20lbs.

[rice_classic]

So here's the plan in the next 24 months:

For her: (Only with a Diesel!) Who knows, maybe the CX5 for her and the 310ft/tq mazda6 wagon for me!

OR the


For the Family (so they can join me at the Racetrack!):



For me:




And whatever race car I decide to put in it. FRS, S2k, CRX... whatever.

[mx5 2nr]

We've got my FRS, my '90 Miata & her '12 Mustang; and we're not doing the kid thing... but... if one happens to pop out, I'll probably lease some sort of anti-adrenaline machine until the kid is ok with squeezing into the back seats of her car and/or mine.. I ain't getting rid of my toys.. sheeeit...

[naikaidriver]

My wife would KILL me if I ever got rid of the FR-S! When I fly out on business, she drives it instead of her own car!

Besides, she knows that when the day comes that we have kids in the next year or so I am buying her a Range Rover so she's good with that. Thankfully I married a woman that is 100% anti-minivan!

Scott

[MVJ1975]

My girlfriend despises minivans as well.

I personally think they are only acceptable if you stance them out on bags with tasteful wheels and perhaps an aggressive aero kit. Otherwise the aura of uncool will ultimately turn you into a square, for which there is no cure.

You will begin to like your minivan, and begin using phrases like "grounded to the ground".

[gily25]

A member here found a way to drag the kid's bike along with you though...

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29963

My plan, Not getting married, not having kids, problem solved lol. IMO just not worth the hassle. Can date a girl for awhile if i want to, and then call it off and be single again. Will never have to worry about abandoning my car that way. Just keep drivin!!

[luuser75]

I'm still young so I probably won't get married until 10 years later. The FR-S is my daily right now since I don't need to drive anybody besides my girlfriend. If all goes well, I plan to keep it a long time so it can become my weekend car and just get an economical daily like an Accord or Camry haha. Hopefully a bulletproof plan for the future wife =X

[brillo]

I'm married with a 3 week old and we have a CX5 (bought last year), my wifes old Accord (my daily/beater) and my FRS. The FRS is tough for really little kids due to the rear facing carseat taking up so much room. Kids in front facing car seats should fit fine. I'm glad I have the Honda though as a backup and beater to drive to work, makes the FR-S that much more fun when I get in and drive it.

[BryanGT]

My wife has a new X5 to hall the kids around, but I did put a rear-facing child seat (11 month old) in the back of my BRZ for one trip and it compromised the front passenger seat and getting him in and out was like reenacting his birth.

SO baby seats and rear facing seats wouldn't be practical, but once they're old enough for front facing you could be in business.

We're getting two of these seats to take on airplanes, and they're so small that I think they would be perfect for the BRZ:
http://www.albeebaby.com/diono-radia...hadow-old.html

[ftc~brz]

newly wed here.
No plans for kids as of now but I do have 5 year old step daughter in this deal.
We did have her every other weekend now its summers b/c of logistics.
We both had scion tc's.
I traded my tc for the brz (my dd) and in no way plan on having her in my car but if I have to her car seat will fit. But we plan on switching cars depending on who needs to cart her around.
(she loves dads car anyway)
We also have a pit bull who's sire may have been Hooch from that ironic movie. The dog has eaten some of the back seat of his car (and the one I traded ;0) before we crated him while in the car.
I also shop at wholesale clubs and have no issues with other than human transport in the brz. (I'm talented with tetrais)

as long as there is one car in the household to fit all the things you need you are good to go. Since your wife had an evo it sounds like sharing the sporty car can work for you too.

[skeeler]

I'm married with one toddler. I have two Miatas. I'm currently driving the stripped-out track NA as my daily, since I only have extreme-performance summers for the NC, and the winter tires on the NA are helpful in the sleet we are still getting here in MD. The rest of the year, the NC is my DD. Either way, I drive the kid in the car. (The NC has an airbag-disabling switch, and the NA doesn't have airbags.) When the three of us have to go somewhere, we take my wife's Mazda3.

My plan in the event of a second child is to acquire an FR-S for kid-carrying duty. If needed, I'll pull the front passenger seat out to make it easier to get the second kid in the rear right seat, at least until he or she can get back there his- or herself. I hope to be able to keep both Miatas in that case.

My point is that, just because you have a child or two doesn't mean you have to give you Toyobaru. My personal opinion is that most people carry far more stuff with them than they need, even without kids. Once they have children, they tend to get even more unreasonable. The question is, how much hassel are you willig to put up with and how much are you willing to give up to have an interesting car?