A 4WD that fits three child seats in the back

movilogo

You are unlikely to get more snow this year So you can postpone the purchase till late this year [by that time you'll have child(ren) so you know how many seats you actually need.

gratefulforhelp_2

Thanks, dusty well DD1 has a full car seat that goes to age 11, so we'll use it til then, and DD2 will get the same when she's out of her current one.

Thanks, vanilla. Its very hilly here.

movilogo lol! Wouldn't get it til Sept/Oct anyway, but believe in forward planning!

jeannieblue

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

If you're prepared to go big you won't get any more reliable or capable or durable than Landcruiser Amazon (expensive but totally dependable) or Nissan patrol, with Mitsubishi Shogun a worthy contestant too.

Remember anything in this class registered after March 06 will be in the £400 VED bracket, not as that may concern you now but selling a vehicle like this at say 7 years old with quite possibly £500+ VED by then could be difficult.

Go along with that but I'd pass on the Shogun - parts are soooo dear from Mitsubishi and not that reliable.

Landcruiser any day of the week!

gratefulforhelp_2

Thanks, jeannieblue I will have a look at those.

Hintza

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Hintza have you tried them?

No but honestjohn was suggesting them in the Telegraph yesterday and he is normally a good judge of what works and what doesn't.

marlot

I've seen somewhere a bank of three car seats which are one unit, and fit across the back of a standard car. Indeed, I seem to remember that they did a unit of four seats for cars wide enough.

Like this: http://www.agency-models.co.uk/

Helpfully, I don't remember what they're called!

EDIT: here you go...
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/child-seat-for-life/222478

http://www.multimac.co.uk/home

AdrianHi

Hintza wrote: »

No but honestjohn was suggesting them in the Telegraph yesterday and he is normally a good judge of what works and what doesn't.

I've got some autosocks now, not used them myself but some others on my BMW forum have and they work very well. There are some videos on youtube showing them in action in snow that comes half way up the wheels of a car (Mondeo I think) and eslewhere a BMW 3 series towing a Vauxhall Zafira across an ice rink, the Zafira has it's brakes on!

kwaks

Subaru Impreza does me for AWD and 3 kids

gratefulforhelp_2

Thanks, guys for all those suggestions. The bank of car seats sounds like a good idea, I wonder what the safety aspect of that is?

eta marlot the multi mac doesn't fit my current car (freelander). Bother!