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Good Car Size for Parents?

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by Hotdog, Mar 27, 2009.

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Mar 27, 2009 at 2:43 PM

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How long ago were you buying Volvos? Half of them now are basically Fords. Last I heard Volvo was possibly going to be sold to a Chinese carmaker.

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My Mom has a Cr-V and my Wife and I rented a RAV-4 for a week recently. I liked the CR-V better because for one, it looks better and secondly, I just feel its better built than the RAV-4. But the RAV-4 seems to a lot roomier inside. They've made them a lot bigger. They seem to be about the same size as a second gen Explorer. We had the V6 RAV-4 and the thing was FAST ( at least for us anyway) and it got decent fuel economy. I feel that unless you all are just HUGE people, the RAV-4 would be great for a family.

Course' I grew up with my Mom's small Camry and we all took trips in that thing all the way down to Florida and we survived somehow.
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My wife likes to pack, so I have a feeling that no matter what vehicle we bring, she'll want to bring a trailer.

I got to rent a V6 Rav 4 and that thing was scary how fast it was.

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My wife's cousin, husband, and son came to Ocean City in their Liberty -- it was stuffed to the max for a 1 week vacation. I'd go bigger than small to mid SUV. My wife has an 08 Santa Fe -- I think it's a pretty good size, but I guess ya never know. She doesn't like big cars / trucks either (refuses to drive the truck which is a good thing... ), but she stepped into the SF pretty well.
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I liked the Santa Fe a lot, but the Hyundai name scared off my wife. I think the Liberty might be a tad larger than the CR-V.

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I bought a Volvo when my second son was born. At the time it was the safest car on the planet. Now with wll the air bags almost anything can get a good rating for a crash test. I know some of the Volvo models still get very good marks, others not so much. Maybe a Camry or 4runner if you want Toyota, I'm not a big fan of SUV's, lots of people seem to die in crashes in those, roll overs and so on. Maybe a used Mercedes or BMW. Consumer reports and a lot of time on the internet is in order.
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Thanks. We're not actually looking to get a new car. I'm just curious if people think the CR-V would be big enough for a family of 3 on a road trip. I'm contemplating a camper shell for the Tacoma.

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That old wagon is sweet! Its actually hard to find any of those around anymore since most got sent to the crusher. If you can, they generally bring pretty good money.

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How long ago were you buying Volvos? Half of them now are basically Fords. Last I heard Volvo was possibly going to be sold to a Chinese carmaker.
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The Chineese arent gonna buy Volvo. They cant pronounce the "V". They would call it "Role Roe", then noone would buy them.

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chris4x4 said: ↑

If your looking for safety:

Or economy:

This is what My parents had

Is was a good combo
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this is what my parents were driving around in

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If you're only talking 3 people, then either the CR-V or RAV-4 should work fine because my Mom's CR-V holds four adults ( My Wife , me and my parents) without a problem, and that was on a trip. So unless your wife likes to bring everything including the kitchen sink, you should be good to go with these. What I find is that even small cars today have more room than some of the bigger cars of the past.

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