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To: Axxel who wrote (14858)11/13/1998 8:52:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
I will gladly drive a vehicle that gets 35 mpg. There are very few such. My old Honda Civic VX was one - fifty honestogawd mpg. I loved the low operating cost and the real light environmental footprint of this car. But I have offspring now - and I am dumbstruck at how BIG those baby seats are. The only vehicle that'll hold three of them abeam is a Suburban/Yukon. I don't think a Grand Marquis will do it, and a Taurus or Camry or Caravan sure as **** won't.

I need a vehicle which will hold two adults (6'3", avg. 210 lbs) as well as three of those baby seats. Within those constraints - there are very few vehicles period. (The Suburban sorts jumps to mind. The Lincoln Navvie will do, but for about fifteen large less I can get its downscale Expedition variant with the smaller V8 and 2WD.) Limit yourself to sedans, and I don't think there's a one (excepting the long wheelbase Benz S-class which I can't begin to afford. And the S-class positively embodies lousy mileage. On premium.)

What the NTSB calls a "five-passenger" sedan won't fit five of the Lather clan. Heck, a "six-passenger" vehicle won't do it either. We're so far past screwed it takes the smell from screwed a minute to reach us. :-(
So - within my constraints - what would you recommend I drive? Curious, not combative.
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