I'm A Mom of 3....And I Drive A Sedan!

I still miss my VW Cabriolet that I got in college and drove for many years.  But eventually it became time to upgrade, even before I had children.  I stuck with Volkswagen and purchased a Passat.  I love it and have loved it for 10+ years.  It's roomy, comfortable, leather seats, V6, all wheel drive, you get the idea.

Well, along the way I got married and had kids.  Whoopee!  When I had my daughter, our first child, the crazy contraption that is an infant car seat fit wonderfully in the back seat of the Passat.  Perfect, bueno, thumbs up!  

2 years later I had my son.  So, it was the same infant seat now with a fairly sizable Britax Marathon toddler/child seat.  Again, both fit comfortably and perfectly in the backseat.

With a 4 and 2 year old, we had our third baby.  Amazingly, we were still able to make it work.  My daughter was on the taller side and was able to graduate to a booster seat.  So, the booster went in the middle, monster Britax on one side, infant seat on the other.  

I saw no sudden urge to upgrade to a larger car.  My husband would bring it up from time to time. "Would you ever drive a minivan?"  I would quickly answer "no" (with absolutely no offense to anyone who drives a minivan), that just wasn't for me.  My husband and I would even go to car shows and sit proudly in beautiful, huge Yukons and Suburbans.  While they were AMAZING, they just seemed so B-I-G.  It just didn't seem comfortable, not to mention the horrible gas mileage.

As you can probably guess, I love my car.  I've taken care of it and it's running great.  They are days when I am in and out of that car 10, 15, 20 times a day if it's particularly busy with errands, dance lessons, soccer practice, meeting friends.  I love that a sensible, mid-size, fairly hip car can meet mine and my family's needs.

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