Three row wagon
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Anonymous
| I am in the market for a new car. I have 2 kids on car seats and sometimes have family or kids' friends riding with is. Currently have a minivan and I hate it. I don't like driving something so big, it's hard for me. Don't laugh! SUV is out of the question because there is no way I will be able to parallel park it. I tried Mazda 5 and liked it but it always gets negative reviews here. Is here a wagon with third row available on the market that is similar to Mazda 5? |
Anonymous
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There was a thread on this last month. Check the archives.
I drive a BMW wagon. No third row. But I had a rental Hyundai Santa Fe last year and had no issues parking it. If you can park a minivan, you could park a Santa Fe. And they come with an optional third row. You do lose cargo space with the third row though, unless you get a big SUV like a suburban. |
Anonymous
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Found the old thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/501050.page
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Anonymous
| Tesla X ? |
Anonymous
| Honda's new version of the Pilot has captain seats Ana a third row. |
Anonymous
| I love the Mazda 5. It gets raves on the DC twins listserv |
Anonymous
LOL. good one! |
Anonymous
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Have you tried parking with any of the new technologies?
We had an acura loaner recently and was surprised at how easy it was. my main car is a minivan and at the time of purchase I looked at measurements of all cars / crossovers / minivans that had a 3 row option and the smallest was the minivan - and not all are equal. I went onto each companies' site to get the specifications. I am not sure if there is an easier way but I wanted to know how wide the car was (parking in garages in the city) as well as how long it was - once again parking in garages or being able to get out of a parking spot after someone parked behind me. As someone currently in a minivan - my next will be either the Nissan Quest or Ford Flex. |
Anonymous
| We also love the Mazda 5..so comfy for the 4 of us and fine for an occasional guest. Tons of storage when not using the back row. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for mazda 5 |
Anonymous
it looks like a mini van now, ugh. |
Anonymous
| I started the similar thread someone linked to. We're still looking, but leaning towards a Nissan Rogue with third row. It was the most fuel efficient, not-too-big, not too expensive car with a third row we could find on the market. |
Anonymous
| The Nissan Rogue looks great! Anybody own one and have thoughts on whether they would recommend it? |
Anonymous
| I drove a Nissan Rogue as a rental and really disliked it. Very choppy stiff ride. The interior was extremely utilitarian/basic, though that didn't bother me as much. |
Anonymous
| Highlander is narrow which works better in parking garages. Third row is tight but even my teens can squeeze into it. |