What car with 2nd row bench do you park on DC streets?

[Anonymous]

Live in NW DC and park on street. I am usually home by 5 which makes parking much easier. I currently have a Rav4 and am considering a Highlander b/c I have two kids in car seats and just need another spot for a human in the back when my mom and others come to down. My biggest concern is street parking.

If you have a 2nd row in the back and park on the streets of DC, what do you have?

[Anonymous]

No idea why you need a 2nd row to occasionally carry a third person around in the back.

Our mid-size car was more than big enough for this on the half dozen times a year we needed to haul a third person in the back and we have never had any trouble parking our car on a DC Street.

We are killing our planet because we've become a bunch of snowflakes who need to get a gas guzzling space hogging SUV or Minivan so our Mom doesn't have to on occasion squeeze into the back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No idea why you need a 2nd row to occasionally carry a third person around in the back.

Our mid-size car was more than big enough for this on the half dozen times a year we needed to haul a third person in the back and we have never had any trouble parking our car on a DC Street.

We are killing our planet because we've become a bunch of snowflakes who need to get a gas guzzling space hogging SUV or Minivan so our Mom doesn't have to on occasion squeeze into the back.

Because two infant or convertible car seats take up 2.5 spaces on a 3-seat bench...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No idea why you need a 2nd row to occasionally carry a third person around in the back.

Our mid-size car was more than big enough for this on the half dozen times a year we needed to haul a third person in the back and we have never had any trouble parking our car on a DC Street.

We are killing our planet because we've become a bunch of snowflakes who need to get a gas guzzling space hogging SUV or Minivan so our Mom doesn't have to on occasion squeeze into the back.

Because two infant or convertible car seats take up 2.5 spaces on a 3-seat bench...

This is correct. OP here. With 2 kids in a Rav4 there is no space for additional human. Kids will not be out of car seats for some time.

[Anonymous]

A Highlander is only 11" longer than a RAV4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No idea why you need a 2nd row to occasionally carry a third person around in the back.

Our mid-size car was more than big enough for this on the half dozen times a year we needed to haul a third person in the back and we have never had any trouble parking our car on a DC Street.

We are killing our planet because we've become a bunch of snowflakes who need to get a gas guzzling space hogging SUV or Minivan so our Mom doesn't have to on occasion squeeze into the back.

Because two infant or convertible car seats take up 2.5 spaces on a 3-seat bench...

This is correct. OP here. With 2 kids in a Rav4 there is no space for additional human. Kids will not be out of car seats for some time.

I don't understand this - even if you have Irish twins you'd only have two kids in an infant seat at the same time for maybe a year? An infant seat and a booster still leave plenty of room for an adult - or at least it did in our mid-size car 5 years ago.

Crazy to buy an oversize car for something you so rarely need, if at all.

But I get that most people don't give a $hit about the planet their kids are going to inherit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No idea why you need a 2nd row to occasionally carry a third person around in the back.

Our mid-size car was more than big enough for this on the half dozen times a year we needed to haul a third person in the back and we have never had any trouble parking our car on a DC Street.

We are killing our planet because we've become a bunch of snowflakes who need to get a gas guzzling space hogging SUV or Minivan so our Mom doesn't have to on occasion squeeze into the back.

Because two infant or convertible car seats take up 2.5 spaces on a 3-seat bench...

This is correct. OP here. With 2 kids in a Rav4 there is no space for additional human. Kids will not be out of car seats for some time.

I don't understand this - even if you have Irish twins you'd only have two kids in an infant seat at the same time for maybe a year? An infant seat and a booster still leave plenty of room for an adult - or at least it did in our mid-size car 5 years ago.

Crazy to buy an oversize car for something you so rarely need, if at all.

But I get that most people don't give a $hit about the planet their kids are going to inherit.

I agree, this is crazy. I have absolutely sat between two convertible seats (holding a 1 year old and a 3 year old) in a Rav4. It was tight but doable. This just seems insane to buy an entirely new car for this- an extra person can take the metro or bus or Lyft is necessary.

[Anonymous]

Would a third row be that much more emmisioon than a rav4?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would a third row be that much more emmisioon than a rav4?

Ask yourself this: "what would someone like a celebrity climate activist or politician do?"

Answer: they'd get the same thing every other climate activist celebrity or politician would ride around in - a Chevy Suburban or Cadillac Escalade. Black, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a third row be that much more emmisioon than a rav4?

Ask yourself this: "what would someone like a celebrity climate activist or politician do?"

Answer: they'd get the same thing every other climate activist celebrity or politician would ride around in - a Chevy Suburban or Cadillac Escalade. Black, of course.

While I'm not certain of this I doubt Leonardo DiCaprio posted the earlier comments.

I do know that here in the real world some of us actually practice what we preach and do everything to minimize our carbon footprints.

Driving a perfectly sufficient car instead of buying an oversized SUV or Mini-van that you might not even need is one way to practice what you preach and leave a less damaged world for your children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Highlander is only 11" longer than a RAV4.

Street parking, that extra food matters!! Trust me I park our SUV on street (we have 3 kids hence 3 rows — and we know the kid was the worst environmental choice)

Don’t get a new car, get new car seats.

https://www.diono.com/us/car-seats/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=BrandBuilding1&gclid=CjwKCAiA58fvBRAzEiwAQW-hzbV-KqRiq-tMrjrS95QxsyX-ekZym6OUWaYxV1RFkXVEeUNCywzX5xoCx4IQAvD_BwE

Unless you have Big Mama, then you sit in the back with the kids.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A Highlander is only 11" longer than a RAV4.

Street parking, that extra food matters!! Trust me I park our SUV on street (we have 3 kids hence 3 rows — and we know the kid was the worst environmental choice)

Don’t get a new car, get new car seats.

https://www.diono.com/us/car-seats/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=BrandBuilding1&gclid=CjwKCAiA58fvBRAzEiwAQW-hzbV-KqRiq-tMrjrS95QxsyX-ekZym6OUWaYxV1RFkXVEeUNCywzX5xoCx4IQAvD_BwE

Unless you have Big Mama, then you sit in the back with the kids.

Most people are horrible parallel parkers. They pass by spaces in Honda Accords that I park a pick up truck in