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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry it is a bit long.

We have a nice compact car and we live in a residential area in DC, my DH bikes to work and I take the metro. Our car is parked most days on the driveway getting no use. Our twins toddlers will start preschool in September 1.5 miles away. Next year they will be attending the neighborhood school which is literally one block away (no driving). The small car works fine for now and we rent a van when we do road trip or need more space.

Now, we are expecting a third kid this summer and we are also getting an Au pair. The Aupair, myself or my husband will be doing drop off/pick up which is (mostly) the only use of the car will get during the weekday. Our current car could tightly fit 3 carseats and we don't want to get rid of it. Problem is we can't fit 6 people in this car and it is already getting a bit tight for the 4 of us. My options:

1) Buy a new bigger car, the car we are interested in is a new model and there are no older model, it will cost about 36K new, this seems like a lot of money to spend on a car that will be parked in the driveway 80% of the time...and we will now have 2 cars parked in the driveway (more cars to maintain, insurance to pay)! We are very reluctant to do this.
 2) Get a one year lease for the time being and reassert later: I always thought car leases were a scam, not sure if this is a good idea since we might end up needing a bigger car anyway
 3) Continue using our small car,  if the whole family need to get somewhere, I will drive with the Au pair and the kids, DH can join us with Uber (we can also use cartogo, zipcar, etc). 
 4) My least favorite option, buy a used car for a model we don't really care for, although I still find decent used cars quite expensive (and still 2 cars to maintain).

Is there any other options? WWYD?
Other facts: We both hate driving which is why we bought a house in the city, we could afford a new car but that is not our priority (especially if it is not getting used much). We won't really need to be all 6 in the car unless we are traveling or going to a party/event.

Any suggestion is welcome! Thanks.[/quote]

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