What would you do if you were me?
03-25-2004, 05:06 AM
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Originally posted by Kelk
Keep the S, but it may mean ditching the family.
Keep the S, but it may mean ditching the family.
I was hoping to get something in a similar price range to the S2000. I can't get rid of the Corsa (its the wifes). I would prefer a softop but not absolutely necessary. I really can't make my mind up about the RX8, one minute I think it looks great the next I hate it but its the one car I keep coming back to
Why oh why oh why didn't Nissan give the 350Z back seats?
03-25-2004, 05:11 AM
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Originally posted by Dogmatic
Why oh why oh why didn't Nissan give the 350Z back seats?
Why oh why oh why didn't Nissan give the 350Z back seats?
03-25-2004, 05:52 AM
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I have an 8 yrs old and a 4 yr old.
Painful as it may be, for all the right reasons they take priority.
We have a people wagon in addition to the S, but kids do grow up. Depending on your usage you can get away with it.
Lose the Corsa and buy a bigger automatic (Zafira / Picasso / Galaxy). They are great for the kids as they can see out and these cars are made for it. There are loads of them about and if money is tight...get an old Volvo estate
As baby gets older, it will love the S...Mine both do !
Justification for wife discussion needs to revolve around amount of money you would lose on the S
Painful as it may be, for all the right reasons they take priority.
We have a people wagon in addition to the S, but kids do grow up. Depending on your usage you can get away with it.
Lose the Corsa and buy a bigger automatic (Zafira / Picasso / Galaxy). They are great for the kids as they can see out and these cars are made for it. There are loads of them about and if money is tight...get an old Volvo estate
As baby gets older, it will love the S...Mine both do !
Justification for wife discussion needs to revolve around amount of money you would lose on the S
03-25-2004, 07:22 AM
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Yet another S2000 owner with 2 kids - jeez it took yonks for me to persuade my wife that what we needed was a 150mph 2 seat roadster!!!
However all is not lost........we have 2 cars, the S and a Stream and we get by just fine, sometimes it takes a little juggling but in 3 years it has never presented a real problem. The complicating factor for you is the manual / auto thing...........cant you get here to learn to drive a manual 'box????
On the plus side - once your son/daughter is sensibly old enough to ride in the S they will love it - I will never forget the looks on my 2 son's faces the 1st time they travelled in the S and we hit 9000rpm!!!!!
However all is not lost........we have 2 cars, the S and a Stream and we get by just fine, sometimes it takes a little juggling but in 3 years it has never presented a real problem. The complicating factor for you is the manual / auto thing...........cant you get here to learn to drive a manual 'box????
On the plus side - once your son/daughter is sensibly old enough to ride in the S they will love it - I will never forget the looks on my 2 son's faces the 1st time they travelled in the S and we hit 9000rpm!!!!!
03-25-2004, 08:51 AM
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The problem seems quite simple:
you want to take the baby to X,Y,Z locations while still allowing your wife to be mobile in another vehicle at the same time, but you can't simply swap cars as she can't drive a manual car.
The solution I would go for is :
a) for your wife to take her test to allow her to drive a manual car. If the incentive of driving an S2000 won't get her motivated then nothing will.
If the automatic thing is due to disability and driving a manual is out of the question, then the options are :
b) wife isn't mobile while you're out with the baby in the Corsa, does she need to be?
c) wife takes the baby to where ever in the Corsa
d) you all go as a family and take the baby to where ever in the Corsa
don't see any reason to get rid of the S to be honest
You have to have something nice to escape the screaming, puke and stench of nappies in for a bit of
don't you?
you want to take the baby to X,Y,Z locations while still allowing your wife to be mobile in another vehicle at the same time, but you can't simply swap cars as she can't drive a manual car.
The solution I would go for is :
a) for your wife to take her test to allow her to drive a manual car. If the incentive of driving an S2000 won't get her motivated then nothing will.
If the automatic thing is due to disability and driving a manual is out of the question, then the options are :
b) wife isn't mobile while you're out with the baby in the Corsa, does she need to be?
c) wife takes the baby to where ever in the Corsa
d) you all go as a family and take the baby to where ever in the Corsa
don't see any reason to get rid of the S to be honest
You have to have something nice to escape the screaming, puke and stench of nappies in for a bit of
don't you?