Would a Smart ForTwo, Fiat 500, or Scion IQ really not do?

The fun of the Mazda being 6 years on (mild updates to said infotainment for 2023) is that you can get a damn nice used one for a quarter of the asking price of the Acura. the BIG boon of the cx9 is that you can get it with the 2 captain chairs. That means the small 3rd row for the both of them can sit half folded to…

Those laws have changed a lot (also a 90s kid with no recollection of ever being in a car seat once like pre-K started). States are keeping kids in some kind of booster until 10+ for the height/weight/age requirements. It depends a lot on the size of the kid. Generally, have to stay rear facing until 2, then in a 5…

Theres also the matter of ingress and egress. Just having a higher loading position and bigger doors helps MASSIVELY. I'm 6' and built like a linebacker, and my wife is 5'7 and thicccc, and we drive Mazda 6s. We absolutely love them, but it's cramped in there with the baby and the accompanying paraphernalia. Now they…

well, the Honda/Toyota/Chevy it competes against are even more bleh, which is primarily why it’s such a success

tf? with three kids, he can use just one seat in the third row, so it’s probably more like 40 sq ft. So many family vacations happened in ‘combi’ mode with me in the third row of our Odyssey with suitcases piled up next to me.

He drives an Accord. It’s not like he’s giving up a mint s2000 or R34 here. His appliance is only very slightly different than any other random appliance on the road. Regret is a very big reach. 

It’s the obvious answer!

Note the LATCH positions. If the rear-facing seat is correctly positioned in the middle, its LATCH straps are crossing on top of the outer seats’ buckle receivers.
There is no magic bullet skinny booster seat that solves this problem, full stop. If he compromised on safety and buckled the rear-facing seat in with the…

I was doing some digging this morning because I was talking to some friends about this in a group chat instead of working. Outside of the most desirable cars out there (and those that are particularly in low supply because they are newer models that are ramping up) there seems to suddenly in the last couple weeks be…

Indeed. All my uncle’s are mechanics, and they swear by getting 10 year old Tahoes/Suburbans/Yukons with 100k miles, because in good hands, those are not even half-dead. 

I’ll just throw out there that Tahoe and Expedition land on every “Cars that’ll make it to 200,000 miles” list I’ve ever seen.  So if you can handle the fuel economy and price, they’re not bad places to spend time.  

Isn’t the Malibu basically the same size as the Accord?

Have a busload of kids.

All of these replies get a star. I especially love the sister wives/cult options. 

Is the back seat of a GLC any better than that of a Accord for his purposes?

Multiple wives? You’re gonna need a van.

Have more wives and kids!

Bring the wife and kids?

Look, if you can handle the sort of flogging that comes from this community for getting one of the mammoth BOF SUV’s from Ford & GM, just do it. $70k still gets you plenty of Tahoe, especially if you just find something coming off lease. I usually am on the sentiment that these are way too big for their own sake, but…