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Originally Posted by stovt001
Just have to drive a kid or two around? Stop fooling yourself, you don't need one.
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ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! Are you
actually telling
me I'm fooling myself??????
Have you ever tried (being 6'3") sitting in a drivers seat w/ a child seat facing the rear behind you in a 4dr sedan? Well...if you're tall like me, you can't sit w/ the seat all the way back keeping your knees off of the dash. Add another car seat on the other side. 2dr coupes won't cut this. You've already mentioned that this is not going to work....and I've tried it in my wifes old Mustang...NOPE. Waaaay too darn difficult to get the kiddoes in and out and definately not enough room...for them or us. This is a safety factor as well...knees on the dash are a no go in my driving book.
Safety. I know...I read your last post. The bigger the better, right? Nope...not in my case. If I wanted huge SUV, I would have gotten us into a Tahoe or a Suburban. Instead, we took the midsize SUV...w/ side curtain airbags to save us in a side impact. Yes, we are higher off the ground too. This does have a factor in it as well.
Room. Well, this kinda goes back to my first point. But, can your Cobalt hold the two kiddoes in the back, a two seater stroller (yes,it's big), diaper bags, and groceries for four?...I'm talking going to SAMS groceries...flats of sodas, X3 milk containers, X2 large applejuice containers, X2 grape juice containers, one large box of size 3 diapers, one large box of size 5 pull up diapers, one large box of wipes, (we haven't gotten to the food part yet) ...basically everything in bulk...meaning this stuff takes up the entire back of our SUV. ...no I'm not taking 2 or 3 trips in my sedan to get all of our groceries. That is rediculous and a waste of time...time that I do not have to spare. I'm sure you wouldn't like that either.
Does your Cobalt have a roof rack to carry luggage as well? Mine does. So when we go to the coast on our roadtrip, we have that extra room up top to tie down luggage, fishing poles, ice chests, etc, if need be. Can't do that on a regluar old roof...unless you don't care about your paint...or losing your stuff on the highway along the way.
I know where you are coming from when you say there's a lot of people who don't need an SUV. True. There are a lot who buy it simply for the status. But, to say 99% don't need it is a
stretch. If it was a status thing for me, I would have gotten into a Suburban. Midsize SUV's are still SUV's. We own an SUV and we
NEED one.