When we found we were having twins we quickly discovered we were going to have to change our car. This, we found, is common to most parents of twins, even if it is just to get one with a boot big enough for the buggy.
Our old, reliable Ford Escort did not have enough proper seat belts for hubby, me, 2 babies and one child in booster seat in the back. In fact, once the babies were in, it would have been hard for any one to sit in the middle even without a booster seat.
We got rid of the car whilst I was pregnant, as I became too big to fit behind the wheel. Then, when the twins were a few weeks old hubby turned up with a new car. New to us, that is, not new to the road, one previous owner.
Now, I was expecting a lovely Picasso. We had taken one on a test drive, very nice. So I was shocked to see something which looked like my old Ford Escort, but bigger.
We have a Vauhall Vectra. The plus points are that it has an incredible tardis boot. You can just keep putting stuff in and yet there is still room for more. The back seat has 3 proper seatbelt and you can just squeeze a booster seat between the two baby seats. I also like the way the driver seat moves about - not just forward and back but up and down.
The bad points. It is probably just me but I have a terrible time with windscreen wipers. Usually I find I'm flicking them on when trying to indicate that I'm turning. In this car, though, I've no idea how and why the rear wiper is sometimes activated. Once it is swishing away back there I bash the controls in every conceivable way trying to get it to stop, because I don't know how it works. I know I've not had this problem with other cars.
I have the same problems with the indicators. I flick them on, they do the "tinty-tenty" sounds for a few seconds and then turn off again, befor I have started to turn. So I am frequently stopping, turning and going around round-abouts with no indication to other road users. It is very frustrating.
Our old, reliable Ford Escort did not have enough proper seat belts for hubby, me, 2 babies and one child in booster seat in the back. In fact, once the babies were in, it would have been hard for any one to sit in the middle even without a booster seat.
We got rid of the car whilst I was pregnant, as I became too big to fit behind the wheel. Then, when the twins were a few weeks old hubby turned up with a new car. New to us, that is, not new to the road, one previous owner.
Now, I was expecting a lovely Picasso. We had taken one on a test drive, very nice. So I was shocked to see something which looked like my old Ford Escort, but bigger.
We have a Vauhall Vectra. The plus points are that it has an incredible tardis boot. You can just keep putting stuff in and yet there is still room for more. The back seat has 3 proper seatbelt and you can just squeeze a booster seat between the two baby seats. I also like the way the driver seat moves about - not just forward and back but up and down.
The bad points. It is probably just me but I have a terrible time with windscreen wipers. Usually I find I'm flicking them on when trying to indicate that I'm turning. In this car, though, I've no idea how and why the rear wiper is sometimes activated. Once it is swishing away back there I bash the controls in every conceivable way trying to get it to stop, because I don't know how it works. I know I've not had this problem with other cars.
I have the same problems with the indicators. I flick them on, they do the "tinty-tenty" sounds for a few seconds and then turn off again, befor I have started to turn. So I am frequently stopping, turning and going around round-abouts with no indication to other road users. It is very frustrating.
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