997 residuals
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Guest
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I don;t think we should be talking about residuals here - but instead your decision making process! Most car seats fit in the back. why trade in??!
i have a 16mth old daughter. She is now in a recaro type seat. this fits in very easily wth plenty of room for her legs. my wife is expecting our second in 7 weeks time. a baby car seat also fits in the back too - allowing my wife to sit in the front. obviously we can;t fit the pushchair anywhere, but that's mere detail......
i have a 16mth old daughter. She is now in a recaro type seat. this fits in very easily wth plenty of room for her legs. my wife is expecting our second in 7 weeks time. a baby car seat also fits in the back too - allowing my wife to sit in the front. obviously we can;t fit the pushchair anywhere, but that's mere detail......
If your wife is only just expecting, then you have years of Porsche ownership remaining.
You might need a cheap, second, practical car for rare occasions when you are transporting cots, prams, kitchen sinks, etc - but for 90% of the time your 997 will be just fine.
By the way, congratulations
YvesD
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I echo everything said above. Mrs Yves is 2 weeks away from delivering our second child and we both have no issues concering the 911. Nr 1 ( 4 and a half yrs old ) loves Daddy's 'noisy' car !
Of course, there are other motors in the fleet, one of which being a nice people carrier !
Dont sell Dave, just spend what you will lose in depreciation ( circa £15k ) on a family runabout instead.
Sorted.
Of course, there are other motors in the fleet, one of which being a nice people carrier !
Dont sell Dave, just spend what you will lose in depreciation ( circa £15k ) on a family runabout instead.
Sorted.
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ORIGINAL: dwhatley
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Does the standard Porsche baby seat fit in the back? Does it need to rear facing for babies that are under 6 months old?
Bluffield - Ironically, I had been looking at a new black ML500..
Cheers
Dave
Whatever you do... keep the 997! ....and buy a Volvo XC90 for the Mrs. Am not that impressed with the Merc to be honest. It's my wife's car, and she likes it a lot (and it accomodates our rather large dog!), but i think we'll chg it next year. Out of interest, why the ML500, and not Cayenne ?
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Nick
My kids are grown no ranging from 27 to 22 but when they were young I had arrnged three carseats in the back of my 911SC and as they got older had one seat traddled acroos the transmission unnel with the older boys seated in the regular seats. Did this also on my 911 carrera 3.2 until the younger one was about 4.
Didnt give up the 911's and now the boys aspire to them.
As far as the cayenn I looked at it when changing my wife's Volvo T5 estate. The cayenne is great inside for passengers but with 2 huge dogs (Leonburgers) they would not fit- the rear compartment is far too small. We chose an XC90 - has loads of room for the dogs and if necessary 3rd row of seats. My wife loves it ( and the car)
Didnt give up the 911's and now the boys aspire to them.
As far as the cayenn I looked at it when changing my wife's Volvo T5 estate. The cayenne is great inside for passengers but with 2 huge dogs (Leonburgers) they would not fit- the rear compartment is far too small. We chose an XC90 - has loads of room for the dogs and if necessary 3rd row of seats. My wife loves it ( and the car)
Guest
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Interesting. We have a Bernese Mountain Dog, and when we looked at 4X4's, the salemen thought my wife was mad when she measured the height and room in the back, and turned most of the cars down on the basis the dog wouldn't fit comfortably in the back! He has a ramp to get in too, so the height of the tailgate is important too... otherwise he'd have to absail down it! We thot both the RRover and Cayn were very limited in the back. I think we'll chg the merc for an XC90 nex time.
rgds,
Nick
pvernham
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You should think about the new X5. Due out late this year I think and bigger than the current model. My dealer tells me it is as much of a dynamic leap forward as the original X5 was when it came out.
£500 deposit will secure you a place in the queue and you get that back if you don't like it.
£500 deposit will secure you a place in the queue and you get that back if you don't like it.
That's true - although much prefer BMWs to Audis.
Mind you, I'm as guilty as everyone else. We've had a number of big SUVs (currently X5d Sport). In my defence we have children, dogs, a farm and live in the depths of the Cotswolds. But, they are all rubbish to drive compared with a good hatch or estate car.
IMO 2 tonnes and 4wd is the anathema to driving pleasure.
Guest
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As i said, we need the height in the back, which no estate has compared with RRover, ML , XC90, which you would have figured out if you had read my prior post. In fact your post suggests a SALOON as an alternative... hmmm... getting a large dog, plus my family... and luggage into an RS4 saloon woud be a tricky proposition given that my name is not Paul Daniels. Oh... and there's a clue in my address... "Old Woodside Farm".
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