We hope you liked our little chat with Kristen from Motherproof . So, tell us… are you a mom… or just a lowly dad who’s busily toting kids around? Join our discussion and tell what you think is important in a car, if you just so happen to be toting around your contribution to the next generation of…

Well, let me kick things off! I’m a mom with two kids, 2 and 6, and a third on the way. We need a new mom-car, but due to the present economy, we’re not too thrilled at the idea of car payments. My inlaws, who live in Portland, have offered us a 10 year old Dodge Caravan, that seems to be in good c…

You will probably get several good years out of it. But even if you only get one, that’s better than the alternative. It’s worth about $3000 if it’s in good condition. Where else are you going to find a car and owners that you know so well? You still might want to get it checked as if you were b…

I second jtsanders’ remarks. We try to pass cars down thru the family simply because we know the maintenance history and believe that a properly maintained car inside the family is superior to most used cars in the same price range.

Cup-holders. Seriously, I’m not a mom or a dad but I have much experience with both. Mini-vans are just about ideal for carting around SEVERAL kids. My wife’s family came for a visit recently and we had 6 adults and three small kids to cart around. We almost all fit in a rented Chrysler town and…

Moms generally want small sporty 2 door cars. I know my mother did, and my wife does. They settle for 4 door sedans, mini-vans, or wagons for practicality. There are some who get SUVs for paranoia reasons thinking they and their kids will be safer, but I suspect even those moms would really like …

I’m a mother of two and can’t figure out for the life of me why automakers can’t build a car that works for families and be something you actually want to be seen in. Is that too much to ask? I’m frustrated with the options out there. I refuse to drive an SUV and yet the minivan just isn’t exciting.…

Cherryl, I agree with those who say go ahead and enjoy it and see how it runs. Accept their generosity.

What I wished I had with a baby in the back seat: seat belts that didn’t require your fingernails and 360 range of motion to get buckled; cup-holders!; a built-in vacuum to scoop up all the crumbs before they fell down into the seat’s crevices, only to be found as fossils years later; a back seat th…

My wife has always been pleased with her cars. When we were first married she had a little German Ford (like a 4-door Mercury Capri). Then a tiny economical Toyota Starlet which was easy to handle and park, and ‘cute’. When the kids got to preschool age, a Volvo wagon with a rear-facing third sea…

What do Moms really want? When it comes to cars, that is

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Have you seen the new Infinty line? And the new Nissan Maxima is sweeeeeet!

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