New car - ongoing search
It’s no secret we’re looking for a more practical car. I still love my Bug, but it’s just giving too many doubts with the shape of the boot over whether or not the pram will go in it. So far the thought scores are:
Will it? 0
Won’t it? 10,657,342
So what have we ruled out so far?
Nissan Note so far “on hold” due to the lack of testing on the car seat.
Honda Jazz due to the complete red cross against the car seat.
So what’s next? Ford Fiesta. The rock solid small car that’s been around the block a few times, yet is always there. It was my mum’s second car, our first, and the Fat Lady’s first “second” car. So we went to have a look on Friday.
No ISOFIX in my
dayNo ISOFIX. What? In a market where the Fiesta is likely to be a firm choice for a second car (at this point we rapidly realised that we are become Mr & Mrs average Middle-England, and it scares me), when the child seat legislation changes in September, Ford are missing a trick. On further inspection across the range only the Focus II is compatible with the Maxi-Cosi Easyfix ISOFIX base without the need for seatbelts.
Ford need to get this fixed. The new Bug has had ISOFIX as standard since start of production, and this isn’t a first choice for growing families (well, not ours anyway).
As Henry would say, “any seat fixing as long as it’s a belt”
The dealer was pretty good and made us feel warm and fuzzy inside over Ford. Fiesta? Specced up we might as well spend a few hundred quid more (hundred, not thousand) and get a Focus.
More thought needed.
