http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38170794
The Family B needs a new car - specifically, one with three sets of Isofix points in the back so we can put three child seats in, because we are soon to have three children. Apparently it's no longer considered OK to pop them in the boot as we used to when we were young. This poses a problem because most of the cars so equipped are ugly SUV-style behemoths which we hate. The nearest we can find to "acceptable" is the Ford S-Max, except for the minor nit that 98% of all those ever sold have been diesels. And in 2016 buying a diesel seems to be putting us ever so slightly on the wrong side of history.
Intended use: its number one role will be to sit in our allocated parking space depreciating quietly, and get wheeled out from time to time for visits to grandparents and other relatives who live in faraway places that we can't easily reach by train. Although with a babe in arms as from April, the set of places we can't easily reach by train has probably just grown drastically.
What do you reckon? I suppose there's no immediate problem here at least in that Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens at least can all be reached by train (or plane) - indeed, Paris at least really should be reached by train - but if this is indicative of a more general trend ...
The Family B needs a new car - specifically, one with three sets of Isofix points in the back so we can put three child seats in, because we are soon to have three children. Apparently it's no longer considered OK to pop them in the boot as we used to when we were young. This poses a problem because most of the cars so equipped are ugly SUV-style behemoths which we hate. The nearest we can find to "acceptable" is the Ford S-Max, except for the minor nit that 98% of all those ever sold have been diesels. And in 2016 buying a diesel seems to be putting us ever so slightly on the wrong side of history.
Intended use: its number one role will be to sit in our allocated parking space depreciating quietly, and get wheeled out from time to time for visits to grandparents and other relatives who live in faraway places that we can't easily reach by train. Although with a babe in arms as from April, the set of places we can't easily reach by train has probably just grown drastically.
What do you reckon? I suppose there's no immediate problem here at least in that Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens at least can all be reached by train (or plane) - indeed, Paris at least really should be reached by train - but if this is indicative of a more general trend ...
