Would agree with you on the Tiguan but at least it's not something like one of these horrors that families seem to favour North America... A Dodge Caravan....That's an image of just giving up on everything right there.
French stuff is quite nice with a family, comfortable and smooth, we had a 7 seat renault savanna that cost £150 when boy was born, its longer than an espace!!
It's ridiculously comfortable, yet handles reasonably for what it is. A "GT Line" version apparently, so lots of nice tech. Like (excellent) LED lights, and auto everything except for the gearchange
That's why I bought a more door GTI all those years ago and still have it. The pram filled the boot and everything else was stuffed round it/on the back seat. A Jetta might have been better option but I like hatcbacks! We "upgraded" to a Zafira, that type of vehicle is so useful for carrying bikes etc.
Wawser Tristan! Congratulations. Life will have new meaning when that happens. You will have something to live for. Even better, if you can preserve your hobby and share it with the little one when they get older. Great news!
Maybe I am reading it wrong, and it's by no means personal towards Toyotec, but just continue with doing what you do now! I've seen so many friends just stop their own lives when the baby(s) came. Off the radar for two years. No parties, no birthdays, no days out, no weekends away, nothing. Yeah sure your life changes. And no you can't do it like you did. But you can still do it. I know how it feels to be tired all the time, it definitaly is not easy. But just keep having your fun - with your child(ren)! When my son was about to be born I built the new engine in the Golf. In a few months I had it running and last year I managed to do 4 trackdays, 3 of which he came along. We went to the Nurburgring 24 hours, the whole week, in a caravan, next to track. We went to the camping with my cousins and took a road trip to Sweden in a camper. When my wife wants to go do something like a festival, we'll manage. I can't work on the car like I used to (10 hours a day in the weekend) but I can still work on it and have my fun with it. Truth be told - we didn't go to any of the oldtimer festivals as the DAF is not suited for babyseats and to be honest, traffic isn't what it was 40 years ago. But we'll get to it. I prioritized the Golf anyway. Enjoy your child, it is amazing to see them grow and learn. But never forget to live your life too!
Congrats! And yeah, you can still do non-dad things, just less of them and I quickly learned to schedule, plan and make the most of the precious time I get to do (mostly car) fun stuff. Got a 3 year old daughter and another on the way and haven't got rid of my mk2s yet! Ignore all advice from older relatives and don't worry too much. Don't forget that your wife/gf/partner will need looking after almost as much as the baby. Best of luck and enjoy the new project
Maybe a small remark or disclaimer I didn't put in yesterday, I have to admit we have a really easy child He is always chill, hardly cries, able to entertain himself like just by looking around. That's quite helpfull.
Some say I write too much. True or not, I wanted to write a short sentence of my happiness for Tristan and you articulated my actual intention with your experience very well. It is all good.
You'll never look back, my son and daughter are the best thing that's ever happened to me. As said a few years down the line he / she will no doubt be helping out with the spanners!. It can be hard at times no doubt but you get out what you put in, spend as much time with them as you can as they grow up quick!.
It goes so quickly, our little flo is 5 next month! Felt like 6 months ago she was big enough to fall asleep on my legs looking at me. Enjoy it, flo has been super well behaved so I may be a bit biased when I say it’s not as hard as everyone makes out!!
