We’re a one car household and went through something similar when the second kid was on the way. We had a ten(ish) year old car in good condition and it was fine when we had one kid. We realized it’d become impractical to haul three adults (something we do frequently since the grandparents are in the area) once we installed another car seat.
We ended up upgrading to a plugin hybrid mini van and we’re mostly happy with the decision. Almost all our driving is electric and we can comfortably haul four adults with two car seats installed.
We mostly approached it from lifestyle point of view and what we wanted out of a car. Spending the money sucked, of course, but it sets us up for the hopefully the next 10+ years.
We’re a one car household and went through something similar when the second kid was on the way. We had a ten(ish) year old car in good condition and it was fine when we had one kid. We realized it’d become impractical to haul three adults (something we do frequently since the grandparents are in the area) once we installed another car seat.
We ended up upgrading to a plugin hybrid mini van and we’re mostly happy with the decision. Almost all our driving is electric and we can comfortably haul four adults with two car seats installed.
We mostly approached it from lifestyle point of view and what we wanted out of a car. Spending the money sucked, of course, but it sets us up for the hopefully the next 10+ years.