Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:34:50 GMT From: "X" <xnopsamm> Subject: Re: 2002/1 9-3 versus loaner 2000 9-5
Ours is the 5-door . Before you buy, I'd suggest tyring out your car seat and see what you think. One other consideration, our stroller also barely fits in the hatchback - we've started taking our to showrooms to try out the trunks of our future cars :-) Xorg "jim andrews" <jimandrewsnopsamintexas.com> wrote in message news:MPG.174ebc1d2f699a3098978enopsam-server... > In article <KW6F8.11031$tg.348038nopsam2.east.cox.net>, xnopsamm says... > > My two cents, based on what I've read... > > > > I like the 2001/2 9-3 a LOT. All of the bugs have been worked out, and its > > THE most comfortable driver's car I've driven priced under $40,000 - really, > > its that good. The ride dynamics are perfect. I would pick it over the > > 1999 9-5. > > > > Now the bad news. > > > > You have a youngster on the way. The 9-3 is not a kid-friendly car at all > > because the backseat room doesn't exist. We had trouble simply finding a > > decent car seat that would fit back there, and getting the child in and out > > is a chore because of the car design. The seat doesn't sit right in the > > middle, and if you put it to a side, you have to puch the front seats up a > > LOT. > > Well, we're short, so maybe this isn't much of an issue. > > > > Trying to change a child in the back seat in an emergency or on a roadside > > is next to impossible once they get to a year old (my wife has resorted to > > do it in the hatchback!) As past one year when you flip the seat around, > > your children will be constantly kicking the back of your front seat. > > Just to clarify -- are all of these concerns as true for > the 5-door hatchback 9-3 as the older 3-door hatchbacks? > > jim andrews
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