Double pushchairs and small cars

[Mary Jo]

I'm thinking about what sort of pushchair we'll need when baby no 2 comes along. For a variety of reasons I am 95% sure we *will* need a double (probably a tandem). However, exactly what we get will depend on it fitting in our car boot.

We have a Citroen C3, boot is bigger than the one in our old Peugeot 206, but it's still the boot of a small car. Does anyone have an idea of what will - or definitely won't - fit?

 

[tina_h75]

I have the maclaren twin techno, its a side by side not a tandem but its light, not too wide as it fits through standard size doors and is pretty compact. I had the graco tour duo and that was huge, couldn't get it in an audi a4 even though it was supposed to fold small, also got a jane twin two and thats pretty huge as well.

 

[JMC82]

Baby Jogger Double or Out and About Nipper will probably fit

 

[_Vicky_]

try the cosatto that will fit - dont go near an urban detour lol its what we have and takes up the whole of my estate boot!

 

[hellohefalump]

Don't get a Firstwheels City Twin, it's massive.

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

Ruby's childminder has a McClaren side by side, and that looks about as compact as I've seen a double buggy. She's got a huge car though, it's practically a bus. Might be worth a look into.

 

[xLaurax]

We had a phil and teds, that went in my mums toyota yaris boot with no problem.

 

[Mary Jo]

thanks everyone. I really want something - at least to start - that accommodates a newborn lying flat/almost flat, so I was thinking about a 2nd hand P&T (we'd maybe get a lightweight side-by-side later, once baby is sitting up properly).

xLaurax, thanks epecially, I just looked up a comparison between the Yaris and the C3 and they have a very similar size boot, the C3 might be a teeny bit bigger. SO that's a big relief. Do you have to take the P&T to bits/wheels off, or anything?

Does anyone know if shops will let you try a pushchair in your car boot before you commit to buying? Not that we're planning to buy new but they don't need to know that...

 

[xLaurax]

I never had to take the wheels off it hun, also thinking about it, i also fit it on my sisters new corsa which i imagine is roughly the same size boot. I know when i looked in babies r us they let us try the pushchair in the boot, as did mamas and papas

 

[Mary Jo]

thanks! I think a trip to Mothercare World might be in order over the next few months, will ring beforehand and inform them I'd like to do some test driving.

 

[sun]

They should let you make sure it fits in your car before you buy! We have to do that with everything here as we have a "small" car (not really - but it's not an SUV that lots of families around here have!!) so tons of stuff doesn't fit. We also tested and installed our RF car seat before purchasing it - and we ended up going somewhere else that was cheaper to buy it lol. I'm also looking into this same thing! xxx