Hidden Costs of Twins Part I

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would start a new series in our blog called the "Hidden Costs of Twins." This is our first installment.

So we tried fitting our infant car seats in our car to no avail. Seeing how we are having two, we needed to put the seats behind the driver and passenger seats rather than one in the middle. Unfortunately, the front seats had to be pushed up to the point where it would have been uncomfortable.

The solution? New car; a bigger car actually. After careful consideration, we decided on a compact SUV (Acura RDX to be exact - picture below). Not only is the new vehicle more expensive but it gets worse gas mileage.


On top of that, we lost out on a great deal where the dealer was willing to 'lose money' on the deal (by going below invoice). Apparently they were having a really slow day and wanted to get rid of some vehicles on their lot. They were virtually begging us to make a deal. Unfortunately, I'm a processor, I needed to sleep over it. And of course, the following day when we decided to get the vehicle with the technology package (i.e., navigation system), they were really busy and were working on several deals when we got there. They were no longer willing to deal. So here is a real life lesson that sometimes, the deal is only good that day.

All that said, we are very pleased with our car and are happy that our little monkeys will have plenty of room in the back.


Now if we can only get it to fit in our garage without having to buy a new house...