A Practical Baby Hauler, But Up to a Point - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Long-Term Road Test

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• meckser Member Posts: 18

  July 2015

  This also means its completely impractical for two children families.

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• jfa1177 Member Posts: 52

  July 2015

  If they are in rear facing car seats. My 06 Mazda 3 could handle 2 kids without issue; however, they were in front facing car seats by the time I got it. I'd guess it had the same or less rear seat room than the Colorado without the advantage of the elevated seating position.

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• throwback Member Posts: 445

  July 2015

  The higher ground clearance is one of the reasons SUVs are popular eith families. Much easier to get a kid in and out

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• cjasis Member Posts: 274

  July 2015

  1. Congrat's on the little one. Kids change everything, for the better!
  2. Go Angels!

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• hoseclamp Member Posts: 13

  July 2015

  Get Dan to approve a roll-up style tonneau cover on the bed for easy storage of the gear in the bed (e.g. stroller) when it's raining, but easy to move out of the way by 1-person when the bed is truly needed to haul bigger stuff.

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• sdpadsfan Member Posts: 14

  July 2015

  hoseclamp said:

  Get Dan to approve a roll-up style tonneau cover on the bed for easy storage of the gear in the bed (e.g. stroller) when it's raining, but easy to move out of the way by 1-person when the bed is truly needed to haul bigger stuff.

  We added a roll-up tonneau to my wife's '06 Tacoma when our first daughter was born. It made all the difference in the world. In fact, the Tacoma became a better family vehicle than the '04 Jetta I was driving at the time.
  
  

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• justin5779 Member Posts: 1

  August 2015

  meckser said:

  This also means its completely impractical for two children families.

  I was worried this would be true, but turned out not to be the case for our family (me, wife, 3 year old and 3 week old). My main concern was that the infant seat wouldn't fit or would require the front-passenger seat to be adjusted all the way forward making it impossible/uncomfortable to use.
  
  However, after installing the front facing car seat and the infant seat (rear facing), it turns out it's not a problem at all. In fact, my wife has plenty of space (she's about 5'4"). Perhaps it'll be an issue when our 3 week old transitions to a rear facing convertible when she gets older. But if that's the case we'll only be impacted for about a year or so.
  
  So far, so good though.

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