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That is a strange typo. Why would the cargo van manual mention rear facing car seats in seats that don't exist in a cargo van. Good to know that Nissan will send a letter. What is the limo configuration for the seats? I was thinking about removing half of the rear row for strollers and Costco.

We have similar groupings and ages of kids except my boys are older than the girls and my son hasn't talked us into the dog yet. My wife has told me she at least wants backup sensors and would prefer a backup camera on a vehicle this size. Do you know of any other full size vans that have a camera or is this the only one? We have a drawer in our current minivan so I can definitely see the value there. Hadn't thought about the "changing table". That is perfect! I like the advertised 324 seating configurations but I have no idea how they get to that. I do like the headrests and seatbelts on each seat though. Do you know of any other vans with side curtain airbags? That is really strange about the rear facing seats in that row. I am very intrigued by this as that is where we had planned to put the twins in their rear facing infant carriers. We also have one other child that is still rear facing. I wonder why. I agree he mirrors are a simple DIY fix. We were already thinking that we would have to remove seats to make room for a double stroller. What configuration did you use and what stroller do you use for your twins? Remote starter is not a big deal for us in Southern California but I can see how it could be in some areas. Lastly, how did you make the bullets on this forum? Thanks.

My wife and I have 4 kids and twins on the way. We finally conceded that there is no minivan or SUV that will work well for our family as we will have two infant seats, one convertible car seat, and two booster seats. Everything but a full size van requires that the second row be able to fold forward to access the third row. That doesn't work well with car seats installed there. When it comes to full size passenger vans, it seems like the options are really the Ford Econoline/Transit, the Chevy/GMC versions, the Mercedes/Dodge Sprinter, or the Nissan NV (from what I can tell the Dodge Promaster doesn't yet have a passenger version). Given that we are very new to this class of vehicle we would greatly appreciate knowing the pros and cons of these different vehicles. So far, all we know really know is that we appreciate things like backup sensors/cameras, headrests, airbags, reliability and gas mileage (although it will likely be driven about 10k per year). We are trying to determine the differences in costs as well (cost of vehicle, maintenance, etc). Finally, we need to determine the vehicle before the twins arrive this summer. Can you please help us determine the best vehicle for our family? Thanks.