I'm coming out of blog retirement to say that after several months of researching and now several months of road time, I can heartily endorse the Maclaren Quest as a perfect stroller for a 16-month-old AND a Beetle!
I have no idea why everyone I spoke with, including people at Maclaren, insisted that the Quest's hood did not tilt. We finally ordered the thing, because we liked it, it felt sturdy, it was tall, and it could hold more weight than the bulkier Peg Perego Aria. Then it came...and I shoved the hood forward and now it tilts just like I had hoped it would!
I suspect the screws holding the hood in place are probably looser than they are supposed to be. But it's working for me, and I love this stroller. It's so easy to pop in and out of the Beetle's trunk, and easy to fit other things in the trunk with it.
Baby H has taken two trips to Disneyland now with the stroller, and it's fabulous...it's easy to maneuver, fits into our Prius's trunk packed with luggage, and it can recline so Baby H can take a nap in the park.
It also collapses slim enough that we can not only fit ourselves and our stuff in the car, but also onto the seat of a Disneyland parking lot tram (possibly one of the only vehicles with less roomy seating than the backseat of a Beetle!).
Watching families struggle with lugging their giant strollers onto the tram, and in one case, being forced to prioritize fitting their stroller onto the seat before their kid (!), I was really glad that having a Beetle made me get more "minimalist" in my stroller search. Having a little car can end up saving you the hassles that can come with big "stuff"...even if you might have to have a screw loose to appreciate it!
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We had the same problem... the TINY NEW BEETLE BOOT... So we were looking for the smallest possible buggy (when folded) for our 10 month baby, which would be at the same time comfortable for her....
This blog was really useful for us and so I would like to share our discovery after the endless search we made.
We tried to fit a number of buggies and finally we found this new model produced by bebeconfort. It's called "MILA" and when folded it's really small - probably one of the smallest on the market... apparently it fits even a fiat 500... so no problem for the BIG NEW BEETLE boot.
You may check it out on this link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbjyrf_bebe-confort-mila_lifestyle
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