Whenever we went to play centers, Lauren was always drawn to the Cosy coupe cars, although her legs were not long enough to reach the floor so she could not push herself around, she always insisted on getting in and I would have to push her.

It was approaching Easter when Lauren was about 15months old and rather than opting for buying her an egg, we decided to get her one of these.

I really wanted to get Lauren the pink version, but the cheapest I could find one at the time was £49.99, I managed to get the one pictured for £35 from Argos.

We set it up ready the night before and left it in the living room, it did take about 20minutes to put together, although I only watched, there was a lot of 'chuntering and muttering' coming from my other half, as it was plastic, it was quite hard to 'snap' the parts into place. I would recommend setting it up before you little one sees it as I can imagine it would be even harder if she was there getting impatient.

When we brought Lauren down the next morning she squealed with excitement when she saw it and immediately ran towards and sat in the seat, for the next few hours we did numerous trips around the living room pushing her.

The wheels all swivel 360 degrees making it really easy to maneuver around.

There is a removable base plate so when they cant quite reach the floor, you can keep this in to ensure they do not accidentally drag their feet or catch them in the wheels. This was easily removed when Lauren was big enough to start driving herself around.

There is also an ignition switch and a petrol cap.

The only downside for me was that when I pushed Lauren around, I was bent over (and I am only about 5ft 4) and it started to hut my back a bit.

They retail at around £54.99 which I feel is very expensive, however both Tescos and Asda have been know to have them on offer at £30 - £40 on a regular basis so if you are thinking of buying, I would recommend doing some research first.

We brought this 3 years ago now, and every time its warm enough to go outside, she still plays with it in the back garden, instead of sitting in it herself, she now likes to push her 'babies' around the garden. Occasionally, she will still ask daddy to race with her in it (they start at one end of the garden and her pushes her while running) she loves this.

I came home from work early last year and when I pulled on the drive, all I could hear was 'faster daddy, faster' and really loud giggling and this is what they were doing!

Considering this is 3 years old, apart from the wear and tear on the wheels, you would not know it, nothing has broken off, faded so as you would expect from a brand such as Little Tikes, it is very well made.