Uh yeh. I'd probably be out of sex for the next five years...or ran over by said minivan if I did that. One because I didn't consult the CFO in the purchase...but more importantly because my wife has some deep rooted, irrationally insane disdain for minivans.
She was literally in tears when I put my foot down and bought my Mazda5 which is about the most "unvanlike" mini-van you can buy.
Here's a short video of what the van looks like (I got all the features in the video):
http://www.cars.com/go/video/player...1&location=CC_2008_Chrysler_TownCountry_S.flv
Yeah, my wife wouldn't be caught dead in a minivan.
See...this Guy knows how marriage works!
BTW- just got a call from her saying that was the coolest thing I've ever done![]()
I could tell you the name of the car but it's so obscure that nobody would know what I'm talking about. My parents car was about as big as a modern police car, the Ford Crown VictoriaI don't know how old you are, but the cars I grew up with were as large, if not larger than a minivan. The trunks and hoods were tremendous, and while they had a good amount of room for a passenger car, they weren't nearly as versatile as a minivan. My vehicles are traveling hotel rooms. I miss the back seat of my full size van, and the front seat of a Cherokee gets pretty uncomfortable after awhile when you're 6'4".
Very few people truly appreciate the beauty of sliding doors until they have kids.
I would love to do this for my wife.
I could tell you the name of the car but it's so obscure that nobody would know what I'm talking about. My parents car was about as big as a modern police car, the Ford Crown Victoria
I don't have kids, but I've gone camping with friends and we could easily fit 4 fully grown adults and all of their shit into my Toyota Corolla. The only downside is that it's sloooooooow.
As a kid, I always hated how my friend's minivan had a sliding door on one side of the vehicle. If I'm sitting on the right and the person to my left wants to get out, I need to get out in order to let them out. wtf kind of bullshit is this? If we were in a car, my friend could get out his own door without bothering me. I'm guessing the person who designed those older minivans did not have kids or friends, otherwise they would realize what a horrible design that is.
I could tell you the name of the car but it's so obscure that nobody would know what I'm talking about. My parents car was about as big as a modern police car, the Ford Crown Victoria
I don't have kids, but I've gone camping with friends and we could easily fit 4 fully grown adults and all of their shit into my Toyota Corolla. The only downside is that it's sloooooooow.
How obscure could it be? Hell, I owned a 74 Dodge Monaco as a teenager.
It was a Pontiac Parisienne looks like this, with the gay little skirt on the back wheels and everything
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Would you believe that car only has about 150HP? And that was with a 5L engine. It was the slowest piece of shit in the history of the universe, but it could still tow a 17" fiberglass boat somehow. The frame is all steel.
Sounds like you got a good deal. We (the wife) has an 08 also. Ours doesn't have the 2nd row seats that spin around but they do stow and go. It's a pretty decent van and gets better mileage than our 2004 Durango w/Hemi that we traded but not as good as I was thinking.
You just can't beat the convienience of it. power sliding doors and rear hatch, stow and go, heated seats, dual dvd w/wireless headphones, remote start, etc.
There have been 2 recalls though so you might want to check on those. I can't remember the first one but we just got the latest last week. Something about the sliding door harness. If you can't find it I'l get teh letter and see if there is a recall # associated with it.
Also, Chrysler sent out a notice (but not a recall) on the front brakes. They are underpowered so they offered to pay to replace the pads/rotors, etc. We had already had ours done by this time and just sent in the receipt and they reimbursed us.
i have 3 kids. had an astro van when they were 1,1 and 3. traded that in on a suburban for the wife and i had no issue with my 76 impala. 3 kids, wife, dogs and luggage, and still had room for my sub cabinet in the trunk. hell, that sucker was great.
minivans are soul suckers.
I thought maybe you gave her this minivan??
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I'd rather get a suburban or something than a minivan.
