The Family Car

[HeartStrings]

what type of car do you drive.. today we made the plunge and got a minivan.. I swore I would never drive one but then the gas mileage in our suv was OUTRAGEOUS so we made the leap.. and LOVE it.. so roomy so much of a gas saver and so family friendly!

 

[lucypevensie]

Yeah, I don't get the whole minivans are uncool stereotype. Want to spent twice as much on gas with your "cool" suv? Go ahead.

I like my Windstar

 

[RedTulipMom]

we drive a minivan...a red plymouth voyager..and love it..

 

[GolfingMom]

SUV here. Not a minivan fan...sorry.

 

[outhwaar]

We have a Chevy Astro Van. We love it. I gave up worrying about "cool" sometime in college.

 

[Andry]

My daily driver is a station wagon....which is cool these days.

 

[~Nikki~]

We're just about to get a monster car! It's good for hubby's business, up to three children, camping trips, whatever...and hubby has decided it's the most practical (as well as being cheaper than a car to buy - well, it is over here anyway).

Here it is.

 

[cristianna]

I'm sorry I can't do the minivan thing either. But they are nice if that's what you like.

 

[HeatherJay]

We have a Grand Prix...but I'd drive a minivan.

 

[KillerV]

We have a Sonata,but hope to get a bigger vehicle down the road,and ya sorry I am not a mini van person either.

 

[jsimms615]

what type of car do you drive.. today we made the plunge and got a minivan.. I swore I would never drive one but then the gas mileage in our suv was OUTRAGEOUS so we made the leap.. and LOVE it.. so roomy so much of a gas saver and so family friendly!

We rented a minivan to try it out after my daughter was born and loved it. I like how you don't have to bend down so far to put a child in their car seat. I also liked having the extra room. We got a Plymouth Voyager first and now we have a Town and Country.

 

[Andry]

Yeah, I don't get the whole minivans are uncool stereotype. Want to spent twice as much on gas with your "cool" suv? Go ahead.

I like my Windstar

It's all relative. Someone in their Honda Fit could point at your Windstar and say the same thing.. .

 

[Andry]

I like how you don't have to bend down so far to put a child in their car seat.

Maybe so, but when my son was that age I kept my two door sports car; reaching to the back seat - we all do that - was a lot closer and (probably safer) than in my wife's SUV (or minivan, for that matter). As far as egress/ingress, you get use to it - besides, they're not that small forever.

But to each their own. A buddy of mine has three daughters, thus a minivan was the most practical. I just don't understand it when it's for only one child.

 

[olafias]

We have a Chevy Trailbazer, which I love! Where I live 4-wheel drive is must-have during the winter!

 

[HeartStrings]

HA HA HA .. I think its funny because I totally said I was NOT going to drive one.. and just to mention .. I do have one child but im a youth leader and drive kids alllllll the time.. and now its very practical for us.. and as far as reaching in the back goes.. we dont feed our child in the car or need to pass him things.. to dangerous for us.. but again to each his own.. but

NEVER say NEVER

 

[HeKnowsMyName]

*You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GolfingMom again.*

I have a Tahoe with bucket seats on the second row. That's the only thing I don't like about it. It seems like DS is far away from me when I need to reach him for whatever reason. When DD was born, I had a Yukon that didn't have three rows so the second row was a bench seat. We put her in the middle, and if she was crying for whatever reason, I could reach her to hold her hand.
I have to say that I think a SUV or a mini van is safer than a smaller vehicle. It just helps my peace of mind to have a large vehicle.

 

[FarmMomof2]

Had and SUV, Had a mini van. Wtih the kids out of big car seats we now drive a VW Jetta TDI. 50 MPG and still have comfy room for the 4 of us. We drive 22 miles one way to school and I make the round trip 2-3 times a days most days. Not to mention church on Sunday. Anyway, I couldn't afford to drive an SUV or a Mini-Van!

 

[Andry]

I think those TDI's are amazingly frugal. My wagon gets 18 mpg.....but at least it goes like a rocket.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

I drive an SUV. Test drove a number of minivans and they just didn't have the ability to do what we needed it to do.

I'd love to be able to have a little car (Mini) but I've accepted that won't happen till I'm in my 40s and the kids can drive themselves.

 

[jgonz]

We have a Pontiac Montana (8 seats). It looks like a SUV but it's really a minivan... but sporty. If we all want to go somewhere together, we take 2 vehicles~ our Montana, plus DS's Saturn, DD's Grand Am, or DH's Toyota truck.