After years of mocking those who drive "minivans" Mark and I found ourselves in a bit of a predicament. We are having another baby this summer, and did not have room to put him in our Toyota Camry. So being snobs, we went shopping for an SUV with 3rd row seating, but discovered that the "seating" was only big enough for our daughter, and nearly impossible to access without A LOT of hassle. So the salesman suggested we try a van. We did. We drove a Toyota Sienna, and it was nice, but we still needed to try something else. Then we visited Honda. They were having a very big special on their 2008 models that did not sell in 2008. So we test drove a 2008 Honda Odyssey. It was SO COOL! It drove so nice, and the interior was so roomy, it made us feel kinda bad for mocking van drivers. After some negotiating (they really needed to sell it, and we did not need to buy it) we found ourselves happy driving home in a 2008 Odyssey with 6 miles on it! We have never bought a "new" car, (another thing we have mocked others for...shame on us!) and it was a lot funner and scarier than I thought it be. We really love it, and our kids could not be more excited. We are looking forward to our next road trip (at the end of March we are driving to Utah) to really enjoy the comforts of our new van.
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Ok- I am still one of those snobby SUV people and will continue to be one. We did the van thing for a year and living in the snow with a van SUCKED! Not to mention that we got the same gas mileage in it as our Jeep Cherokee. SO we got rid of the thing and bought an Expedition. We love it! The third row is just as roomy as the second row and we have hauled TONS in it. Including a new washer AND dryer and then a new fridge another time and it tows great. So I am still a little bias to the SUV. I don't know how much of the van thing was because we lived in the mountains with the hills and all but ya know. My mom loved her van when see had kids though. Hope you are happy in our new van-TRAITOR!!!:) Love ya
Uhh, YOUR new van.:)
Ooh! Pretty! And shiny!
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