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Poll: Minivans
Published 04/08/2007 @ 01:44:29, By qwerty_86
My parents have a minivan. I really don't see the point because:
1. They never take out the seats.
2. I have two younger siblings that live with them (and one of them already has a car).
3. They don't buy a huge amount of items or carry a ton of stuff.
4. The rear bench is scooted all the way back leaving minimal floor space in the back (probably less than their Focus).
Their reasoning is that they need it when they need to shuttle people around for our family get-togethers (which happen about once a month). Personally I think they should just get rid of that POS van and buy a large sedan or something. They're starting to take trips with their other car (Ford Focus) so I guess they're starting to finally see the point that the van is pretty useless.
BTW, if you've ever had your doors dinged by some parent's hyperactive children in a parking lot, you'd know sliding doors have to be one of the best feature of a van.
Latest Edition: 04/08/2007 @ 01:46:52
1. They never take out the seats.
2. I have two younger siblings that live with them (and one of them already has a car).
3. They don't buy a huge amount of items or carry a ton of stuff.
4. The rear bench is scooted all the way back leaving minimal floor space in the back (probably less than their Focus).
Their reasoning is that they need it when they need to shuttle people around for our family get-togethers (which happen about once a month). Personally I think they should just get rid of that POS van and buy a large sedan or something. They're starting to take trips with their other car (Ford Focus) so I guess they're starting to finally see the point that the van is pretty useless.
BTW, if you've ever had your doors dinged by some parent's hyperactive children in a parking lot, you'd know sliding doors have to be one of the best feature of a van.
Latest Edition: 04/08/2007 @ 01:46:52
Poll: Minivans
Published 04/08/2007 @ 20:16:51, By wrenchhead
Unsecured luggage! It will fly all over the place in an accident. Years ago, I had a friend with a station wagon that rear ended a car at about 25 MPH. He had a bowling ball in the back of the wagon - the ball went through his windshield like a cannon shot. Lucky it didn't take his head with it. A heavy suitcase would be worse.
Poll: Minivans
Published 04/08/2007 @ 23:43:29, By MBSL65fan
A bowling ball? How exactly did it hit the wihndshield? It something that seems like it'd only happen if he was going down hill.
Poll: Minivans
Published 05/08/2007 @ 00:22:48, By antp
A heavy suitcase would be worse.
Note sure. Heavy suitcase of the same weight would be bigger, I suppose. So it could be projected less easily. Anyway I do not really see the difference between a wagon and another kind of car for such case Only alternative would be no luggage at all (or luggage on the roof, like what we did when I was kid, as we were traveling in small cars, e.g. the 1984 Honda Civic with the LPG tank in the trunk, so all luggages had to go on the roof rack... it was much easier when my father had the Renault Espace or the Citroën XM in the few years he got a company car).
Latest Edition: 05/08/2007 @ 00:25:30
Poll: Minivans
Published 05/08/2007 @ 00:28:42, By wickey
well this is the problem with all monospace cars (SUV, Minivan, wagon, hatchback etc..) only solution is classic sedan and better something like my old Volvo 760/940 - it had rear seats with metal part behind them - no chance for anything from the trunk to get to the passenger area. Anyway my 850 has now the openable rear seats, so when I am carrying something extra heavy in the trunk I always buckle all three seats with the setabelts one cross another - it shall help in case of bad accident.
Poll: Minivans
Published 05/08/2007 @ 14:24:23, By G-MANN
Anyway, a cargo net dividing the back seat and the cargo area would solve the problem of luggage in estate cars.
Latest Edition: 05/08/2007 @ 14:25:12
Latest Edition: 05/08/2007 @ 14:25:12
Poll: Minivans
Published 05/08/2007 @ 16:28:59, By antp
only solution is classic sedan
Depends on the sedan, not all have very solid separation
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Published 05/08/2007 @ 19:54:12, By wrenchhead
A bowling ball? How exactly did it hit the wihndshield? It something that seems like it'd only happen if he was going down hill.
I don't know what trajectory the ball took from the back of the wagon. All I know is that when the car suddenlyl stopped the ball just kept going. I hate to think what it would have done if he had been going faster.
Poll: Minivans
Published 05/08/2007 @ 19:56:17, By wrenchhead
Anyway, a cargo net dividing the back seat and the cargo area would solve the problem of luggage in estate cars.
I had better be one really strong net to stop one of my wife's suitcases. I would swear that some of them have a kitchen sink
Poll: Minivans
Published 22/09/2007 @ 21:43:29, By Matlock
I currently have a Poniac Montana and love it. It has captains chairs, dual A/C, and audio. It also has a power sliding door. I just like the space and it seems safer. In the past I've had a Dodge Grand Caravan and Dodge Caravan. I know they aren't too popular in Europe because of petrol, and not much in the US either. I don't care for the new Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town and Countrys. I liked the design of the 96-00 and 01-07 models better. They were more rounded.
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Published 28/09/2007 @ 01:53:58, By Ddey65
I raised a family and didn't own a van so I don't vote for any of them.
I haven't raised a family, and I've had two, although I'm not 100% sure the first one qualifies as a minivan. The first was a 1985 Toyota, and the second was a 1994 Plymouth Voyager.
Poll: Minivans
Published 16/04/2008 @ 23:35:46, By cieraguy
I voted Chevy Uplander because I'm a GM guy. I'm not a minivan person though. My family had a 1988 Grand Voyager LE and a 1998 Grand Caravan and I hated them both.