I can't believe it!

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Registered: 04-01-2004
I can't believe it!
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Fri, 07-02-2004 - 3:15pm
I am biting the bullet and buying a mini-van. I ALWAYS said that I won't be a mini-van mom blah, blah, blah....but I am going to do it! It makes sense though b/c we travel all the time to see family (6-8 hours away). Right now I drive a Chevy Tahoe that I hate with a passion. I am a Honda girl - I have hated any car that wasn't one, so I am buying an Odyssey. Here's me eating my words....lol!

Cari

Cari

Mom to 5 yr old girl and 2 yr old twinadoes!

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-02-2004 - 4:17pm
Congrats on your decision! We have an Odyssey and LOVE IT!! It is great on long trips. DH got 28 mpg while on his way to Canada fishing. It has tons of storage room and room to move from front to way back. We don't have a video player built in ours, but our small VHS/tv fits well between the middle seats for viewing in the back. Have fun!
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Registered: 05-08-2004
Fri, 07-02-2004 - 7:23pm

LOL Cari, isn't it funny how we give in to things we say we will NEVER do? lol


I drive a dodge grand caravan, and I don't know how I got on without it!


Just having room to store the strollers without jerking them out of the small trunk of my car was a big relief!


Have fun with it!

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Registered: 05-20-2004
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 10:41am
Cari,

Had to laugh at your post because I was the same way about our van...I was 25 when we got it. But I do have to say it was the wisest purchase we have made because we travel all the time too to see family (43,000 miles on it and we've had it a year and a half!). You'll be glad you have it when you can stretch your legs out on those long trips. We have a Mazda MPV and love it. I told my husband the sport package was a requirement if I was going to drive a van at such a young age! So ours has ground effects and a rear spoiler...lol! Imagine how funny I look though when I blast the radio on the way to the grocery store (without DD of course). Have fun with the new van.

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Registered: 07-02-2004
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 11:24am
Hi Cari, OMG...those are my thought exactly. We had a baby December 2003 and I swore to my husband that we would never drive a van! I have been secretley checking out mini-vans as we drive...and think wow! look at all the room! I might have to give in soon too because Arianna has too much "stuff" to fit into our 2 door GTP!!!

~Maria

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Registered: 01-06-2004
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 11:30am
Congrats on getting a van...
I want one as well, and have always wanted to be a mini van mom

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 4:25pm
Well, I am glad to know that I am not the only one who eats my words! I was laughing at all of your posts - thanks for letting me know that we are making the right decision!

Cari

Cari

Mom to 5 yr old girl and 2 yr old twinadoes!