Comments on: death by minivan

By: Kiki @ Choosing to Cherish

Kiki @ Choosing to Cherish

Hahaha… Love this! My favorite part is the fact that I can open the side and back doors with just one finger pressing a button. I just blogged about how we turned our van into “tent” for camping. Van is cool! 🙂

By: Cee

Cee

Seriously, mini-vans RAWK! We have two…but only one kiddo. Figure that out. Actually, I won’t make you. We take care of my parents and we drive everywhere as an extended family, so vans make sense in our household. We bought our first one while waiting for our first and only child. Never regretted it. Pair that with our incessant need to DIY, and our need to have cargo space…we’re good. When our newest van joined our crazy fam, I had a bunch of moms oohing and ahhing over the features. Dvd player? With dual system to listen to music while the fam in the back watches whatever video? Ohhh. Seats that fold into the floor? Ahhh. I’ve loved vans since high school…when I’d beg my dad to drive his not-so-mini van.

I just sing, “you can hate me noooowwww, but I won’t stop noowwww…and I can’t stop nooowwww.” 😉

By: Emily, Our house now a home

Emily, Our house now a home

This has me laughing so much! You are so funny, I can relate to it all. I was a mini van driving Mama by 23, which I feel like I should get an award for or something. Now that I am 29 I feel like I kind of can rock it and not get weird looks. My husband and I just recently were out without kids. Someone stopped us and asked if that was our parents car, and do they like driving it. Ummm, we are the parents (gasp) and it is awesome. We joked that when we bought the thing with all of its bells and whistles that it better be packing serious luxury, because stigma of mini van and all. Also if we could not afford the house because we are paying out the wazooo for a big van we have somewhere to live. I would also be making things pretty in zombie world. There could be a lot of scavenged wood, crates, old windows and what not. A DIYers dream! I hope to maybe one day get a big ‘ole SUV. I still have kids who need help getting in and out of the car. But those dang automatic doors are too nice to think of getting rid of. I can’t quit the mini van!

By: Rose L.

Rose L.

I HAVE DRIVEN A MINIVAN FOR MANY YEARS AND LOVE IT IT IS EASY ON MY KNEES GETTING IN AND OUT, CAN HOLD ANY SIZE FIND AT A THRIFT STORE OR GARAGE SALE, AND I CAN HOLD 7 PEOPLE.

By: Sarah

Sarah

Oh my goshhhhhh! I’m pregnant with #3 and still trying to think of a way I can keep driving my little sporty Corolla. Denial. My husband has been pushing for the van. Maybe I’ll just stay home. bwahahahaha!

Seriously, though. Funny post. Maybe it wouldn’t be so terrible driving a minivan after all 🙂

By: Britney

Britney

All I can say is…I’m sorry! 🙂

By: Gina

Gina

funny post! 2 years ago we retired our SUV before the birth of our 4th child! I was not excited to ‘downgrade’ to a minivan. shame on me! Anyway, I have had a change of heart and love, love, love the convenience of a minivan! top on the list: remote sliding door openers! woo hoo! (and I don’t have to worry about my child opening the door and bashing the snazzy SUV we’ve parked beside in the parking lot!) yes, I’m a mom and not ashamed to let the world know it! 🙂

By: Lourize

Lourize

I loved your post!!! My husband and I were just thinking about get a minivan. I have two boys and I am in love with the idea. The comfort, the space inside… my dream!

By: Toni

Toni

Turning our 2001 odyssey into a camping van for my husband and I. : ) get some Krispy Kremes and head to the beach together.

By: Jane Orchard

Jane Orchard

You are so cute! I don’t drive a mini van, as I only have one little, but my folks did and all the above is so true it’s painful. I have to say I laughed though. My Subaru legacy is very much like a mini mini-van. Hard to feel hot while driving a hatchback wagon. Oh well!:-)