People Carrier
Jan 22, 2009 A Good Laugh, Family and Friends, Purchases and Reviews
I am embarressed to say that we are now “Van People”. I much prefer the name the British call it - a People Carrier. Sounds less mundane than “van” doesn’t it? Seems to hold more purpose than the term Mini-van which dregs up visuals of tired moms carting kids, sporting equipment and car seats covered in cheerios, goldfish and apple juice.
Sadly, though the lovely white van we will pick up newly waxed and complete with new car smell, will soon have salt stains on the carpet, embedded cheese doodles on the seat, and balled up receipts throughout the cabin. And, it will carry a tired mom, a crying three year old (I want to watch mooooore TV), a squelling 6 month old, and the occasional grumbling husband. Hardly worthy of the name “People Carrier”.
We are taking back our, we only have one kid car (Nissan X-Trail), and getting a Dodge Grand Caravan. By the way, swore I would never be a “van person”, and when I started thinking we might require one I said I would never get a Dodge Caravan. The older models always seemed riddled with problems. In today’s economy (blah blah blah) we had to be reasonable (and dear husband gets a sweet deal on Dodge) so no spending 40K on a “people carrier”. Check it though…the van we are getting has amazing towing ability, spacious seating for seven, and impressive fuel efficiency.
Yeah, that is what sold me.
No.
- Stain resistant fabric. Apparently (according the sales guy) we could literally douse the car in Tide. Well that makes for easy cleaning, no?
- Stow n’ Go seats. Car camping means lots of equipment. Now we can fit it all in and should the weather be horrible…we can sleep in the van.
- There are also some neat hiding spaces…great for Christmas shopping I should think.
- 30 gig hard-drive that will store 6000 songs with a 6.5″ touch screen display (and AM/FM/CD/MP3)
- Back-up cam (if only it would beep, beep, beep too - then I would truly feel like I was driving a big ol’ beast)
- Coffee (cup) holders EVERYWHERE
- DVD player for the kiddies
- Dual media outlets and 115-volt outlet that allows me to attach video game, audio or video system to the DVD system (oh-yeah, can you say Mario Kart!!)
- AND, I can also plug in my Laptop if I so choose (I choose)!
- Silence. The DVD player is hooked up to wireless headsets. I do not need to hear the Cars movie on the ride to Grandma’s house.
Only thing is, as I was test driving it the other day with the kids in the back, and Top 40 tunes on the radio (Wayback Playback of Salt n Pepa) I thought…hmmm… maybe I can’t play this stuff in a van? It seems wrong to be pumping up the Hip Hop. So I might have to switch to Raffi or Barney or something more “mini-van” like.
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Tags: buying cars, cars, cheerios, dodge, dvd, family, goldfish, grand caravan, kids, minivan, people carrier
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:06 am
I love your blog!! And I love you..even driving a mini-van… i mean People Carrier. I promise I’ll look at that other blog this weekend, you would not believe the week I’ve had. Last night it was 2am before I shut down and headed home.
April 4th, 2009 at 1:24 am
hihih! Is it a people carrier. In what sense.
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