Ok, so you’ve heard my sad tale of woe about my Focus in it’s dog-years dotage. Things in it are starting to go south, and the cost of dealing with them is going up. I’d like to get a newer replacement, and am contemplating getting a minivan.
More below the break, but first:
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So why a minivan? Why not a full-sized van or a pickup?
Parking in Chicago. You can’t park a van or a pick-up on the street overnight legally, except where it has either certain plates (RV) or a special sticker, only available for small business owners in certain wards. I don’t qualify for the sticker, and the RV plates are a pain sometimes. Also, a minivan will get somewhat better gas mileage than the other two, and will fit better in the garage on the farm (a van just barely fits).
Now, the ideal fantasy is that we win the Lucky Day Lotto (at $850K at this point), and have more than enough for both a Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid (the nice vehicle at the top of this tome) and a Nissan Leaf for Calamity Jean. With that sort of combo, we can use the minivan for moving anything short of needing a truck, and get around locally in the Leaf.
But that’s a fantasy.
The reality is that I need to consider newer used minivans, and that’s why I’m typing this up: I need help with what to buy, what’s good, what to avoid, what’s a good price, etc.
I’m also going to gripe about lack of participation. I can’t believe my prose is so engaging that other WYFP’rs are put off of posting and hosting.
The schedule, as such:
April 1: JeffW
April 8: Blueoregon
April 15: Richard Cranium
April 22:
April 29: ScottyUrb
Anyone else? Anyone? Bueller? Just one slot left! How about it, Greenbird? One more person for the 22nd, and I won’t bother people until the second Saturday in May (maybe).
How about it? What’s your FP?