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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Yeah, Traverse is a minivan.
Wife said when we bought it that it looked more like a minivan than she thought it would. I told her, "guess what. We're old. We have a couple kids. We need a minivan."
Well, the 15 we bought isn't as horrible as some of the other ones I've seen. I'll see if I can grab a picture sometime. The only one I have has my ugly mug in it.
I looked up the 18 and it looks a lot less minivanish, but I can't say it thrills me.
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"Thrill" got nothing to do with it at this point.
All I'm looking for is the least ugly, most interesting of a bad lot of faceless crossovers. None of them look worth a damn. They're all overpriced because the market is insane on them. Meanwhile I could get a !@#$ing Charger hellcat for $14K under sticker because God hates parents.
But the Traverse is the least ugly, at least until the Ascent comes out. All the rest of them are minivans (Pilot), bricks (Explorer and Atlas) or designed by assholes that think nobody wants leather and a middle bench (Highlander). Or they're just riding around on an old platform and last gen tech (4-runner...Ugh, I wish Toyota would spend a little money refreshing that thing; love 'em).
The Volvo is too nice and too expensive to bother with now that it's just going to be covered in vomit for the next 18 months. And a lease until the new '19 explorer and ascent comes out doesn't get me around the whole 'eat shit on the first year value loss' thing; a 1 yr lease might as well be setting money on fire.
So I'll just push it as long as I can and see if I can fit some narrow-ass car seats in a Sonata. Or put the convertable in the front and turn the airbag off. If my vehicle is hauling children, it's just to daycare and back.