So I’m only 32 years old. And I have a confession to make. I like the minivan. The funny thing is my wife and I don’t have kids yet. Whereas most families only look at the minivan as an option once kids start popping out. But not me. I’m ready to pull that trigger today. Never in a million years did I see this coming. It’s hard to even type the words. If you know me you know I love cars. I’ve owned probably too many. And I’ve researched probably too many. To my surprise and to the detriment of my manhood I’ve come to the realization that I dig the minivan. I dig that they are easy to get in and out of. I dig that on the high end they can have leather with heated seats. I dig that they have tons of storage and I dig that they get good gas mileage. All things most people would dig about any other car. Regardless of it’s minivan-ness.
As you get older I guess your idea of what is cool and what isn’t changes. I suppose this is just one of those things. I wonder what other surprises will come my way. Will I suddenly crave a sporty convertible? Who knows. Will I want to hang with the cool green crowd and covet a prius? I highly doubt that. I have no qualms with drinking the dino juice. I’m not green. I enjoy my hp and I enjoy the driving experience. Something that no car maker to date has delivered. Hello, Fiskers? Ahh, we shall see. But I do feel clensed proclaming my affinity for the minivan. All this from a man without kids.
December 11, 2008 at 1:30 am
Turn up the frakin heat!
December 11, 2008 at 1:30 am
uhhhhh, wrong post.
December 11, 2008 at 10:45 pm
I will never ride in it.
January 5, 2009 at 8:54 am
Catching up on your blog, thanks to Hannah D posting a link to it on fb today. When I got to this minivan post, I had to write and let you know that Brad and I, too, love minivans, and no kids in this family either!
First of all, I love cars, but I don’t need a car to feel cool. In fact, I like to “fly under the radar,” drive incognito, avoid much attention on the road.
Second, after four of us rented a minivan to carry us and four dogs from KC to Cedar Falls, Ia., I fell in love! The four dogs (and me, who rode in the back with them because I wanted to)had plenty-o-room in back. FOUR DOGS! All of which had room to lie down! Now, in MY car, there is room for two dogs, but only if the back seat is folded down. And that sort of leaves out the possibility of bringing along any human chums. But with the minivan, we had a back seat, and a roomy back seat at that! And there was floor space all over the place for our stuff and enough room to sort of crab-walk around the car to get at things, like your fellow passenger’s left over fries in the front seat.
Seriously – the minivan is an underappreciated object and I salute you for being one of the few, the proud, the childless who love minivans!
January 6, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Thanks for reading my bloggity blog blog. One day when we both have minivans we shall drag race! I hope that day is soon.
February 24, 2009 at 9:18 pm
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