We did it. We became a, not one, but a two Mini van family. Yes, we traded in Denita (our Toyota Camry). Old blue was a faithful vehicle for 8 years but the family grew and Denita (Megan named it when she was 3 yrs old) did not. We found out when our current van was in the shop that a family of six was a tight fit. We had been talking about it for awhile and finally did some serious shopping the last 2 weeks.
Friday Janelle and I test drove a Dodge Caravan, Town & Country, and a Toyota Sienna. We decided on a Caravan and jokingly made a comment about the vehicle in the showroom to the sales person. He asked "what do we have to do to get you to drive it home tonight?" We made a low offer and he joked he couldn't do that. This was at about 6:30pm and they closed at 6:00pm. We left there at 9:00 pm in a new Dodge Caravan with a H*ll of a deal. The secret is to keep the sales person, the sales manager, and the finance person all 3 hours late on a Friday night. We think they finally got to the point of "we just want this over with".
The van is a very nice model with all the features we wanted and a few "bells and whistles" extra. I will post some pictures later.
Any ideas on a name?
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You should call it Howie -- as in Mandel of Deal or No Deal fame, since you and Janelle are such dealers. You'll have to share your secrets with me; our 1994 Explorer is writing up its will.
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