Our new Minivan

I guess we're not minivan people afterall--for the time being. After eight months of research (and probably a year of nagging/Chinese Water torture) about wanting, then needing a new car, we are the proud owners of a Hybrid!

I'm so excited. Eddie's excited. That's him grinning after 1.5 hours of stop and go traffic to get the freakin' car 60 miles south. It was literately the last model in the entire DC area with the features we wanted.

Granted it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a minivan, but then it's not a minivan. No offense to owners of minivans--they are very nice cars--and actually from a dollars and cents perspective, you can get more car for the price with a minivan.

It's EPA rated for something like 28 and 33 mpg, but I think we'll hover more in the 22 range AND not pollute during stop and go as the engine shuts off. It drives nicely and is actually shorter than the Accord. It has a third row seat--suitable for small adults or children, but it does have one. We're going to hang onto the Honda for now and see how we are with 2 cars. We haven't had 2 cars in over 5 years. We might get spoiled.

I'm sure there will be further reports on the car, but thanks to some responses to our post, we really did think twice (and three times) about the minivan we were trying to talk ourselves into. I can just see the different reaction in that I'm excited about this car, yet with the minivan, it would have been more of a resigned decision. I'm so excited to have a hybrid---yea! It really is perfect for the kind of stop and go city driving we do. I feel so 'green'.