{"id":10029,"date":"2006-09-20T14:19:12","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T21:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/09\/20\/and-since-i-know-the-question-will-come-up.html"},"modified":"2006-09-20T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2006-09-20T21:19:12","slug":"and_since_i_know_the_ques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/09\/20\/and_since_i_know_the_ques.html","title":{"rendered":"And, since I know the question will come up …"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re looking to replace the van here, so the vehicle we get as a replacement has a few parameters:<\/p>\n

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  1. \nMust seat four adults and one kid in relative comfort for four hours<\/strong> (the “driving with the grandparents to Grand Junction” rule.<\/li>\n
  2. \nMust have some sort of AWD<\/strong> and anti-lock braking system<\/strong>. (The current van has ABS, but I’d like something even more secure).<\/li>\n
  3. \nMust fit a 4×8 sheet of plywood<\/strong> or other material, even if that means taking seats out. (This was a previous rule, but there’s some question as to whether it still pertains).<\/li>\n
  4. \nMust have a dealership<\/strong> within shuttle distance of either my office or Margie’s (for maintenance).<\/li>\n
  5. UPDATE<\/u>: Must be no longer or wider<\/strong> than our current van (193.50″ long, 73.40″ wide)\n<\/ol>\n

    We’re probably looking at another van, though an SUV of some sort isn’t out of the question. I’d probably be inclined toward a van vs. an SUV, just on General Principles, but that’s a very soft preference. Gas mileage is a factor, of course, but I don’t expect much joy from that part of the equation.<\/p>\n

    We’ll probably once again be going through sort of fleet sales (e.g., CostCo) kind of thing. <\/p>\n

    We could do far worse than buying another Toyota Sienna, but I want to do some research first. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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