My Dream Car

This has been on my mind lately. Part of growing up is purchasing your own transportation enabling you to get your grind on. If I lived in Europe I would just get a bus pass and a bike but I live in America which means I need a car. Choosing a car is a tough decision, worse than choosing shoes and I have been searching for new shoes for about a year now.

So I have been thinking about what kind of things would be important in a car for me. Since I am a very rational guy the speed and sexy factor are very low on my list. I figure I can impress the ladies without a small sports car and the car I do want, may impress them more. I do want good gas milage. I would rather the car ran on electricity or vegetable oil but a hybrid will do. I need a car to fit my tall frame and it needs to be comfortable to drive. I would like some room in the back to haul things around in, not because I do it everyday but because I end up carrying bikes, plants, wood, groceries and people frequently. Those are my basic requirements for a vehicle and one class of cars fits that list perfectly. Vans.

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Vans. Many of my peers do not like the idea of vans. They are uncool and no fun to drive they say. I must interject! Vans are the greatest of all worlds and I will prove it to you.
What other car can you carry friends for a mobile party in? And I am not talking just a handful of friends. I want 6 buddies comfortably sitting in captain chairs, watching at least one movie with their own climate control. Oh and what is this?! A storage area full of treats?! Hell yeah vans can be fully stocked. You want to play a game while on a road trip? Vans have tables for that, not laps.
What if I want to feel the adrenaline of going way to fast around turns? The SE model vans have extra pepper in their less gas friendly, but more sporty engines. Rev it up. Plus you can carry kids, yours or someone else's, while racing around. The Kia Sedona and Volkswagen Routan get from zero to sixty in 6.7 seconds! That is faster than plenty of compacts that tuners start out with. Plus the insurance is lower.



Here is a rap song with a minivan in it.


Here is a run down of how great the Toyota Sienna is. Lounge style captains chairs, widescreen DVD player, seating for tons of people and 26 MPG! This thing is so sick. Toyota should hook me up with one and I will make videos of how fun and functional these bad boys are. I will open the sliding side doors and jump GT Dynos through the middle of it just because I can.
If I have not convinced you yet of how awesome minivans are, go test drive one without your parents. If you do not have to drive it, you will appreciate it so much more.