So we’re giving our VW Passat back to the dealership in August. We were leasing it and its time has come. (Please, no lectures on the stupidity of leasing. We learned our lesson!) While Laura and I would love to go without a car in the city (most people do go without) we just can’t. Ira demands the finest of traveling luxuries. There will be no stinkin’ A train for him. No M79 bus is good enough for our Ira. Okay, I’m just kidding. It’s just that Ira isn’t mobile in that kind of way. And so a car is needed.
Laura and I have always said that our next car purchase would be one that is less harmful on the environment. A car that gets really good gas mileage or a hybrid maybe. But, alas, we are foiled again. We learned quickly that there is a reason why families with special needs children have big cars. The equipment overwhelms a sedan. And so Laura and I are on the look-out for a minivan.
But not just any minivan. I did the research. I read Consumer Reports and it boils down to either the Honda Odyssey (top left picture) or the Toyota Sienna (top right picture). These cars, year after year, get the best overall ratings. And so I’m calling on all soccer moms of suburbia to help me out: Of the two minivans in question, which is best? (I reserve the right to delete any comments making fun of me driving a minivan around Brooklyn. I’m fully aware that this is the last straw; that this does indeed mean that I forfeit whatever coolness was left lurking around my presence.)
And by the way, anyone out there know of a reputable dealership that gives good deals?
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