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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mistakenly got one when I had my third child b/c I thought I needed it (all in carseats).  I had it for a year and got rid of it because I hated it so much.  It was convenient, I'll give you that, but I am vain enough that I felt like I had given up on life every time I approached that damn thing.  Traded it in for an SUV and never looked back.  No one NEEDS a minivan.  [/quote]

Wow, that is really sad. I can't imagine caring that much what other people think. I definitely can't imagine my car dictating my identity. Wow.[/quote]

Looks like that person cared more about what HE/SHE thought, not about what other people thought.  [b]I think lots of our choices dictate our identity, no?  The clothes we wear, the way we decorate our home, the names we choose for our children[/b], why is a car any different?  Why shouldn't someone choose a car that they like?  I'm missing something here.[/quote]
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Of course external possessions don't determine my identity! My identity comes from within - how I treat others. If I can look in the mirror every morning and tell myself that I'm making a positive impact on the world around me. And so on and so forth. I like that my identity remains the same whether I'm driving a beat up clunker or a Mercedes, whether I'm dressed in Target or Ralph Lauren.

Why would I allow my possessions and material things to determine my identity? What a sad life! [/quote]

PP here. Agree 100%. It is particularly funny to me to read about or hear people thinking that driving a minivan has such a negative connotation. We own different types of cars-so I am fully aware that people treat others according to what they drive. I happen to find it amusing when people act particularly vapid. Yet, I basically know how people are going to act by their car.  For example, most times the Suburban type vehicles are awful drivers and have an inflated sense of self and false sense of security (the big vehicle, they believe, "shields" them from their bad driving).  But I consider this their issue, no matter what I am driving. They are stuck with themselves long after I drive away. :)

I guess that sums up, or at least analogizes, why I could not care less what anyone thinks. I mean really, if people act like a jackass, does it really matter wth the are driving? Maybe wisdom really does come with age. [/quote]

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