Anonymous
Post 08/18/2021 00:14     Subject: Hate our mini van
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Anonymous wrote:Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.


Except used cars are way up in value at the moment. I love my minivan, but I don’t see much issue in trading in a six-year old vehicle if you’re at the point of hating to drive it.


Can she actually get her hands on a hybrid SUV, though?


Likely no. The waiting lists for some models of RAV4 are a year long.


Yep--some Toyota dealerships are having lotteries right now for RAV4 Primes.


That’s like waiting in line to eat at the Red Lobster.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 09:24     Subject: Hate our mini van
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.


Except used cars are way up in value at the moment. I love my minivan, but I don’t see much issue in trading in a six-year old vehicle if you’re at the point of hating to drive it.


Can she actually get her hands on a hybrid SUV, though?


Likely no. The waiting lists for some models of RAV4 are a year long.


Yep--some Toyota dealerships are having lotteries right now for RAV4 Primes.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 09:23     Subject: Hate our mini van
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Anonymous wrote:How many kids do you have?

If you have more than 2 you’re just trading one set of problems for another. SUVs are really inconvenient for big families.



OP here. We have two kids and will not be having any more. Kids are elementary school aged. DH won’t fit in most sedans due to his height so I think a hybrid SUV is a good trade off. Most days we drive our older Toyota RAV4. So because of the size, we had a few parking issues where we scrapped the sides. Should we get it repainted before selling or is that not necessary.


Is your DH also very wide or something? My husband is 6'4" and fits fine in the camry TRD.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 09:22     Subject: Hate our mini van
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.


Except used cars are way up in value at the moment. I love my minivan, but I don’t see much issue in trading in a six-year old vehicle if you’re at the point of hating to drive it.


Can she actually get her hands on a hybrid SUV, though?


Likely no. The waiting lists for some models of RAV4 are a year long.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 09:18     Subject: Hate our mini van
You hate it and are not capable of driving/parking it. What is your reason for keeping it?
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 09:18     Subject: Hate our mini van
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.


Except used cars are way up in value at the moment. I love my minivan, but I don’t see much issue in trading in a six-year old vehicle if you’re at the point of hating to drive it.


Can she actually get her hands on a hybrid SUV, though?
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 08:27     Subject: Hate our mini van
Anonymous wrote:Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.


Except used cars are way up in value at the moment. I love my minivan, but I don’t see much issue in trading in a six-year old vehicle if you’re at the point of hating to drive it.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 08:25     Subject: Hate our mini van
Wait, did you just but it? Or gave you had it since 2015 and ready to downsize?

Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 08:18     Subject: Hate our mini van
Contrary to other opinions - I vote keep it. While annoying, it’s a huge waste of money to trade in cars before their useful life is over. With the stock market on a tear, I would much rather keep the money it would cost to trade it in and invest and watch it grow. No one said you have to love your car, watching the money grow should give you comfort in the choice you can make here.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 08:16     Subject: Hate our mini van
Anonymous wrote:How many kids do you have?

If you have more than 2 you’re just trading one set of problems for another. SUVs are really inconvenient for big families.



OP here. We have two kids and will not be having any more. Kids are elementary school aged. DH won’t fit in most sedans due to his height so I think a hybrid SUV is a good trade off. Most days we drive our older Toyota RAV4. So because of the size, we had a few parking issues where we scrapped the sides. Should we get it repainted before selling or is that not necessary.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 07:14     Subject: Hate our mini van
How many kids do you have?

If you have more than 2 you’re just trading one set of problems for another. SUVs are really inconvenient for big families.

Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 07:05     Subject: Re:Hate our mini van
Love my sedan! 🚗
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 06:59     Subject: Hate our mini van
Yes, sell it. What’s the issue?
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 06:58     Subject: Hate our mini van
Yes.

My parents had to get rid of their 2019 with 12k miles. They wanted to sell it to me for a huge deal and I wouldn’t take it I’ve got two kids I’m hauling kids for sports all the time and I still didn’t want to drive the boat
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2021 06:51     Subject: Hate our mini van
We absolutely hate driving our minivan. It has poor gas mileage and is difficult to park. Our garage space is taken up mostly by it. It is a 2015 Toyota Sienna XLE AWD and has 30k miles on it. Should we sell it and get a hybrid SUV?