There is a gold Sienna in Cincinnati area which I wish I could buy. It's 13,900.00 and just above 100,000 OD. Owned by someone in a very nice area and its beautiful. I love the color and it even has Toyotas durrable cloth interior. Not in the cards right now. You got a nice one Stickman.

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Oh, yeah...

Don't forget to send off for your complimentary "Stale Goldfish Crackers and Spoiled Milk"-scented air freshener. There should be a coupon included in your minivan's manual. It's mandatory.

Man - I remember trying to clean out our van before getting rid of it. The HUGE amount of nasty stuff the kids had spilled or dropped or hidden during the years they road back there...

Th...those wheels! (Actually, they look better than Black's did.)

Haters don’t bother me. Most that own trucks around me don’t even use them for what they are designed for. Nothing ever in the beds. People ask me how I get by without one going to the track, being a homeowner....well HD rents trucks for $20 an hour. I rent one from them once a year for one hour to get 50 bags of mulch. I can do it one of my hatchbacks but I have to make 2-3 trips so it’s worth a twenty to knock it out quick.

I love hatchbacks and very much like the minivan. If I had kids I’d have the Sienna or Odyssey and yes would throw on wheels from tire rack. You can get nice light weight flow formed fast wheels for cheap these days. Enkei, Advanti both make nice wheels. I’d mount some black ones and drive on. No better vehicle to have road sex in either

Minivans are just too Safe, Comfortable, Practical and Efficient to be Cool.

They are pretty much the Polar opposite of a Harley! LOL

My daily driver is a 2017 Pacifica...love it.

When I was a 14-17 year old kid, my best friend drove a minivan. Do you know how much debauchery and fun a bunch of surfer teenagers can have with a minivan? Some of the best memories of my life were in that minivan (think bangbus).

We bought a new 1999 Ford Windstar. It was one of the best cars we have owned. Made a lot of trips between Jacksonville and Great Lakes and Pennsylvania.

It was surprisingly good in snow and I could make it from Key West to Jax on one tank of gas. (The snow was not in Key West)

It one would tow my boat I'd still have one.

My daily driver is an 08 Oddy, aka the grandpa-mobile. It is friggin handy. Hauled a mini bike home in it for the kids. I think I've hauled 10' material between the seats. And it actually runs out pretty decent.

Can you at least tow one of your bikes around so at least people still know you’re cool.

Ah, yes ... the minivan. These are quickly replacing SUVs as the most family-friendly vehicle ... not to mention they look even better.

2018 — the year of the van!!

You know.....you could have had a V8....

I dislike minivans, but its the same reason I generally dislike SUVs and Pickups, they have a much too high center of gravity. My daily driver is an Audi A4 Wagon (not an AllRoad). Even with its stock (someday to be changed) turbo I4, it is much quicker than any minivan or SUV I’ve been in, and handles much better. I can handle most hauling tasks with it, and the Quattro AWD is awesome. The only downside is lack of ground clearance, which for one day last year forced me to take my wife’s Highlander to work instead.

AWD Wagons rule! Minivans drool! (Unless you need a third row... seriously guys, haven’t you figured the birth control thing out yet?)

Thread feels incomplete with out a Black reference or him chiming in.

I'm going to drop this here, mostly just because it makes me smile.... Enjoy your swagger wagon, thanks for taking the torch from Black.




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Myself and three of my friends rented a mini van for a golf-road trip. We packed four sets of clubs and luggage plus a big cooler in it. Still, tons of room left over. The ride and gas mileage was very good. If I still had a family at home a minivan would be my vehicle. They just make too much sense.

The problem with our Odyssey is while it is superb for what it is designed to do, move people and things from point A to point B, it offers a mind-numbingly dull driving experience. It might as well be driverless.

In the 1990s and early 2000s Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager vans there was a trim level with accompanying badging called "Sport." I always thought that funny.

I love minivans, and never understood the whole 'revoking the mancard' thing about them. If I had kids, I would get one in a heartbeat.

I always thought Dodge missed a great opportunity. They should put a hemi in them, to make a 'sleeper' model (Dodge Caravan Turbo S?). Mom wants the van; the hemi lets Dad smoke all the young wannabes in their Mustangs. . .

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In the 1990s and early 2000s Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager vans there was a trim level with accompanying badging called "Sport." I always thought that funny.

IIRC, the very first mini vans had a Mitsubishi 4 cylinder. Lil teensy engines and I actually saw some that needed repairs at the dealer before they could be sold.

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I always thought Dodge missed a great opportunity. They should put a hemi in them, to make a 'sleeper' model (Dodge Caravan Turbo S?). Mom wants the van; the hemi lets Dad smoke all the young wannabes in their Mustangs. . .

Most vans are front wheel drive now, which I found to be their greatest weakness. We had 4 of them; the first two were Dodge, the second two Honda. I much preferred the Honda, but my feeling about them was that their performance degraded very quickly when they got heavy with people or cargo. I always felt that there was just a little too much vehicle for the tires and suspension.

I would have been happier with an SUVesque suspension and drivetrain underneath the minivan body.

For convenience with three kids, they simply can't be beat.

We finally got a minivan last year. Found a 2011 sienna in like new condition with low miles. It silver like yours. We love it!