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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: Carissima on July 28, 2018, 12:06:27 PM

Title: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Carissima on July 28, 2018, 12:06:27 PM
Here is an ad for a passenger van for sale. https://amarillo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-ford-e350-xl-extended-15/6653237007.html (https://amarillo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-ford-e350-xl-extended-15/6653237007.html)

Anyone with, or from a big family will probably relate. I know I can haha. 
If you have not experienced van driving with kids you are missing out.  :laugh1:

Cheers to the family, they sound like they are a fun bunch :cheers:
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Ladislaus on July 28, 2018, 01:22:50 PM
My son refers to this kind of vehicle as a TAV.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Ladislaus on July 28, 2018, 01:23:16 PM
My son refers to this kind of vehicle as a TAV.

That would be a Trad Assault Vehicle.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Maria Regina on July 28, 2018, 01:24:48 PM
That would be a Trad Assault Vehicle.
"A" Team - Does anyone remember that TV series?
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: SeanJohnson on July 28, 2018, 01:27:17 PM
Here is an ad for a passenger van for sale. https://amarillo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-ford-e350-xl-extended-15/6653237007.html (https://amarillo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2005-ford-e350-xl-extended-15/6653237007.html)

Anyone with, or from a big family will probably relate. I know I can haha.
If you have not experienced van driving with kids you are missing out.  :laugh1:

Cheers to the family, they sound like they are a fun bunch :cheers:
Going to have to tell my wife to quit posting on Craigslist.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: St Ignatius on July 28, 2018, 02:24:24 PM
Looks like a decent van for a decent price...

But I have another style in mind to haul around my brood, let me know when you find an outfit like the one below...
8)
(https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/rvshare-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/22183325/tumblr_n9xrs7BFco1sqys5fo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Seraphina on July 28, 2018, 03:59:22 PM
"A" Team - Does anyone remember that TV series?
Mr. T.!  My all-time favorite!
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: songbird on July 28, 2018, 04:28:54 PM
When we were kids in our station wagon, our neighbor said, "When you wave to the Ellet family you get 18 hands waving back!
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: poche on July 29, 2018, 02:22:52 AM
Looks like a decent van for a decent price...

But I have another style in mind to haul around my brood, let me know when you find an outfit like the one below...
8)
(https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/rvshare-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/22183325/tumblr_n9xrs7BFco1sqys5fo1_1280.jpg)
This is small compared to what I rode around in when I was a child.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: jvk on July 29, 2018, 06:37:51 AM
 :laugh2:

Love the van ad! 

My husband's on the lookout for a stretch limo.  So we can roll up the dividing window when it gets bad back there.... 8)
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Mega-fin on July 29, 2018, 08:23:51 AM
We just have a dodge caravan 7 seater right now, and with only 3 kids so far, so in a couple years when we outgrow that we're planning on just going straight for the 15 seater and filling it up!
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Seraphina on July 30, 2018, 06:01:32 PM
Did anyone on here grow up with a Country Squire station wagon?  Ours was yellow with fake wood panels, had seats for 10 + driver.  It had the third fold-out seat in back and my Dad made and installed two small seats on the floor.  He put in extra seat belts, so the front had room for three, middle, four, rear fold-out, two, plus two facing sides.  We piled luggage in a homemade roof pod that clamped onto the roof rack.  Obviously, this was the days before car seat laws.  Seat belts weren't even required, but Dad made us wear them because he'd been in the Navy medical corps and seen what happened to sailors who got tossed out of vehicles.  
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: poche on July 30, 2018, 10:35:15 PM
Did anyone on here grow up with a Country Squire station wagon?  Ours was yellow with fake wood panels, had seats for 10 + driver.  It had the third fold-out seat in back and my Dad made and installed two small seats on the floor.  He put in extra seat belts, so the front had room for three, middle, four, rear fold-out, two, plus two facing sides.  We piled luggage in a homemade roof pod that clamped onto the roof rack.  Obviously, this was the days before car seat laws.  Seat belts weren't even required, but Dad made us wear them because he'd been in the Navy medical corps and seen what happened to sailors who got tossed out of vehicles.  
when I grew up for a time there was a station wagon. 
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Neil Obstat on July 31, 2018, 12:07:32 AM
:laugh2:

Love the van ad!

My husband's on the lookout for a stretch limo.  So we can roll up the dividing window when it gets bad back there.... 8)
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Something to keep in mind about buying a car/van -- air conditioning, door locks:
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The automatic windows work! This is good because the air conditioner does not.
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The van came equipped with automatic door locks. Unfortunately, they no longer work.
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Without auto locks, to park a vehicle like this you get to take a nice walk all around to open, lock and close each of the many doors.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Cantarella on July 31, 2018, 12:20:07 AM
Husband says this is my next car   :laugh2:

(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38209660_10155815431398691_5392142976963051520_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e9740b864c2014c165485c1756110a6b&oe=5C1316ED)
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Neil Obstat on July 31, 2018, 07:55:43 AM
(https://i.imgflip.com/2f0qn6.jpg)
Somebody wanted a Gatorade and someone else wanted Doritos and someone else wanted Häagen-Dazs.
So we got Gatorade, Doritos and Häagen-Dazs for everyone - there goes a c-note.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Matthew on July 31, 2018, 11:57:38 AM
Husband says this is my next car   :laugh2:

(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38209660_10155815431398691_5392142976963051520_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e9740b864c2014c165485c1756110a6b&oe=5C1316ED)
A bugout bus!
Cool
Roads optional.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Ladislaus on July 31, 2018, 12:05:55 PM
A bugout bus!
Cool
Roads optional.

Except that you won't get very far on the 3 MPG this thing likely gets. 
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: s2srea on August 03, 2018, 07:28:37 AM
This is a funny thread. Made me chuckle. Especially like the idea of the Limo! 

With only 5 children (and likely no more due to medical issues), we're probably never going to need anything bigger than our 8 seater minivan. But how awesome are the new van's Ford, Dodge/Mercedes and (my favorite) Nissan are putting out??

(http://images.agoramedia.com/ugcphotoservice/100/2016/4/9/17364297/baa8eae6-5e36-4845-ad27-aff7a7de25a8.jpeg)

(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*3HLMYUAbSyVSwcCCJPGY4A.jpeg)
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: Ladislaus on August 03, 2018, 09:26:09 AM
But how awesome are the new van's Ford, Dodge/Mercedes and (my favorite) Nissan are putting out??

While I like the look of the Ford Transit, I've had nothing but trouble with Fords.  I think that they're junk.  I have the smaller Kia SUV that I bought with 19K miles on it, and it now has 220K, still running strong, without anything other than routine work (and an alternator) that has EVER needed to be done to it.  Meanwhile, the Ford Expedition that my wife uses has 150K miles on it but needs to have something fixed at least once every 6 weeks.  So I would be inclined to try the Nissan over the Ford.
Title: Re: Big Families and Vans
Post by: s2srea on August 04, 2018, 09:54:49 AM
While I like the look of the Ford Transit, I've had nothing but trouble with Fords.  I think that they're junk.  I have the smaller Kia SUV that I bought with 19K miles on it, and it now has 220K, still running strong, without anything other than routine work (and an alternator) that has EVER needed to be done to it.  Meanwhile, the Ford Expedition that my wife uses has 150K miles on it but needs to have something fixed at least once every 6 weeks.  So I would be inclined to try the Nissan over the Ford.
I agree. We have the Sedona and love it. I had a Transit Connect I bought new, with hesitation. At 13k miles it had a faulty throttle body. Sad. I sold it as soon as I could and got a Tacoma. American cars are junk now, sadly. Their companies have no vision. Ford is getting rid of almost all their cars and sticking to SUV's and Pickups. Can you imagine the hit they're going to take when gas goes back up and they have to re-tool machines to make cars again?