We've had a Kia Sedona for six months now and we love it. While driving off the lot in a shiny new car is amazing (I can now say I've done it once... with our Subaru Forester), this time we discovered the joy of saving a butt ton of money by buying slightly used. Our van was formerly a rental, which means that some tourist *might* have driven it 100 miles with the emergency break on, but also means it received weekly maintenance checks. Oh, and it was $8,000 cheaper than new, which made every one of its 8,000 miles of usedness juuuust fine.
My sister-out-law rode in it yesterday and declared it reminded her of her 'old' Honda Odyssey minivan. Doubt it. Those things are super cushy wonderful. Ours is more utilitarian. We (gasp) have to slide open the sliders ourselves, don't have drop-down movie players, and can't plug our iPods directly into the USB connector. But... love it love it love it.
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Date: 2011-02-22 02:03 pm (UTC)My sister-out-law rode in it yesterday and declared it reminded her of her 'old' Honda Odyssey minivan. Doubt it. Those things are super cushy wonderful. Ours is more utilitarian. We (gasp) have to slide open the sliders ourselves, don't have drop-down movie players, and can't plug our iPods directly into the USB connector. But... love it love it love it.