On Being Practical

Up until now thanks to my wifes job, we have been able to have a lot of fun with our vehicles. You see, due to her working for a major automotive finance company we get really good deals on new cars from that company. With only two children so far in our life we have had fun with our cars. We have driven Scions for the past 6 years, we belong to a Scion club, and I've modified my 2005 Scion xB out with a lot of fun stuff. My wife has driven 3 different Scions in the last 6 years as well. From the 2 door sport coupe to both the 1st and 2nd gen of the xB. When we made the decision to have another child, we decided that I could keep my xB since I've spent a lot of money on it already, and she would get rid of her xB in favor of a car that could carry two kids and an infant more easily. We settled on a Rav4 with the optional 3rd row seat. The plan was Infant and one child in middle row, Middle schooler in the tiny 3rd row seat by himself. This was our first practical car choice order. It was motivated "how are we going to fit everyone in the car?" not "this is a really cool fun feature I want in my car!" This has been a tough thing for me to deal with. I've always had fun cars. I'm glad I still have my fun car, but on the other hand I feel like I've had to get my first GROWNUP car... Did I mention that the Rav4 is still a really awesome car, but its ordering was totally motivated by practicality, whats the fun of that? More on how twins plus the other four of us will fit in a Rav later.....