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Title: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 18, 2012, 08:46:40 PM
As some of you know Mrs RC is pregger with number 3 (numbers 1 and 2 are twelve and eight respectively). Since our 2001 Tahoe was ready to be replaced anyway we opted for a minivan.  After some discussion we settled on a 2012 Sienna, not really a tough choice since our next door neighbor owns the local Toyota dealer. Now with almost 300 miles under its belt we know it was a good move.  Great people mover.

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Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Evil_Conservative on February 18, 2012, 08:50:04 PM
Congratulations on the new baby & the van. 

I've heard a lot of good things about the Sienna.  In your picture, it looks like a car.  You must be tall.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 18, 2012, 09:07:03 PM
Congratulations on the new baby & the van. 

I've heard a lot of good things about the Sienna.  In your picture, it looks like a car.  You must be tall.

Thanks. I'm only 6'1, tomorrow I'll post a pic of the Sienna next to my Camry. The grills are very similar and they're both that grey. Kinda corny but we love the color.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: BEG on February 18, 2012, 09:11:36 PM
Congrats on the itty bitty babe you got cookin'.  Nice car!
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Eupher on February 18, 2012, 10:54:52 PM
I drive a 2004 Sienna. 177,000 and still goin' strong.

It's a great vehicle, dependable, and good on gas.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: CG6468 on February 19, 2012, 10:06:54 AM
Our daughter has a Sienna. 100,000+ miles and no problems.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Evil_Conservative on February 19, 2012, 10:16:56 AM
Thanks. I'm only 6'1, tomorrow I'll post a pic of the Sienna next to my Camry. The grills are very similar and they're both that grey. Kinda corny but we love the color.

Only 6'1... yeah, you're tall.  :rotf:

Title: Re: New Car
Post by: DixieBelle on February 19, 2012, 10:30:27 AM
nice wheels! Congrats on the little one on the way!
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: formerlurker on February 19, 2012, 11:12:30 AM
I have a 2011 Sienna - absolutely love it.    When I went out looking I had three vehicles in mind -- Volvo SUV or cross country, Honda Odyssey, and the Sienna.   I made the mistake of looking at the Sienna first.   Blew the rest away.    

Great choice!  :cheersmate:

Correction -- my Sienna is a 2011.   duh. 
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: formerlurker on February 19, 2012, 11:19:09 AM
My Sienna is now 1.5 years old - we just replaced the tires on it.    Word of caution on the run flat tires -- they, in a word, suck.    Gas mileage isn't as good with them, and pretty much every tire place we talked to told us not to waste our money on them (they are expensive) when we were replacing them.    We had to purchase 5 tires and one rim as there is no spare in the vehicle, and need to have the dealer build the spare holder under the vehicle to carry it. 

That's the only downside to the vehicle.  Other than that, I love it.   
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 19, 2012, 09:02:48 PM
Here's a shot of the twins:   :naughty:


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Title: Re: New Car
Post by: SaintLouieWoman on February 19, 2012, 11:13:46 PM
Thanks. I'm only 6'1, tomorrow I'll post a pic of the Sienna next to my Camry. The grills are very similar and they're both that grey. Kinda corny but we love the color.

Our car is grey, too. We also love the color. Congrats on the new baby. When is the baby due?
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: CactusCarlos on February 20, 2012, 09:17:26 AM
As some of you know Mrs RC is pregger with number 3 (numbers 1 and 2 are twelve and eight respectively). Since our 2001 Tahoe was ready to be replaced anyway we opted for a minivan.  After some discussion we settled on a 2012 Sienna, not really a tough choice since our next door neighbor owns the local Toyota dealer. Now with almost 300 miles under its belt we know it was a good move.  Great people mover.

(http://i39.tinypic.com/x5v4tc.jpg)

Congrats on the little one.

We're a Toyota family as well - '08 4Runner, '03 Tacoma, '95 Corolla.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Gina on February 20, 2012, 09:36:26 AM
Oh  Dear Lord, I would do anything for a minivan  :drool:
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 20, 2012, 09:42:46 AM
Oh  Dear Lord, I would do anything for a minivan  :drool:
I wouldn't mind having one as a poor-man's travel camper (since I'm a poor man). 
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Gina on February 20, 2012, 09:48:37 AM
I wouldn't mind having one as a poor-man's travel camper (since I'm a poor man). 

I would love to not have my kids so close to me in the vehicle....don't know how many wrecks I could have had just because they were within slapping distance  :lmao:  I need something to keep me in check, like a big roomy van
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: debk on February 20, 2012, 11:37:15 AM
Congrats on the little one!  :yahoo:

Have never had a mommy van, nor will I....too many blind spots for me.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 20, 2012, 12:55:01 PM
Our car is grey, too. We also love the color. Congrats on the new baby. When is the baby due?

Mid April, Mrs RC is started to get pretty uncomfortable so she's thinking she'll be early.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Rebel on February 21, 2012, 07:47:15 AM
As some of you know Mrs RC is pregger with number 3 (numbers 1 and 2 are twelve and eight respectively). Since our 2001 Tahoe was ready to be replaced anyway we opted for a minivan.  After some discussion we settled on a 2012 Sienna, not really a tough choice since our next door neighbor owns the local Toyota dealer. Now with almost 300 miles under its belt we know it was a good move.  Great people mover.

(http://i39.tinypic.com/x5v4tc.jpg)

Good to see you went with an American car.  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 21, 2012, 07:55:19 AM
Good to see you went with an American car.  :cheersmate:

I'm keeping Indiana working since 2012...
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Rebel on February 21, 2012, 08:21:43 AM
I'm keeping Indiana working since 2012...

My point exactly. When the truck is paid off, I plan on getting an American car made in Mississippi, a Nissan Altima. A full-gas vehicle that gets about 35 MPG.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 21, 2012, 01:47:46 PM
My point exactly. When the truck is paid off, I plan on getting an American car made in Mississippi, a Nissan Altima. A full-gas vehicle that gets about 35 MPG.

The new Camry gets 30 "MPG's" as a V6, that's what I'm eyeballing.  That car will be used though because I do about 25k miles a year and don't need new.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RobJohnson on February 21, 2012, 04:17:24 PM
Nice ride & I pray for your wife during her pregnancy.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 21, 2012, 05:47:07 PM
Nice ride & I pray for your wife during her pregnancy.

Thanks RJ
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 23, 2012, 07:54:34 PM
As an update I just got almost the entire down payment on the van back by selling our 2001 Tahoe that the van replaced!
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 23, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
My point exactly. When the truck is paid off, I plan on getting an American car made in Mississippi, a Nissan Altima. A full-gas vehicle that gets about 35 MPG.
Go for the SR "sports" package.

I wish I could have found an SE instead of the basic Camry I have.  I hear it's a little more fun to drive.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 23, 2012, 08:32:28 PM
Go for the SR "sports" package.

I wish I could have found an SE instead of the basic Camry I have.  I hear it's a little more fun to drive.

I have the LE Camry (2007), not too exciting to drive. As I said my neighbor owns the local toyota store and his son got a 2012 Camry SE, black on black, for a college grad present. Real nice ride, beautiful interior with the white stitching on the black leather. 
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 23, 2012, 08:34:18 PM
The LE is plush inside.  I borrowed a V6 LE for a while... it was nice.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 23, 2012, 08:41:11 PM
I priced a new BMW M3 (no options).  It was still $45,000.  It was $38,000 without the Motorsports package.  I think I'll buy used from now on.  :rofl:

As far as looks go, BMW should have stopped in 1988.  The shark nose was the prettiest car they ever made.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: RightCoast on February 23, 2012, 08:49:19 PM
The LE is plush inside.  I borrowed a V6 LE for a while... it was nice.

<----  2.4 liter,  :lame:
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 23, 2012, 08:50:58 PM
:rofl:  Yeah, the engine was pathetic.  The basic car only comes with a 2.2 (and a rubber floor and a 5-speed). :-)
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 23, 2012, 08:52:44 PM
I must say the '06 Kia Amanti had the plushest rear seat I've put my ass on in years.  Eat your heart out, Cadillac.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Rebel on February 23, 2012, 09:33:39 PM
Gotta say, Chris, my Tahoe Z-71 had those soft leather seats, I think I had that when you came to my house before we went to Savannah, and they cracked, one main area was on the side next to the door where I got in and out. My Silverado Z-71 has the hard leather seat and the damn things are durable as hell. I'll take that hard leather over the soft that'll wind up cracking and splitting at any given time. BMW's were/are notorious for their hard leather, but ever BMW Kim had, cracking leather was never the problem.

...but as far as Kia and Hyundai, both the same company, they've made LEAPS and bounds. That, IIRC, Hyundai Elantra in the early 90's was a POS, not Yugo POS, but POS nonetheless. The first Kia's were as well, until Hyundai took over.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Skul on February 24, 2012, 12:23:48 AM
Some day, I'll have a vehicle that isn't old enough to buy it's own dang booze.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: BlueStateSaint on February 24, 2012, 04:32:31 AM
Our two vehicles--a 2001 Toyota Corolla and a 2002 Saturn SL--both have north of 130,000 miles on them, but the Corolla gets around 30 mpg, and it's the thirstier of the two.  Seeing that gas prices are approaching TTDO (Throw The Dems Out) levels, we'll hang onto them for a while.  I wanted to trade in the Saturn and get a used RAV4 to put my wife in, seeing that my brother is the comptroller for a decent-sized auto group based north of me, but I think I'll wait for a while.  Average 33 mpg is tough for me to let go of.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: thundley4 on February 24, 2012, 04:47:51 AM
Our two vehicles--a 2001 Toyota Corolla and a 2002 Saturn SL--both have north of 130,000 miles on them, but the Corolla gets around 30 mpg, and it's the thirstier of the two.  Seeing that gas prices are approaching TTDO (Throw The Dems Out) levels, we'll hang onto them for a while.  I wanted to trade in the Saturn and get a used RAV4 to put my wife in, seeing that my brother is the comptroller for a decent-sized auto group based north of me, but I think I'll wait for a while.  Average 33 mpg is tough for me to let go of.

We have a 2002 Saturn SL2 with only 48,xxx miles on it, and don't see getting a new car in the near future.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Eupher on February 24, 2012, 07:57:38 AM
I'm just blown away by the durability of Mrs E's 2000 Honda Accord LX. She's got 190,000+ miles on it. About 10,000 miles ago I had the timing belt, seals, water pump, serpentine belt, etc. replaced for the second time and that, apart from normal wear and tear items, is all I've ever done to the car. It gets 29 mpg (it's the 4-cylinder with a 5-speed) and while it's getting a little beat up due to parking lot idiots, it'll run for at least the next couple of years before I start getting nervous.

Correction - I had to replace the trunk lock mechanism, which took a $2 part. BFD.

I drive a Toyota Sienna, vintage 2004, and it's got 171,000 on the clock. Same sort of story with this vehicle. It just runs and runs and runs. I get about 22 mpg in the city and 29 on the highway. All I have to do is deal with the timing belt and related stuff (getting to the rear bank of cylinders is an absolute BITCH for spark plug and coil changeout), and the normal wear and tear stuff.

I figure I've got at least 4 more years on the minivan before I start getting nervous.
Title: Re: New Car
Post by: Chris_ on February 24, 2012, 08:06:35 AM
Some day, I'll have a vehicle that isn't old enough to buy it's own dang booze.

:rofl:  Yeah, but those antique plates are great.  $36 and you're set forever.