2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited
Long time readers of this blog know of our struggle for an answer to transportation questions. Our main workhorse is a 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan. With regular trips across the metroplex to Flower Mound for church, we have put some serious miles on the van in the its three years.
The secondary Wilson vehicle is our beloved 1994 Mazda Miata M-Edition. Most people laugh at the thought of toddler daddy, toddler mommy and the four yung’uns owning a Miata as a second car, but with me working at home, we’ve managed to make it work for years. Hey, we figure – it’s paid for, it’s appreciating in value as a collector, and it’s fun, so why change it?
The need for a second car, though, has been growing for a while, and the addition of Austin put things over the top. So about a week and a half ago, we made the plunge and got a truck. I am of course thrilled. Shar surprisingly has decided she likes it, too!
What is not to like? We can fit 5 comfortably (if we need all 6, we take the van), it has an extender in the bed, it is late model (2007), it has leather, a moon roof, and a rocking sound system, and it is clean clean clean. Note pix. So the toddler daddy family is pleased with its new toddler toter.
September 29, 2008 at 8:51 am |
So, did you have to trade in (or sell) the Miata?
Or is that sticking around as a spare, axillary backup vehicle for those occasions when Toddler Daddy and Toddler mommy get to go out for the night w/o the toddlers? 8-{)>
September 29, 2008 at 5:26 pm |
No, we are keeping the Miata, at least for the time being. It’s appreciating in value as a collector car, and with a little TLC could fetch some coin. And of course there is the non-monetary value, as you observe!
September 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm |
And I’ll bet it gets better gas mileage than either toddler hauler.
Sounds like a great plan.
October 14, 2008 at 10:24 pm |
I love your new “Toddler Toter”. I once worried about the absence of “country” influence in my grandchildren’s life….but u know, I always smelled the skunks, but never saw a “skunk family”, I had the woods, but there was more space between my house and the woods!! (Maybe that was, because, there were tales of big wolves and bears and cats(and not house cats). You all never know WHAT might wander up to the house from your green belt! My grandkids don’t HAVE to go to the zoo to see unusual creatures, and now, they have a truck!! This Mom and Dad are the best! I love it!and I love them!