Hello all,
Absolutely love this community, and need to pick your brains. my wife and i have made a major effort to become more mustachian, invest lots of income lately, maxing 401k, not buying as much crap, but still struggle with that one.
My question comes to our cars, we have one child now, and looking to expand our family to two or three children max, i know about the three across in smaller cars, but right now my problem comes from my wife's two large dogs ~ 75lbs each, and it is hard to take them with us to my mothers house two hours away.
I have a 2005 camry with 87,000 miles on it, and she has a 2005 corolla with around 150,000 miles, both have been paid off for about 5 years now, an i had every intention of driving them into the ground, i have been thinking of following MMM with getting a used minivan, and a hatchback or wagon, both our vehicles are sedans, and lately i find doing anything such as picking up wood to expand our vegetable garden a major pain, i like the idea of a minivan for the room to haul all of us including the dogs, and the ease of hauling wood and supplies, just not huge on the mileage, however my camry does not seem to get much better than the sienna estimates. i can purchase the van outright but would probably finance as the rates are so low i can put that money into my investments instead and come out on top.
not sure if getting a van or hatchback/wagon is worth the cost while both cars run fine and have a lot of miles left.