Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate

Re:Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate by organsnyder on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:09PM (#25449452)

Not full electric, but we've been loving our Pacifica PHEV. You do sacrifice a bit of practicality—no towing capability, and the middle seats don't fold into the floor like the gas version (the battery is down there)—but in the summer we sometimes go months without refueling.

I fully concur on the practicality. The only vehicle more versatile than a minivan is full-size van (my family's conversion van growing up was insanely useful).

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Re:Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate by nsxwolf on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:33PM (#25449698)

Thanks for the heads up on the PHEV and the stow-and-go seats. That one would be a no-go for us because we it to haul stuff all the time. With the seats fully stowed it's practically as good as a pickup truck.

Of course, you have to get all the toy cars and goldfish crackers off the floor first if you want the seats to actually stow.

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Re:Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate by organsnyder on Thursday December 17, 2020 @06:38AM (#25454666)

I've found the goldfish crackers readily crush themselves out of the way and the dust vacuums up fairly easily, especially if left to age for at least three months. Toy cars can definitely bugger up latches and hinges, though.

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Re:Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate by blhack on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:12PM (#25450071)

BETTER than a pickup in my opinion! You can lock the doors.

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Re:Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate by ImprovedSilence on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:08PM (#25452347)

I called my parents minivan the indoor pickup truck, the seats spent more time stowed to haul stuff then not (after kids were grown)

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