WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.066 --> 00:00:03.536 Look, you may not know it yet, but you want one of these. 00:00:03.636 --> 00:00:06.439 It's time to spread the gospel of the minivan, 00:00:06.473 --> 00:00:09.042 because there's way too many car buyers out there 00:00:09.042 --> 00:00:12.579 who are too vain to consider the Swiss Army knife of vehicles 00:00:12.579 --> 00:00:15.749 when this is the best class of vehicle out there. 00:00:15.749 --> 00:00:18.918 And let's start with the sliding door, which I just opened. 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:22.322 You may notice it has an enormous rectangular opening, 00:00:22.322 --> 00:00:24.624 which is very easy to get in and out of. 00:00:24.657 --> 00:00:27.594 This is a thing that no other class of vehicle 00:00:27.594 --> 00:00:30.797 seems to offer, because I don't know why. 00:00:30.830 --> 00:00:33.299 And you know what else is really cool about sliding doors? 00:00:34.034 --> 00:00:36.603 Little kids can't slam 'em into other cars. 00:00:36.636 --> 00:00:40.340 This thing just moved out from the car by only about six inches. 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:42.175 So if you're parked next to another car, 00:00:42.175 --> 00:00:44.878 you don't have to worry about your kids doing something silly. 00:00:45.078 --> 00:00:48.782 You know what else is cool about having a powered sliding door like this? 00:00:48.782 --> 00:00:50.316 A lot of minivans - 00:00:50.350 --> 00:00:52.185 I have to find the mark, it's here somewhere. 00:00:52.185 --> 00:00:53.019 It's right there. 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:54.587 A lot of minivans like this one. 00:00:54.587 --> 00:00:56.022 You can just do this. 00:00:57.757 --> 00:01:00.160 Just give it two kicks and it closes the door. 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:02.095 So if you're carrying a whole bunch of stuff 00:01:02.162 --> 00:01:03.863 like, say you're walking up to the car, 00:01:03.863 --> 00:01:06.733 so long as you've got your key in your pocket, you can just be like, 00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:10.136 "hey, car," boop boop, and it opens the dooooor. 00:01:10.770 --> 00:01:12.906 You can't do that if you don't have 00:01:12.906 --> 00:01:15.842 an electronic actuator to open the door for you. 00:01:15.842 --> 00:01:18.978 But here you can and you may notice. 00:01:19.012 --> 00:01:21.655 Okay, let's take a look in here. 00:01:21.655 --> 00:01:23.850 Again, super easy to get in and out of. 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:26.119 Most minivans like this one 00:01:26.152 --> 00:01:29.789 offer you the ability to slide the seat forward and back. 00:01:29.823 --> 00:01:33.159 This one even gives a ridiculous range of motion. 00:01:34.627 --> 00:01:35.061 Lookit- 00:01:35.061 --> 00:01:36.896 Look at that! You can't even see me! 00:01:36.963 --> 00:01:39.247 This is just where my legs are. 00:01:39.744 --> 00:01:43.470 But, let's put the seat somewhere a little more reasonable. 00:01:43.503 --> 00:01:44.070 Right? 00:01:44.070 --> 00:01:47.273 Driver's seat is set up for me to drive the thing. 00:01:47.273 --> 00:01:51.277 I've got plenty of room back here, both headroom and otherwise. 00:01:51.311 --> 00:01:53.413 And let's take a look at the cargo area. 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:54.881 By the way, I'm running out of time, 00:01:54.881 --> 00:01:57.250 so apologies for using my camera's terrible 00:01:57.250 --> 00:02:00.320 autofocus, but notice I've left the left side door open. 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:02.655 It's not sticking out from the car hardly at all. 00:02:02.655 --> 00:02:05.058 In fact, let me open the right side door, 00:02:05.058 --> 00:02:07.594 which I will do again without using my hands. 00:02:09.796 --> 00:02:10.997 Oh, look at that. 00:02:10.997 --> 00:02:12.132 The door just opened. 00:02:12.132 --> 00:02:15.135 But let's take a look at the cargo area, because this is where 00:02:15.201 --> 00:02:16.703 minivans really shine. 00:02:16.703 --> 00:02:18.304 I forgot where the button is. 00:02:19.973 --> 00:02:23.076 I have the rear seats disappeared. 00:02:23.109 --> 00:02:26.513 That is extra important for a couple of reasons, but I want you to notice 00:02:26.513 --> 00:02:28.414 how low this load floor is. 00:02:28.548 --> 00:02:32.385 It is so easy to get stuff in and out of a minivan, 00:02:32.418 --> 00:02:35.655 because the load floor is incredibly low down. 00:02:35.655 --> 00:02:39.659 And look at how much space there - you want trunk space? 00:02:39.659 --> 00:02:41.094 There's your trunk space. 00:02:41.094 --> 00:02:43.463 We got trunk space for days here. 00:02:43.463 --> 00:02:47.634 I can - I can almost lay down with the middle row seats where they are. 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.069 This is an enormous trunk. 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:53.072 But what if you have to carry more people with you? 00:02:53.106 --> 00:02:54.908 Well, here's the thing, right? 00:02:54.941 --> 00:02:56.142 Here's the thing. 00:02:56.376 --> 00:02:58.945 Now you're going to learn about the pit. 00:02:58.945 --> 00:03:01.414 Because where are the third row seats? 00:03:01.781 --> 00:03:03.616 They're right here in the pit. 00:03:03.616 --> 00:03:06.019 And what happens is you put them up. 00:03:06.853 --> 00:03:08.021 Oh, that was loud. 00:03:09.389 --> 00:03:10.590 And now 00:03:10.757 --> 00:03:14.227 the load floor is barely off the ground. 00:03:14.694 --> 00:03:17.430 And this is the thing which I feel like not enough 00:03:17.430 --> 00:03:19.999 people know about minivans: because of this, 00:03:19.999 --> 00:03:23.303 when you have the second row seats up. 00:03:24.304 --> 00:03:26.172 Sorry, the third row seats up. 00:03:26.339 --> 00:03:30.944 Even with all of the seats in place, this is an enormous trunk. 00:03:30.977 --> 00:03:34.280 It's not very deep, but it's incredibly tall. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:37.350 So if you have this thing loaded up with seven people 00:03:37.350 --> 00:03:41.187 and all of their luggage, you can just keep stacking their luggage up. 00:03:41.221 --> 00:03:44.023 You can put, gosh, if you had like carry on bags, 00:03:44.023 --> 00:03:47.026 you could probably fit seven of them back here quite easily. 00:03:47.026 --> 00:03:49.062 That's the beauty of the pit. 00:03:49.095 --> 00:03:52.332 If I don't know how well you can see it from the camera, but 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:56.236 it's hanging underneath the back of the car 00:03:56.236 --> 00:03:58.905 and it is. 00:03:59.272 --> 00:04:02.542 It's just... my foot's way down there. 00:04:02.542 --> 00:04:03.776 My foot is on the floor. 00:04:03.843 --> 00:04:05.945 It's - the pit is amazing! 00:04:05.945 --> 00:04:08.615 Now here's where things get even better, right? 00:04:08.681 --> 00:04:09.349 Watch this. 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:11.117 I'm going to get in the third row. 00:04:11.117 --> 00:04:16.263 Now remember, this seat was set up for me to sit behind myself comfortably. 00:04:16.263 --> 00:04:21.461 Because of the captain's chairs, I can very easily just back myself into the third row. 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:24.530 And look at that! 00:04:24.856 --> 00:04:28.935 I have still a couple inches of legroom, so me 00:04:29.002 --> 00:04:32.171 sitting behind myself driving had a couple inches of legroom 00:04:32.171 --> 00:04:35.108 and now me sitting behind myself, sitting behind myself, 00:04:35.108 --> 00:04:37.744 I still have a couple inches of legroom. 00:04:37.744 --> 00:04:39.912 I can put my head all the way back. 00:04:39.946 --> 00:04:41.781 I still have headroom, 00:04:41.781 --> 00:04:46.219 and the floor is low enough that my knees aren't up in my chest 00:04:46.219 --> 00:04:48.955 like they are in many three row vehicles. 00:04:48.988 --> 00:04:52.859 This is a third row which can actually accommodate 00:04:52.892 --> 00:04:56.996 adults comfortably, even big adults like me. 00:04:56.996 --> 00:05:00.533 I am nearly six feet tall and growing 00:05:00.533 --> 00:05:03.436 in other dimensions right now, unfortunately, but 00:05:03.836 --> 00:05:06.239 this is an actual third row 00:05:06.272 --> 00:05:08.641 that you can actually fit adults into. 00:05:08.675 --> 00:05:11.077 And when you have captain's chairs, as I showed, 00:05:11.210 --> 00:05:12.879 you can get back here super easily. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.381 But if you had a minivan 00:05:15.381 --> 00:05:19.118 with a bench seat now, they're not all going to be like this. 00:05:19.118 --> 00:05:22.121 But I do want to show with the Sienna, 00:05:22.188 --> 00:05:24.590 I had this all the way back just so you could see me. 00:05:24.624 --> 00:05:28.428 But the other thing with this party trick is when you fold the seat, 00:05:29.495 --> 00:05:32.031 the bottom cushion can move up and then 00:05:33.666 --> 00:05:36.135 slam that up against the front passenger seat. 00:05:36.202 --> 00:05:39.038 The other seat does this as well, but now it's very easy 00:05:40.773 --> 00:05:43.509 to get into the third row like that. 00:05:43.509 --> 00:05:46.679 So if you had a Sienna with a bench in the middle. 00:05:47.213 --> 00:05:50.083 I don't know offhand if that bench folds 60/40, 00:05:50.116 --> 00:05:51.918 like if the two sides move independently. 00:05:51.918 --> 00:05:54.354 I don't remember, but it can do this. 00:05:54.354 --> 00:05:56.255 You can get in the third row very easily. 00:05:56.723 --> 00:05:58.858 Personally though, I think in minivans 00:05:58.858 --> 00:06:01.961 when you have the option to have captain's chairs, 00:06:02.228 --> 00:06:04.931 you might as well take it, because no matter which row 00:06:05.031 --> 00:06:08.434 you try to fit three adults across, it's gonna be a little tight. 00:06:08.434 --> 00:06:12.939 But if you have to do that, it won't be as tight in a vehicle 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:15.942 where there is a bench in the third row just because, 00:06:16.642 --> 00:06:18.611 sorry, there is a bench in the second row 00:06:18.778 --> 00:06:21.347 just because in the third row, the sides of the vehicle 00:06:21.381 --> 00:06:22.982 are coming in a little bit to accommodate 00:06:22.982 --> 00:06:24.784 the hardware for the rear wheels. 00:06:24.917 --> 00:06:27.553 The third row bench is not quite as wide 00:06:27.553 --> 00:06:30.790 as the second row bench, but just wanted to throw that out there. 00:06:30.790 --> 00:06:33.493 But yeah, you know, the other thing with this car 00:06:33.493 --> 00:06:35.695 and this crazy sliding range 00:06:36.262 --> 00:06:38.431 it's going to be hard for me to move... 00:06:41.467 --> 00:06:42.135 Like you can. 00:06:42.135 --> 00:06:45.104 You can have tons of legroom in the third row if you want it. 00:06:45.138 --> 00:06:47.540 So long as someone small is sitting up here. 00:06:48.241 --> 00:06:52.078 Yeah. The only thing I don't like about this vehicle's third row is 00:06:52.111 --> 00:06:53.880 these windows are very small. 00:06:54.347 --> 00:06:55.782 That's just for styling, though. 00:06:55.815 --> 00:06:58.551 I don't know why they did that, but that's - that's what they did. 00:06:58.551 --> 00:06:59.919 And that's what it's like. 00:06:59.986 --> 00:07:03.189 Oh yeah, and also there is a loop you can pull down here 00:07:03.589 --> 00:07:07.059 which will let you collapse and slide the seat forward. 00:07:07.059 --> 00:07:12.598 So those in third row don't need to do that reach around that I just did - I just forgot this was there. 00:07:12.665 --> 00:07:12.999 Right. 00:07:12.999 --> 00:07:14.734 And I should show just because Toyota 00:07:14.734 --> 00:07:16.469 engineered a pretty good mechanism for this. 00:07:16.469 --> 00:07:19.505 When you want to fold the third row you literally just do this. 00:07:21.107 --> 00:07:22.074 It's one step. 00:07:22.074 --> 00:07:23.342 You yank on this thing, 00:07:24.811 --> 00:07:27.180 and then they just fall into the floor like that. 00:07:27.213 --> 00:07:30.349 Now they don't like - they kind of need some weight on them. 00:07:30.349 --> 00:07:32.618 They have, they're spring loaded a little bit, and they kind of 00:07:32.652 --> 00:07:35.354 want to pop up to make it easier to lift them back up. 00:07:35.354 --> 00:07:37.423 But then you also have these flaps here 00:07:38.591 --> 00:07:40.259 to make the floor 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:42.161 truly flat. 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:43.596 Pretty neat. 00:07:43.596 --> 00:07:45.498 I'm packing up so I don't have my mic on, 00:07:45.498 --> 00:07:47.500 but I'm sure my dad would love me to show you 00:07:47.533 --> 00:07:50.703 his very dad-coded solution for making the cargo floor 00:07:50.736 --> 00:07:53.706 even flatter, which was one of these office chair 00:07:53.739 --> 00:07:58.110 roller protector things which happens to fit this vehicle pretty well. 00:07:58.778 --> 00:08:01.614 Very dad-coded, but it works great. 00:08:01.747 --> 00:08:03.382 And when it comes to the front seat, 00:08:03.382 --> 00:08:07.186 it is a remarkably normal car driving experience 00:08:07.186 --> 00:08:10.156 because minivans are not unnecessarily 00:08:10.156 --> 00:08:13.059 lifted off the ground to make you feel superior. 00:08:13.659 --> 00:08:17.163 Now, look, I understand this is all subjective. 00:08:17.196 --> 00:08:20.833 I'm making this video simply because I think car buying 00:08:20.867 --> 00:08:23.736 people do not think very hard about their needs. 00:08:23.736 --> 00:08:25.671 And I am trying to embrace 00:08:25.738 --> 00:08:28.841 or I'm trying to get more people to embrace the Midwestern mindset 00:08:28.875 --> 00:08:32.812 of "think through your needs before you make a purchase," 00:08:32.812 --> 00:08:35.081 because a lot of people 00:08:35.081 --> 00:08:38.017 are not buying minivans these days, and they're buying 00:08:38.050 --> 00:08:42.255 three row crossovers, which try their best to pretend to be a minivan. 00:08:42.255 --> 00:08:47.360 For instance, Toyota sells a vehicle on this same platform called the Grand Highlander, 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.262 and I know tons of people are buying them 00:08:49.262 --> 00:08:50.596 because you see them all over the place. 00:08:50.596 --> 00:08:54.667 But if you actually compare the Grand Highlander and the Sienna, 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.470 you're going to discover this is the better vehicle 00:08:57.470 --> 00:08:59.505 in almost every way. 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.108 Here's some numbers that I saved for you. 00:09:02.108 --> 00:09:05.411 Remember the awesomeness of the pit? That gives this thing 00:09:05.478 --> 00:09:09.482 33.5 cubic feet of cargo room behind the third row, 00:09:09.549 --> 00:09:10.917 the Grand Highlander, 00:09:10.917 --> 00:09:12.585 which is a vehicle on the outside 00:09:12.585 --> 00:09:14.453 which is slightly bigger than this thing, 00:09:14.520 --> 00:09:18.291 only has 20.6 cubic feet behind the third row. 00:09:18.291 --> 00:09:21.994 So a smaller vehicle (slightly) but a smaller vehicle 00:09:22.028 --> 00:09:25.197 has more than 50% more cargo room 00:09:25.197 --> 00:09:28.301 behind the third row, which I will remind you, is a third row 00:09:28.334 --> 00:09:31.862 which can accommodate adults comfortably. 00:09:31.862 --> 00:09:37.443 Behind the second row of seats. The Grand Highlander only has 57.9 cubic feet of cargo room, 00:09:37.443 --> 00:09:40.580 whereas this thing has 75.2. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.982 That's a lot more. 00:09:43.316 --> 00:09:47.186 And if we count just the cargo room behind the front seats, 00:09:47.353 --> 00:09:49.589 or I guess if we have all the seats collapsed 00:09:49.589 --> 00:09:55.394 or folded or whatever, this has 101 cubic feet of cargo room versus 97.5. 00:09:55.428 --> 00:09:57.830 The Grand Highlander is a lot closer to the Sienna, 00:09:57.863 --> 00:10:01.667 I think, because of the fact that the second row seats don't. 00:10:01.901 --> 00:10:02.835 They can't come out. 00:10:02.835 --> 00:10:04.704 So if you're looking at a different minivan 00:10:04.704 --> 00:10:07.106 where the second row seats are removable, or they 00:10:07.106 --> 00:10:08.641 fold into the floor like the 00:10:09.709 --> 00:10:10.576 Voyager, whatever 00:10:10.576 --> 00:10:13.079 Chrysler is calling their van now, not Voyager, Pacifica. 00:10:13.112 --> 00:10:13.512 That's it. 00:10:13.512 --> 00:10:15.615 They're killing the Voyager - anyway. 00:10:15.681 --> 00:10:16.882 If you get [gross mouth noise] 00:10:16.882 --> 00:10:19.452 if you get a minivan where you can actually remove or fold away the middle 00:10:19.452 --> 00:10:22.221 row seat, you're going to have even more cargo room than that. 00:10:22.355 --> 00:10:26.225 But still, this thing has more cargo room behind the front row, 00:10:26.225 --> 00:10:29.161 and the second row collapsed forward as much as it can 00:10:29.195 --> 00:10:31.263 than the Grand Highlander. 00:10:31.597 --> 00:10:34.467 So why are people buying the Grand Highlander? 00:10:34.467 --> 00:10:36.335 Because they can't get over themselves 00:10:36.335 --> 00:10:38.838 and don't want to be seen driving a minivan. 00:10:38.838 --> 00:10:40.740 I recognize this is subjective, 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:43.309 but there are exactly two things in my mind 00:10:43.342 --> 00:10:45.878 the Grand Highlander does better than the Sienna. 00:10:45.945 --> 00:10:49.715 First, towing capacity, but again, barely. 00:10:49.715 --> 00:10:55.388 This, despite being a minivan and a hybrid drivetrain, can tow 3,500 pounds. 00:10:55.421 --> 00:10:58.758 Some versions of the Grand Highlander can tow 5000, 00:10:58.791 --> 00:11:02.695 which is more, but it's not that much more and 3,500 pounds, 00:11:02.695 --> 00:11:05.309 while it's not a huge tow rating by any means, 00:11:05.309 --> 00:11:06.958 it's nothing to sneeze at either. 00:11:06.958 --> 00:11:13.339 So minivans, even hybrid minivans like this one, are much more capable than many people seem to think they are. 00:11:13.773 --> 00:11:14.573 The other thing 00:11:14.573 --> 00:11:18.210 the Grand Highlander does better than this is ground clearance. 00:11:18.210 --> 00:11:22.615 But here I am, being that frustrating midwesterner. 00:11:23.182 --> 00:11:26.819 Do you actually need any more ground clearance than a minivan? 00:11:26.819 --> 00:11:29.188 Because most of you out there don't. 00:11:29.221 --> 00:11:32.224 I have never in my life been in a situation 00:11:32.224 --> 00:11:35.261 where I needed more ground clearance than a minivan could offer. 00:11:35.294 --> 00:11:39.098 Now, granted, I don't go off-roading or anything recreational like that, 00:11:39.098 --> 00:11:41.834 but I don't just limit myself to public roads 00:11:42.101 --> 00:11:44.270 or not public roads, but paved roads. 00:11:44.270 --> 00:11:46.939 I have taken minivans on gravel roads 00:11:46.939 --> 00:11:49.375 and off the beaten path plenty of times. 00:11:49.375 --> 00:11:51.911 Unless you're doing trails and stuff like that, 00:11:51.944 --> 00:11:55.981 you probably don't actually need any more ground clearance than a minivan can offer, 00:11:55.981 --> 00:11:59.018 and your kids are going to appreciate having a vehicle 00:11:59.018 --> 00:12:02.188 which is lower to the ground because it's easier to get in and out of, 00:12:02.188 --> 00:12:04.623 and your elderly relatives are also going 00:12:04.623 --> 00:12:07.093 to appreciate having a vehicle which is lower to the ground, 00:12:07.093 --> 00:12:09.562 because it's easier to get in and out of. 00:12:09.562 --> 00:12:11.931 Everything about a minivan 00:12:11.931 --> 00:12:14.834 is better than a three row crossover, 00:12:14.834 --> 00:12:17.703 and the only reason people do not buy them 00:12:17.703 --> 00:12:20.573 is because they don't want to be seen in a minivan. 00:12:20.573 --> 00:12:23.776 And I am telling you, you need to get over that 00:12:23.776 --> 00:12:26.545 because life is so much better when you stop caring about what 00:12:26.579 --> 00:12:29.281 other people think, and you care about your needs 00:12:29.281 --> 00:12:30.983 and how best to meet them. 00:12:31.317 --> 00:12:35.755 This three row minivan is getting 34 miles per gallon over its life. 00:12:35.755 --> 00:12:39.592 Its EPA rating is 35 combined, so it's missing it by just a hair. 00:12:39.592 --> 00:12:45.397 But still, 34 miles per gallon is incredible for a vehicle this big. 00:12:45.464 --> 00:12:47.333 My first car was a Honda Civic. 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:48.937 It was a coupe, even. 00:12:48.937 --> 00:12:53.139 That small car was rated for 36 miles per gallon on the highway. 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:56.108 But if memory serves only 25 in the city, 00:12:56.108 --> 00:12:59.478 and I would say on average I got maybe 28 out of that thing 00:12:59.612 --> 00:13:01.413 unless I was on a long road trip. 00:13:01.413 --> 00:13:05.851 So the fact that this much bigger, much more capable vehicle, 00:13:05.851 --> 00:13:08.954 which can carry seven adults in reasonable 00:13:08.954 --> 00:13:11.390 comfort and six adults in complete comfort, 00:13:11.390 --> 00:13:16.695 is more fuel efficient than my tiny coupe is remarkable. 00:13:16.695 --> 00:13:19.331 That's why it's - it's awesome! 00:13:19.331 --> 00:13:23.502 But I don't want another car with an internal combustion engine. 00:13:23.502 --> 00:13:24.303 I am over them. 00:13:24.303 --> 00:13:27.306 So as much as I think this is the pinnacle of minivans, 00:13:27.306 --> 00:13:28.874 I would not purchase this. 00:13:28.908 --> 00:13:33.012 What I would purchase in a heartbeat is if somebody at Hyundai/Kia 00:13:33.078 --> 00:13:36.549 decided to put the E-GMP drivetrain in the Carnival. 00:13:36.615 --> 00:13:41.754 I would buy that tomorrow, but actually fitting in a battery pack 00:13:41.754 --> 00:13:45.191 into the architecture of a minivan is fairly difficult. 00:13:45.457 --> 00:13:47.193 So I understand why that hasn't happened yet. 00:13:47.193 --> 00:13:49.862 And I do know about the Volkswagen ID buzz. 00:13:49.862 --> 00:13:53.599 I was initially very excited about that car, and I kind of still am. 00:13:53.632 --> 00:13:55.000 I think most people 00:13:56.101 --> 00:13:59.271 speaking of things that people don't think about with their needs, 00:13:59.271 --> 00:14:01.507 the ID buzz is being maligned 00:14:01.507 --> 00:14:04.109 because it doesn't have that great of a range 00:14:04.109 --> 00:14:05.878 by today's electric car standards, 00:14:05.878 --> 00:14:08.814 but by my electric car standards, it's got plenty. 00:14:08.881 --> 00:14:12.251 It's got more than plenty, and road trips would be a little more difficult 00:14:12.251 --> 00:14:14.787 than in my car, but honestly, not that much more difficult. 00:14:14.787 --> 00:14:17.656 So everybody out there who's writing articles about the ID buzz 00:14:17.723 --> 00:14:20.826 saying that like, oh, it can't do the classic road - 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.228 Oh, the lights just went off. 00:14:22.261 --> 00:14:23.996 Well, see, this is why it's Connextras. 00:14:23.996 --> 00:14:25.731 Turn the lights back on, please. 00:14:26.465 --> 00:14:27.666 Thank you. 00:14:27.700 --> 00:14:29.068 They're on a motion sensor. 00:14:29.501 --> 00:14:31.670 Anybody who's writing articles that are like 00:14:32.638 --> 00:14:35.140 the ID buzz is not actually good at road tripping or whatever. 00:14:35.174 --> 00:14:35.708 I mean, 00:14:36.742 --> 00:14:37.977 we can argue about that, but 00:14:37.977 --> 00:14:40.779 the ID buzz is I have been in one. 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:44.083 It's actually bigger than I think many people realize. 00:14:44.516 --> 00:14:47.720 It's about as wide as a minivan like this, but it's really tall. 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.988 It's really tall. 00:14:49.555 --> 00:14:53.058 Anyway, I would love an electric Kia Carnival 00:14:53.058 --> 00:14:54.460 if they can make that happen. 00:14:54.894 --> 00:14:59.098 But if you are not like me and are happy to keep using gasoline, 00:14:59.131 --> 00:15:02.401 you should probably want a car which doesn't use more gasoline 00:15:02.401 --> 00:15:05.170 than it needs to because gasoline costs money. 00:15:05.237 --> 00:15:07.373 So maybe you should be looking at hybrid drivetrains. 00:15:07.373 --> 00:15:10.442 And if you think this car has a very complicated drivetrain, 00:15:10.910 --> 00:15:16.015 you should check out that video of mine which I made on the main channel, 00:15:16.081 --> 00:15:17.516 talking about hybrid cars 00:15:17.516 --> 00:15:20.252 and how nobody seems to understand the point of hybrid cars. 00:15:20.252 --> 00:15:22.454 And I can tell that because 00:15:23.589 --> 00:15:25.557 everybody has wild opinions about them. 00:15:25.557 --> 00:15:29.862 But anyway, you should embrace the minivan 00:15:29.862 --> 00:15:33.399 if you have the need for a large ish vehicle. 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.902 If you have to haul, if you have a big enough family to haul around 00:15:36.902 --> 00:15:40.539 more than two kids or three kids if you want, whatever. 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:43.442 If you have the need for a larger vehicle, 00:15:43.442 --> 00:15:45.311 you should be looking at a minivan. 00:15:45.344 --> 00:15:47.880 Now, I do know that as of late, 00:15:47.913 --> 00:15:51.083 these have not been as crashworthy as some of the other cars. 00:15:51.083 --> 00:15:54.653 And if that's something that you are concerned about, I understand. 00:15:54.653 --> 00:15:58.257 But I also think there's a reasonable argument to be made 00:15:58.257 --> 00:16:01.660 that minivans are less likely to get into collisions 00:16:01.660 --> 00:16:03.195 just because they're minivans. 00:16:03.228 --> 00:16:05.431 I was going to say the worst thing about driving 00:16:05.431 --> 00:16:08.667 a minivan is other drivers, because what happens 00:16:08.667 --> 00:16:12.104 routinely when I'm on a road trip in this thing with my parents 00:16:12.137 --> 00:16:15.574 is I'll be cruising along at keeping up 00:16:15.574 --> 00:16:17.943 with highway speeds, and then I go to pass somebody 00:16:17.943 --> 00:16:19.478 because they're not keeping up. 00:16:19.478 --> 00:16:22.414 And when they realize they're being passed by a minivan, 00:16:22.481 --> 00:16:25.384 oh, suddenly they hightail it and don't let me pass them.k 00:16:25.384 --> 00:16:27.753 That's the most annoying thing about driving a minivan. 00:16:27.753 --> 00:16:28.954 It's other drivers. 00:16:28.954 --> 00:16:32.586 Otherwise you really should be looking at a minivan. 00:16:32.586 --> 00:16:34.593 They are the Swiss Army knife of vehicles. 00:16:34.593 --> 00:16:37.262 They have sliding doors which are easy to get in and out of, 00:16:37.262 --> 00:16:39.198 which your kids can't bang into other cars, 00:16:39.198 --> 00:16:40.899 which are often power assisted. 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:43.502 I think in the US market, I'm not sure 00:16:43.502 --> 00:16:46.238 there are minivans for sale to have manual sliding doors 00:16:46.271 --> 00:16:49.541 except for like commercial variants. 00:16:50.175 --> 00:16:51.577 They're all powered now. 00:16:52.311 --> 00:16:53.112 They're just great. 00:16:53.112 --> 00:16:54.413 They're great vehicles. 00:16:54.613 --> 00:16:58.584 If I had a need for one, I would be getting a minivan. 00:16:58.584 --> 00:17:02.988 And honestly, like I said, if there were a fully electric minivan, 00:17:02.988 --> 00:17:06.425 I would probably daily drive it because these vehicles are awesome. 00:17:06.425 --> 00:17:10.963 And anybody who doesn't think that is - they just can't get over them. 00:17:11.530 --> 00:17:13.999 Anyway, that's all. 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.067 Enjoy.