In my quest for a new family hauler, this board provided some great options (thank you!). We've been to test drive a bunch of options and I'm stuck in several dealers' relentless CRM cycles.
My wife's favorite was.... (drumroll)..... the Kia Carnival.
It checks a lot of our boxes including comfort, price range, technology, etc. The one big EXCEPT is all-wheel-drive (AWD).
Our AWD use-case is once a year we drive from Dallas to Taos, NM or Pagosa Springs, CO for a family ski trip. Currently, I've been renting 4WD or AWD cars on Turo for this trip (for $800-1000/trip) which works but was a major goal for wanting to get a new car and replace our old FWD Sienna.
Thinking about our trips recently, it feels like every other year I'm super glad to have AWD and others I feel like our FWD Sienna would have been fine. Tough to know until you're there what the conditions will be. There's also the occasional needs in Dallas when there's ice or snow or heavy rain.
I'm stuck because the Carnival checks so many other boxes. I can't seem to shake this one though. Am I over-thinking it?
Our next option, likely a Tahoe or Yukon, is way more expensive. Financially, I'm better off renting Turo's for our trips but I don't want to anymore. Bah...I don't know!
My wife's favorite was.... (drumroll)..... the Kia Carnival.
It checks a lot of our boxes including comfort, price range, technology, etc. The one big EXCEPT is all-wheel-drive (AWD).
Our AWD use-case is once a year we drive from Dallas to Taos, NM or Pagosa Springs, CO for a family ski trip. Currently, I've been renting 4WD or AWD cars on Turo for this trip (for $800-1000/trip) which works but was a major goal for wanting to get a new car and replace our old FWD Sienna.
Thinking about our trips recently, it feels like every other year I'm super glad to have AWD and others I feel like our FWD Sienna would have been fine. Tough to know until you're there what the conditions will be. There's also the occasional needs in Dallas when there's ice or snow or heavy rain.
I'm stuck because the Carnival checks so many other boxes. I can't seem to shake this one though. Am I over-thinking it?
Our next option, likely a Tahoe or Yukon, is way more expensive. Financially, I'm better off renting Turo's for our trips but I don't want to anymore. Bah...I don't know!