This past Thurs., I traded in the Olds and got a '85 Plymouth Voyager. 
 Oh, boy, you know what is going to hit the fan.  It's very clean, and 
runs surprisingly good considering how many miles are on it. (167k).  I 
went to a dealership and looked at their vans.  They took it for a test 
drive and came back, talked to each other, and they told me they would 
trade even up.  I think after taxes, fees, and licensing, I spent a 
total of $76.90, I would spend five times that if I would have financee 
(d) one.  The price tag on it was $2,250.  I think I got a pretty good 
deal.  My husband and I have 2 children and when we go on vacation, it's 
a 8 hr. drive, when we took my k-car, after the luggage and baby 
parapanelia (spelling), there wasn't much room left for us!  So the 
mini-van will help in that perspective, not to mention making grocery 
shopping easier, and going to the laundrymat.  Everybody I have talked 
to says I got a good deal, but one person had to be weird and tell me to 
take the van back and get the car back.  I said "You have to be joking!" 
 You have to change houses to adjust to a growing family, and you have 
to change vehicles for the same reason.  It's a 5 passenger van, so if 
we have 2 more kids, then we will have to upgrade at that point.  But we 
have to move into a bigger house before that.  (Hopefully, next summer.)
    Well, I think I nawed your ear enough for one day.    Take 
care.
                                             Lori
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