You can laugh at all you want but we own two minivans! Okay, I give you a permission to laugh because I am laughing right here with you. It just turned out that way and it’s almost perfect-haha. With three kids, I love having a minivan. I was determined to drive our US minivan here in England, but I realized that I have to go much slower on some country roads because it’s quite a bit wider than most passenger vehicles here. So we bought a Vauxhall Zafira minivan. It seats seven people, but the last row, that has two seatbelts is quite tiny, only big enough to transport children. When I use the third row, there is almost no trunk (boot) space BUT, it is still bigger than a regular sedan. I love that I can zoom in it all over since it’s smaller and has the steering wheel on the proper UK side.
Here is a wonderful picture for you to compare the sizes of both of our vehicles. In American, we forget how truly large our minivans are. I even forgot until I saw our minivan on the day we picked it up here.
Our US minivan is a 2008 with only about 12K miles on it. And our British “minivan” is a 2007 with over 80K miles—owned by another military officer, who I am sure drove lots to mainland. We’ll see how long it lasts as Vauxhalls are no Hondas by any means….Even British car guys all recommend Japanese cars, and it seems they have something personal against French car makers too (just kidding).
Cheers for now. Next time you are driving, imagine driving on the other side of the road but with your steering wheel still on your regular side. It’s so fun!
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