[s-cars] Allroad info needed..... Wife wants one

[Harold McComas]

Peter, totally agree with you on your soapbox.  :-)

Hell, my parents ( w/ me and my sister) did not even own a 4 door until I 
was in high school. We inherited a '71 Chevy Caprice coupe from my 
grandfather in '79 and when my dad was stationed in Germany took it with 
him. In High School  ('82-'86 Ramstein AFB, Ger) we got an Opel Kadett 
4-door , our first time with a second car and first four door, shortly 
before his tour was up we got a '86 Audi 5000s (for $13k, good exchange 
rate) and brought that back with us to the states along with the Chevy.

My bro-in-laws sister HAS to have a minivan with two kids.(according to 
him). Just more crap to haul around I say. On trips when I was growing up I 
was allowed to take only ONE toy, not most of them.

Harold

> From: Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Allroad info needed..... Wife wants one
> To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>, Scar
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> chris:
>
> How many cupholders and cell phone distractions are her friends dealing 
> with?
>
> Seriously....
>
> If she likes the manual, get her one.
>
> Now, momentary soapbox -
> How many of us grew up with siblings and all our parents had was 1 sedan.
> Why it seem that having 1-2 kids DEMANDs that you need to immediately get 
> a
> minivan, SUV, or wagon?
> Do we REALLY shlep that much more stuff around than we used to?
>
> We didn't get our first wagon until I was 10... because dad  needed
> something to haul 4x8 sheets of plywood and sheetrock....
>
> -Peter
>