Back when my smallest daughter was just about to be born, we had to trade-in our small 4-door sedan for a mini-van.  With two real small children at the time, and another one just about ready to arrive we needed a mini-van as much as I didn’t really want one.  That was way back in 2000 and we did end up getting a Chevy Venture.  It has been a really great vehicle with no major problems, and I have problem invested less than $1500 over the past 8 years into it.  So...