Jim Walls via EV wrote:
My wife drove two mini-vans over a period of almost 20 years. You are
right that they are very practical.
Same here; I've been driving minivans since the 1960's. My first was a
Chevy Corvair Greenbrier. My last was a VW Eurovan.
However, see how happy the wife would be if you wanted to carry a pallet
of bags of fertilizer! Or worse, 1,000 pound of fertilizer in bulk!
The 1961 Greenbrier's floor was steel with a removable rubber mat. Pop
the seats and mat out, and you had the bed of a pickup. It could also
easily fit a full-size pallet with a 4.5 foot high load. Mine had
double-doors, but there was also the "rampside" version with a ramp that
lowered right to the ground to form a ramp for loading/unloading.
The 2002 VW Eurovan was the last descendent of the famed VW transporter
line that we could buy in the US. It was the smallest minivan on the
outside; but by far the largest on the inside. It could carry twice as
much as the Dodge Caravan. The carpet wasn't removable, so I had to
throw a tarp on it to haul dirty loads.
But most minivans turned into boxy cars. Like most SUVs, they're poor
for hauling anything but people.
I get the sense that emotion and appearance matter more than
practicality and utility.
Lee
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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