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Why would a single person drive such a large vehicle? Isn that a waste?

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Why would a single person drive such a large vehicle? Isn that a waste?

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A minivan at 200 inches long and 78 inches wide doesn’t take up much more room than, say, a Honda Accord at 190 inches long and 72 inches wide. The minivan just makes extremely efficient use of space. According to my economic calculations above, driving a minivan doesn’t cost much more than driving a smaller vehicle. A waste would be unnecessarily spending money on something that one doesn’t plan to use. I plan to use all 7 seats and 167 cubic feet of cargo capacity on a regular basis. It’s not like I’m driving a huge SUV that gets 12 mpg that I never plan to go offroading in. Sure, it uses a little more gas than a smaller vehicle, but there are many bright engineers like myself (and maybe you) trying to develop a solution for this so future generations of people can drive enjoy driving minivans. And if there is such a great surge in minivan popularity that a shortage arises, I’m sure Chrysler would be more than happy to increase production of the Town & Country so that everyone who wa

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