We've officially started looking for mini-vans, so if you have one, you might catch us peeking in through your windows. We were going to the mall to spend the rest of the gift card (mentioned in my post on February 6th) when we decided to pull into a Nissan dealership to drive around (and try not to talk to anyone) when we got cornered when we took a wrong turn. So we got out and looked at the one van they had, which we liked. The salesman wanted us to come back the next day, which was good as Rachel's parents were coming into town and her dad knows much more about cars than we do. 

Saturday we went for a test drive and it seemed like things ran well, except Rachel pulled the shifter right out the socket (apparently it comes out for maintenance, I think someone forgot to put a screw back in) it was pretty funny. But then they wanted to talk serious, like we were going to drive home in our new van. We tried to explain the night before and again that day that we want to get a van before August, but are in no hurry until then. 

Tuesday we went back to look at some other vans that they have on other lots. We looked at everything they have for under 20k (although we only want to spend 5-6k in addition to trading in our Outback). There weren't a ton of them, maybe 7, and the one we liked the second most (after the one we had already seen on Friday and Saturday), smelt like wet dog/throw up/wet dog throw up. 

Anyway, the search continues. We think we would be happy with the first van, but want to look around a bit as we really don't know that much about buying anything that costs more than $500.