My youngest is an October birthday, and was both emotionally and academically ready to be in kinder. YMMV is the best advice I could give. We had a few minor issues early on, but my son is now an above average 3rd grader. Yes there are some challenges as some of his classmates were “redshirted” and they are bigger…

I <3 my captains chairs. 

Word. We started exclusively booking places like Residence Inn for this very reason. When we’ve been limited to a standard room, we’ve insisted on a balcony. Frozen adult hang out time is better than no adult hang out time!

Nice. I did similar back in the day by tying in to the unused cassette port for an Aux-In. I mounted a Sirius unit full time on a slim gooseneck and had a aux-in neatly tucked away near the glove box. Was able to retain the stock Blowse unit and also not give a crap when the roof was down for the best of both worlds.

It has a shitter and a fridge and four wheels! Instant Jalop cred.

Sounds good... except most of these monsters are perfectly capable of bombing down flat ground highway at 85+. Ask my father and his lead foot how I know!

Exactly! Screw camping!

Nope. Problem occurs with all small kids. They don’t understand how to open the door slowly because to them, it’s heavy and they have to push hard.

Do you think my two kids just magically skipped their infant/toddler stage? What the fuck do you think was back there when the kids were little? Let me clue you in, because you are clearly ignorant of what goes on during that stage of parenthood despite being in that stage. Giant fucking strollers. Packnplays. Toys.…

I’d like to see you shove the metric crap ton of baseball gear currently stowed (neatly I might add) behind the 3rd row of my T&C into the trunk of your Camry without folding the seats.

Just buy the damn van already. You will tell everyone you regret it. But deep down... deep, deeeeeeep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you will secretly LOVE it.

I’m just going to leave this here, and walk away:
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Can confirm. Black leather interior is easy to care for in the van with 2k under 7.

see my response to AdmiralAkbar. IT’S A TRAP!

Five.Years.Ago. Do you know of this reoccurring since? Examples?

Unless your response was also sarcasm. Oh shit, now I might need to go buy that book!?!?

Perhaps you should procure the Dummies book entitled: “Sarcasm - For Dummies”.

What happened to Mat Honan was years ago and AFAIK has not occurred again. Mat was a high-profile target of sorts, as well.

So... I should disable the loss/theft-prevention feature of my devices to prevent theft? Seems like a “Dummies Guide” solution, no?

I too miss my JSW. Easily the best all-around car I’ve ever owned. Is it dusty in here? My allergies seem to be flaring. *sniff*