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Originally Posted by flipper35
Maybe because the police pay no heed and they get away with it?
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Not entirely true. Got stopped by a NYS trooper with all 7 seats full doing 80 in what I thought was a 65, it was evidently 55 through that section.
He came on the passenger side, took note of my Mother in Law literally knitting in the second row, he took my license and registration and said he'll see what he could do. He wrote me for 68.
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Originally Posted by dlockhart
A few years back my brother got a decked out Chrysler mini van for his company car.
That thing was awesome for comfy high speed road trips. Sometimes hiding in plane sight works.
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We've done NJ to FLA a couple of times with 7 passengers and I couldn't imagine doing it anything else short of a Suburban. The advantage the Chrysler products have is the floor well storage which allows for 3-4 duffel bags, along with a soft-side roof pack, there was no need for luggage in the passenger compartment other than what passengers want to have on hand for entertainment.
We've rented a Tahoe before and tried to load it with a similar number of passengers and luggage and it doesn't do as well without a roof box which is difficult to access.
With respect to the OP, I've actually found that I often have to deal with people who don't want to ride behind a minivan, maybe perceiving that they'll be slow. They'll accelerate to get in front of me and then slow down once in front. It's not a sight line thing because I don't get the same treatment in my Jeep GC which is a similar size and shape.