I dumped the Pacifica... for another Pacifica...
i am NEVER bored.
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The car guy in me says get a Palisade or Telluride as they are the best in the bunch and the least likely to cause regret.
The husband in me says lease a new Pacifica with all the same features she loves. While not the most reliable, I am sure they have improved in the last three years. As mentioned before, try to find a dealer that does pickup for service.
Good luck on the shopping.
The husband in me says lease a new Pacifica with all the same features she loves. While not the most reliable, I am sure they have improved in the last three years. As mentioned before, try to find a dealer that does pickup for service.
Good luck on the shopping.
So OP might be surprised that the new Pacifica that he buys turns out to be trouble free (can't believe I recommended a Chrysler).
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Not to go too far OT, but my wife and I talk about this a lot. She's a first grade teacher, so she sees it a lot at school, and it becomes more of an issue every year. There is so much for them to take in and do all of the time that they are completely unprepared to sit and wait when that is what is required.
We have realized that we have to teach our kids how to be bored, and that being bored is okay. We put away all screens in our house for the summer to try to aid in this and ensure they are playing outside and creatively as much as possible.
We didn't have tablets or movies in our cars growing up. Heck, when I was 8 we drove from the Seattle area to Disneyland and I was allowed to bring one Hotwheel in the car to entertain myself. And I survived...
We have realized that we have to teach our kids how to be bored, and that being bored is okay. We put away all screens in our house for the summer to try to aid in this and ensure they are playing outside and creatively as much as possible.
We didn't have tablets or movies in our cars growing up. Heck, when I was 8 we drove from the Seattle area to Disneyland and I was allowed to bring one Hotwheel in the car to entertain myself. And I survived...
Absolutely, its a major problem. We're trying to do the same thing, but especially spending so much time together here in the house, its hard. All of this ADHD going around and the issue really is that our kids aren't able to be bored or to sit quietly, they need constant stimulus.
i don't think it's ok to teach them to be bored, lol, because i don't think 'bored' is a good thing. perhaps better is to teach them it's ok for them to just be... maybe teach them mindfulness, short meditations, observing things without always having to be manipulating a screen. really observe their surroundings, people, their own feelings, thoughts, etc.
i am NEVER bored.
i am NEVER bored.
Our 2 year old mostly sits and babbles the whole time as well.Screens in the car is one thing we do not give into right now, at first it was because I was worried about motion sickness, but now I just prefer the idea of them looking out of the window and observing new things or remembering land marks, ask street names, etc. I have been pretty surprised at my 5 year old's sense of direction; if I take a different route to school or familiar places, she'll ask why or tell me I'm going the wrong way. I only hope this doesn't create another "backseat driver" though, we have enough already with her mom in the car!
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That's surprising. Pick up and delivery must be a dealer specific offering. I see the Porsche dealer near me offers it.
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yeah, for this reason i wouldn't trust any car marque or dealership to drive my car. only i drive my car because who knows how it's treated by some random joe who works for dealership x, y or z.