On the Hunt

We're on the hunt for a new car that will accommodate our growing family. Here is my list so far of ones we've considered.
We cannot agree on a car except for the one that is completely out of our price range. My first choice and the only thing we agree on is this....

the GMC Acadia. Roomy, stylish, great gas mileage, but I don't know if I can bring myself to commit to that kind of payment.

My second choice is this...

the Honda Pilot. But Travis doesn't want a mid-size SUV because of the pain of using the 3rd row and it feeling crammed. Which I agree with kinda. I haven't been inside a Pilot yet, but we did drive a Pathfinder and it would be a pain to crawl over the 2nd row to buckle in kids in the 3rd row. I'm guessing it'll be the same situation with the Pilot, so this option may be off the table soon.

Other than a mini van that leaves us with the option of a full size SUV.

A full size SUV has many advantages, they can tow things, like trailers that we don't own. (We own nothing that needs to be towed, so this advantage doesn't really play a role in my decision making, although like twice a year we have to haul my dad's trailer to Lava but we still have a truck that we can all fit in, so again not really a factor for me.)

I also won't feel like I'm driving a can of sardines around. It would be nice to have a lot of room between the 3rd row and me. More distance for screaming and fighting to travel.

Disadvantages-

I'm full size driving impaired. It took years for me to master driving a car and being able to park it decent. (Just ask people that rode with me in high school. I wasn't very good at parking a car.) Can you imagine me trying to maneuver a big ol' SUV through the Kent's parking lot? The few times that I am forced to drive the truck I have to park at the very end of the parking lot where there are six empty stalls all together so I can have a slim shot of actually making it straight between the lines. I just don't picture good things happening with me driving something that big.

Gas mileage. I'll admit that I don't drive very far anymore, but still I just am not all gung-ho driving something that I'll have to take a loan out just to fill it with gas every week.

So if we are going for a full size SUV my choice is this

The Nissan Armada. Again price plays a big part in this selection. They are spendy but I love the look of them.

This is Travis's one and only choice. A Tahoe. He has never even considered anything else. I told him I have to drive one and see how well I can handle something like that before I even put it on my list of options. The only thing with this is that I love the new style of the Tahoe but we can't afford one and I'm not totally in love with the older style.

I hope I'm not the only one that is this picky over choosing a car. This is something I'm going to be driving for a long amount of time though and I want to be completely in love with it. Good thing we still have a few months before I have to make a decision but I want to have this thing in my possession by September. So on the hunt we go.