CHEVROLET VENTURE 2002 DRIVERS

My three kids lost all track of time on a 3-hour journey over the holidays, lost in movies and not once asking, “Are we there yet?” The DVD player even has a 1.5-second video memory that prevents visual blips when you hit that occasional pothole or frost heave. Susie can tune in the Red Sox while Johnny watches “The Patriot” on the 7-inch drop-down screen and Patrick bops to his favorite hip-hop radio station. In fact, you can play the DVD player, the CD player, and the radio all at once, with input fed to any of four wireless headsets that come with the system. You can play DVD movies, DVD audio, and CDs with this system. The Venture comes with a DVD-based audio and video system. And DVD is at the heart of hominess in the new Venture van. Think movies these days and you think DVD. Think Warner Brothers and you think movies. That’s why Chevrolet has produced this Warner Brothers Edition. They want a sense of “home,” even on the road. People are looking for more than simple utility these days. That’s a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing when it comes to selling the minivan. This is a van that seats eight comfortably, has plenty of head- and legroom, and whose rear seat can be taken out for hauling loads other than children. Today’s choices include Ford’s Windstar, a couple of Chrysler vans, Honda’s Odyssey (the best of the lot), Toyota’s Sienna, and today’s test car, one with a name so long you’d need a van to haul it: the 2002 Chevrolet Venture EXT AWD Warner Brothers Edition. Most station wagons and SUVs won’t carrry more than five people comfortably, after all, and when folks call me to ask what to buy to carry six or eight, I tell them to consider either a big SUV, which many of them shun since the shine is dimming on those rigs as well, or go back to the minivan. Yet the minivan endures, perhaps because of its very utility. Soccer moms and Little League dads wanted to drive vehicles with more panache and sportiness than the utilitarian minivan could offer. Then came – and continues to come – the “crossover” vehicle, a transporter that is part SUV, part wagon, part minivan. Then came the revival of the station wagon. No suburban driveway was complete, it seemed, without a minivan. Soccer moms drove minivans in such force that they became a political constituency for presidential hopefuls. Find out more about our advertising opportunities.Consider the minivan: Made popular by Chrysler in the 1980s, it became the symbol of the growing, active family. Advertise Advertising on is well-targeted, has unique benefits, and is highly successful. Looking for something lighter? Read our funny complaints to see people who found humor in a bad situation.

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