Purchasing a car can be a matter of necessity. But sometimes the best move is to resist temptation and stand pat.
Granted, my car's flamboyant interior wears a Technicolor dreamcoat of crushed pretzels and dog fur, but that would also be the case with a new one within two weeks. True story: I got a gift voucher for car detailing, and I left it in front of the coffee maker, which then malfunctioned and stained the coupon beyond legibility. You're really embracing the minivan lifestyle when you can't get your car cleaned because the cleaning voucher is too filthy.
My impression, though, was that the refreshed Pacifica doesn't offer anything I can't live without. My wife, who logs the bulk of our household minivan miles, opined that wireless phone charging is nice but not a justifiable reason to buy a new car. Sure, every time one of our van's sliding doors opens, it sounds like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad climbing the grade, but my threshold for new-car neediness is calibrated to a much higher degree of catastrophic crappiness than that.
Nonetheless, I'm staying away from dealer oil changes. I might not need a car, but they've got a stupid 475-hp
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