They are coming to LA in Spring 09!
Upon our discussion last nite, my sister is like 80% confirmed that she and her family will be visiting us in LA next year. She wants to make sure the weather will be nice, so I suggested mid April to May. They are a family of 3 and we are a family of 3, so we definitely need a car that can fit 6 passengers. It is unlike in Malaysia where kids are allowed to sit on the adult’s lap. All toddlers and children in US are required to be seated on a car seat, which take up one space by itself.
I actually started to look around for a minivan (that can sit at least 7 passengers) about a month or two ago. I like to check around the prices and may decide to get one. We will definitely find a car loan as we can’t afford to pay the full in cash. Prices of a Toyota Sienna range from $20K+ to over $30K. We may able to come up with about 30% downpayment for this price. May be if I search around more, I may get a slightly used minivan for a good price. If the price is less than $20K, we may not need to get any used car loans for it.
At this time, we don’t really need it for our daily use. So I may end up renting a minivan instead of purchasing one. I am worry about the rising gas price. A minivan may actually consume much gas. My hubby had just told me the gas went up over $4.50 per gallon now. It is crazy. I don’t know if I will ever see the gas price to be as low as $0.99 per gallon again.
