WTF is this? Can someone please tell me? For the past decade or so we've been calling them minivans; yet there is nothing "mini" about them. They keep getting larger and larger so they can accommodate these jobless soccer moms who have nothing better to do than to drive their ever-increasing litter of rugrats around town. They don't make 'em like they used to. My grandfather owned a '78 Ford Econoline 150. This was a real van. It was made better and could tear through today's vans like they were made of aluminum foil. It didn't have seats for extra passengers; just two in the front. Those who bummed a ride sat on the floor, got knocked around like a pinball and liked it. It finally was put out of commission in '95. That van took almost 17 years to die. As soon as my uncle "inherited" it, it was all downhill from there. You can pretty much say it died with my grandfather. Today you're lucky if you get 7 years out of an automobile. Before I trail off the subject I just wanted to make a point of how today's vans (and cars) are made like shit. Remember the A-Team van? That was also a real van. Imagine B.A. Baracus driving a minivan. Did someone say Gay Team?