The age old question when getting a new vehicle at a dealer – do you trade in your existing vehicle or sell it privately. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages, so why do people go with one option over the other? Ultimately, it depends on what your priorities are and what you perceive to be the better way. Which one is better for our needs and how would we get the better outcome for us, based our current priorities? Now that we’re looking to get a 9 passenger Suburban or Yukon XL we have been discussing which option to go with for getting rid of one of our vehicles.…

How hard can it be to find the family vehicle we're searching for? As it turns out, really hard!

I recently mentioned that I feel like now is the time to say goodbye to my 2016 Kia Sedona and move onto another new-to-me vehicle. This is largely because I’m now part of a larger family with my fiancé. My new family has 9 people – my 3 children (6,4,3)and my fiancé’s 4 kids (10,8,6,4) – and we need a larger vehicle to get around, if we want to take 1 vehicle. This is the first post in a series about my experience purchasing and living with a 9 passenger vehicle. A series I’m calling 9’s the Limit. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic took over, we went on a family…