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Do you like the vehicle? We have a Town and Country and while I’m not a fan of the minivan life it’s just so damn practical with kids. The Pacifica seems more car like than our Town and Country (seems like it sits lower, maybe handles better). Looking into options, we use the Model 3 almost all the time but sometimes you need the extra luggage space or just ability to sit a little further away (separate the kids).

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We love it. Have a 2020 and the plugin hybrid approach is similar to the Chevy Volt where the first 35 miles you drive everyday is all electric. For us, even driving into the next town everyday, that covers us.

The vehicle is great. Bells and whistles are solid. Really the only downside to it is that the battery sits in the space where you would have been able to fold down the middle row of seats. Instead, if you need to get the middle seats out of the way, you have to remove them and they are a little heavier than I expected.

Still though, the practicality can't be beat. When you fold down the back and remove the middle seats it's almost like having a covered pickup truck with as much as you can fit in there.

Thanks for the insight. To be honest I have almost never fully folded down the middle seats, since you have to move the front seats up, move the floor mats and then fold them in.

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