[Don W]

Station wagons are the absolute BEST car design ever imagined! You get the smooth transitions of a sedan from the front, then the cargo capacity of a truck in the rear.

I absolutely LOVE station wagons, and am curious as to why anyone could dislike them. They’re a whole lot more pleasant to look at than what they call SUVs today.

I’m curious, what platform do you prefer? 4 X 4 crewcabs?

[21twelve]

In 2000 my 20 year old full size chevy pickup was on it’s way out. Now with a family I needed two rows of seats but I also wanted the space of an 8-foot bed. But, soon realized that I did not want to have to drive around and park for projects in the city with that.

I was seriously looking into getting a short bed and trying to figure out a way to cut through the back of the cab and into the bed. Complaining that why don’t they make something like my dad’s station wagon!? (Well, there was the Suburban which I started looking at).

But then I saw an ad for the all new Chevy Avalanche. It checked all of my boxes. I’m on my second one after totaling the first by hitting a deer.

I sometimes think it would be fun to buy an old station wagon and fix up a bit.

[exDemMom]

Station wagons are the absolute BEST car design ever imagined! You get the smooth transitions of a sedan from the front, then the cargo capacity of a truck in the rear.

I'm very well aware of why people bought them. Their utility doesn't change the fact that they were UGLY!

I absolutely LOVE station wagons, and am curious as to why anyone could dislike them. They’re a whole lot more pleasant to look at than what they call SUVs today.

I prefer the look of an SUV. My son drives one.

I’m curious, what platform do you prefer? 4 X 4 crewcabs?

My husband has one of those, and we use it when we need to haul stuff around. I have a Mustang, which is a fairly useless car as far as carrying stuff around. But it's pretty! Red, 2021 Mustang with black racing stripes. People think I have a Shelby because of the racing stripes, but it's just an economy model. With racing stripes. Because I like the stripes.

[T.B. Yoits]

For station wagon fans on the thread who may not know about it, VEMCO made a 4WD kit for vans that was also used in station wagons. It utilized a V drive system that had two front differentials instead of one.

https://www.blueovaltrucks.com/tech-articles/the_vemco_v-drive_system/