Oh dear...yeah, a Neon wouldn't exactly be comfy for carting much!
Yeah...a minivan is probably the ultimate in uncool for a single person, but it does come in handy. Can carry almost as much as a pickup, but with the gas milage of a mid-size car. *And* I can carry seven passengers in a pinch. Not bad.
I've never been one of the cool kids anyhow. ;-)
How's this for uncool -- my Mom and Dad had to talk me out of getting a minivan around six years ago. I was a youth pastor at the time, and it would have come in real handy hauling people.