Went from getting a minivan to a Cybertruck. The perfect family hauler.

[ActiveArch]

So the story is that my family and I were extremely close to getting a 2025 Toyota sienna van and instead we pulled the trigger on a cybertruck and we couldn’t be happier. We’re a family of five, my wife and I and our three girls all in car seats, plus a golden retriever. We had a deposit on a Toyota sienna and after the second time it was delayed and we were told it won’t arrive until February, we pretty much got fed up and just went for it.

We decided to go test drive the cybertruck since we had been pretty intrigued by it and had jokingly talked about getting one in the past. I took all three of our car seats and we actually installed them for our test drive along with our 3 1/2-year-old who sat in the middle right in front of the display in the back, boy was she excited. My wife instantly fell in love with the truck, her favorite thing about it was that she could actually turn around and reach all the kids from the passenger seat, realizing she could give them snacks and reach them for any reason. I fell in love with steer by wire instantly, and have always wanted a truck. The only thing I was looking forward to in a van was the cargo space. We also love the fact that on our road trips, the girls would be sitting side-by-side and enjoying the experience together vs in a van where they would be sitting apart and one of them would be in the third row.

Driving the cybertruck was one of the most exciting things we’ve experienced in a while, especially compared to driving the van, which was one of the most boring experiences ever. We decided to order the truck the same day and took delivery just a week later. We’ve now had this tank sitting in our garage for about a week and I’ve just been constantly buying accessories and surfing the forums. We couldn’t be happier with our choice and now we’ve decided to get rid of our Volvo XC90 as well and replace it with a model X. The XC90 just wasn’t cutting it with three car seats anymore, which was why we decided to get another car in the first place, but now having driven the cybertruck we think our ideal set up would be a model X for my wife and the cybertruck for myself and for our road trips. Super glad to be a part of the Tesla family. I’m looking forward to spending tons of time on this forum and with this community, not to mention with this cybertruck!

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[Fugue]

Congratulations and welcome to the Tesla family!

Edit: the safety of Teslas is also a great reason to put your most valuable cargo (family) in them.

 

[devdrone6]

Great story- congrats!

 

[ChiTownCT]

Welcome!

Word of advice, put the oldest child in the middle, my 2 year old tends to hit the screen with his feet from the child seat.

My 10 year old understands not to do that.

 

[ActiveArch]

Congratulations and welcome to the Tesla family!

Edit: the safety of Teslas is also a great reason to put your most valuable cargo (family) in them.

Yeah I looked into this a lot as well, the only reason we got a Volvo in the first place was because it’s safe and felt like a tank, now we actually have a tank. Definitely feel very safe in it.

 

[ActiveArch]

Welcome!

Word of advice, put the oldest child in the middle, my 2 year old tends to hit the screen with his feet from the child seat.

My 10 year old understands not to do that.

We have a 2 month old, a 1.5 year old, and a 3 year old. 3yo is in the middle, so I put a tempered glass screen protector on the screen lol. Luckily she’s a pretty calm kid so hopefully we’ll be good, but solid advice.

 

[ActiveArch]

Congratulations and welcome to the Tesla family!

Edit: the safety of Teslas is also a great reason to put your most valuable cargo (family) in them.

Thank you! Glad to be here.

 

[SentinelOne]

I think the important part is you avoided the minivan! One hell of an upgrade!!! Congrats, welcome to the Tesla family!

 

[ModelC]

So the story is that my family and I were extremely close to getting a 2025 Toyota sienna van and instead we pulled the trigger on a cybertruck and we couldn’t be happier. We’re a family of five, my wife and I and our three girls all in car seats, plus a golden retriever. We had a deposit on a Toyota sienna and after the second time it was delayed and we were told it won’t arrive until February, we pretty much got fed up and just went for it.

We decided to go test drive the cybertruck since we had been pretty intrigued by it and had jokingly talked about getting one in the past. I took all three of our car seats and we actually installed them for our test drive along with our 3 1/2-year-old who sat in the middle right in front of the display in the back, boy was she excited. My wife instantly fell in love with the truck, her favorite thing about it was that she could actually turn around and reach all the kids from the passenger seat, realizing she could give them snacks and reach them for any reason. I fell in love with steer by wire instantly, and have always wanted a truck. The only thing I was looking forward to in a van was the cargo space. We also love the fact that on our road trips, the girls would sitting side-by-side and enjoying the experience together vs in a van where they would be sitting apart and one of them would be in the third row.

Driving the cybertruck was one of the most exciting things we’ve experienced in a while, especially compared to driving the van, which was one of the most boring experiences ever. We decided to order the truck the same day and took delivery just a week later. We’ve now had the van sitting in our garage for about a week and I’ve just been constantly buying accessories and surfing the forums. We couldn’t be happier with our choice and now we’ve decided to get rid of our Volvo XC90 as well and replace it with a model X. The XC90 just wasn’t cutting it with three car seats anymore, which was why we decided to get another car in the first place, but now having driven the cybertruck we think our ideal set up would be a model X for my wife and the cybertruck for myself and for our road trips. Super glad to be a part of the Tesla family. I’m looking forward to spending tons of time on this forum and with this community!

Congratulations. Best vehicle I’ve had, hands down. If your wife enjoyed it so much you should have gotten two and just skipped the X.

 

[Macgreiner]

Looks great.

 

[getsometom]

Congrats, you made the right choice. Although I still have my old 2005 Toyota Sienna. Going to drive that thing until it no longer runs.

 

[Ljhughes8]

Don't let you wife drives to cybertruck to much she may want one also like my wife . We have to pay the house off for her to get hers her word. But with the price it may be cheaper the the model x. Welcome to the family best road trip vehicle. The more people who test drive it . the people will see how good it is and want one .

 

[Platinumsmith]

So the story is that my family and I were extremely close to getting a 2025 Toyota sienna van and instead we pulled the trigger on a cybertruck and we couldn’t be happier. We’re a family of five, my wife and I and our three girls all in car seats, plus a golden retriever. We had a deposit on a Toyota sienna and after the second time it was delayed and we were told it won’t arrive until February, we pretty much got fed up and just went for it.

We decided to go test drive the cybertruck since we had been pretty intrigued by it and had jokingly talked about getting one in the past. I took all three of our car seats and we actually installed them for our test drive along with our 3 1/2-year-old who sat in the middle right in front of the display in the back, boy was she excited. My wife instantly fell in love with the truck, her favorite thing about it was that she could actually turn around and reach all the kids from the passenger seat, realizing she could give them snacks and reach them for any reason. I fell in love with steer by wire instantly, and have always wanted a truck. The only thing I was looking forward to in a van was the cargo space. We also love the fact that on our road trips, the girls would sitting side-by-side and enjoying the experience together vs in a van where they would be sitting apart and one of them would be in the third row.

Driving the cybertruck was one of the most exciting things we’ve experienced in a while, especially compared to driving the van, which was one of the most boring experiences ever. We decided to order the truck the same day and took delivery just a week later. We’ve now had the van sitting in our garage for about a week and I’ve just been constantly buying accessories and surfing the forums. We couldn’t be happier with our choice and now we’ve decided to get rid of our Volvo XC90 as well and replace it with a model X. The XC90 just wasn’t cutting it with three car seats anymore, which was why we decided to get another car in the first place, but now having driven the cybertruck we think our ideal set up would be a model X for my wife and the cybertruck for myself and for our road trips. Super glad to be a part of the Tesla family. I’m looking forward to spending tons of time on this forum and with this community!

Bravo! It’s my favorite car ever

 

[heems]

Nice story. Congrats and welcome to the fam! ?

 

[GatorCyber]

Get the 6-seat X. We also have CT, and I must say the X is better for road trips - more comfortable and efficient.

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