WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness.
“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said in a written statement Friday that was provided to Minnesota Public Radio.
The statement was her first public comment about the death of Renee Good, 37, who was killed Wednesday after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded her Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from the couple’s home. Video taken by bystanders show an officer approaching the SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.
Trump administration officials have painted Renee Good as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over an officer with her vehicle. State and local officials in Minneapolis, as well as protesters, have rejected that characterization.
man people really do forget that minivans were made for this specific purpose and do it way better than a crossover
Conceptually modern small/mid-size SUVs and minivans are the same.
A grand caravan is 15 inches longer than the Pilot, 1 inch wider and 7 inches taller.
doors, internal layout, and shape of the cabin are far more functional on the minivan
Yup. Wayyyy more space as a general rule. You can fit 7 people in minivans.
If you know, you know.
oh, I do know.
a friend had a minivan for a while, we used to pile five guys and gear for whatever trip into that thing all the time after he took out some of the kid stuff. just some of it, didn’t even need it fully cleaned out.
I’d considered buying one for myself, but I am partial to wagons and the price was never right for me for my application.
I still struggle to fit all the shit I want to into my car sometimes, though. difficult when the back seat is taken up by two dogs. a minivan would fit it no problem, meanwhile my car is packed to the ceiling and I’ve got the passenger seat full too. does the job well enough outside of those few situations, though. people ask me why I don’t get an SUV (crossover) instead - wouldn’t help, there isn’t that much more space, just a bit of height and you can typically only stack stuff so high. and if you get into the actual SUVs, well jfc those things are huge I don’t want or need that, also --> back to van
there are applications where a suburban or escalade makes sense, but it’s not often
Yeah, I remember a co-worker of mine had to shop around forever and finally have a minivan shipped from out of state, because he and his wife researched and it came down to one model (Honda, I think?). Anyway, virtually everyone else wanted it, too, since it probably was top-rated by Consumer Reports or whatever, and local dealers were charging 5-10K in markup, or more.
So they are not necessarily cheap, especially for the ones others want, and they are not something that are going to get you laid, LOL. I definitely blame the boomers for starting that whole thing, though. For some reason it became a thing where lots of parents want to give the impression they…are not parents. I guess these people thought even though they had kids, they needed a cool car to pull tail? Or be the hawt MILF? What are these people even doing? They are parents! What is this denial bullshit?
For some reason, the very same people that will point and giggle at some older guy wearing a baseball cap and driving a Corvette because he’s bald and who does he even think he is - will turn their nose up at driving a minivan even if they have several kids and spend their time in their vehicle carting kids around and getting groceries. No, they need something like an SUV, because…reasons. The same reasons they accuse the guy driving the Corvette of!
I was just searching around on cargo space vs. full-size SUVs, and at least in some cases, the minivan (Honda Odyssey) has more than at least some of the full-size SUV models. They definitely have more leg-room and head-room than full-size SUVs I’ve been in, when it comes to the second-row seats, anyway. I figure one of those behemoth Escalades might have something comparable, but I’ve not been in the back of one of those…
In what way?
just about every way
Except for AWD. I think the Pacifica does on higher trims, but Christler… Ew. And the Sienna Hybrid comes in AWD, but once again that’s a more expensive/premium trim. In a place like Minnesota, I could see why the Pilot might make more sense. I say this as an owner and huge fan of my Honda Oddessey.
there are minivans with AWD
since you brought up that topic… AWD isn’t nearly as much of a benefit as the average person thinks it is. winter tires and being a competent driver are far more effective and safer than something that helps you accelerate faster.
Yep, this is the answer. Slap winter tires on that puppy. AWD/4WD is way overrated as a general rule. Every car has all-wheel stop and things like AWD only tend to give people over-confidence in their traction that they might not really be able to rely on when it comes to stopping/turning.
At least for everyday driving in the snow.
not much funnier at the end of a ski day than seeing an AWD 4000lb brick sliding into a curb while a shitbox Golf that doesn’t even come up to the SUV’s windows climbs up the hill just fine
Exactly. Snow tires can cost a fair bit, especially if you pay for an extra set of wheels to go with it, but I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen a big truck or full-size SUV go skidding and it’s most likely an over-confident driver that has all-seasons on there…they spent money on the wrong thing if they paid for a big vehicle to “handle the snow better”.
And don’t get me started on how many of these large cars I see flipped or otherwise stuck and abandoned along the highway when going into work the morning after it snowed the night before…not saying other cars with bald tires or all season aren’t going to have similar struggles, but I think the large vehicles and vehicles with AWD give the inexperienced a sense of confidence they really should not have…and that makes a bad problem much worse.
the last few multi-hour highway drives I’ve had to make in bad weather (snow, ice) all had pickup trucks, and only pickup trucks, in the ditch lol
the other thing that people seem to forget about getting a second set of tires is that aside from the rims, there is no additional cost (assuming you change them yourself and have room to store them, which is a reasonable assumption for a large number of vehicle owners). I bought two new sets of tires five years ago and I’m still using both of them (I wfh and generally try to not drive much, though), hell my winters almost look brand new still because I drive so few km on bare pavement with them.