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Which one is better?
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Definately the sunroof unless you have kids that need entertaining. Even still, they didn't have tvs in cars when I was growing up. Let them use their imagination. With a sunroof they can see the clouds, birds, planes, etc. and they can get fresh air without having a side window down.
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From: University Place, WA
Maybe I'm just one of those 'old farts' who grew up before kids had to have their experiences via a video screen instead of real life 24/7...
When I traveled as a kid it WAS sometimes a bit boring, but more often than not I found interesting things outside the windows as we traveled. Nowdays, kids don't even know what's around them - only what's on the screen of their Gameboy or DVD player, or whatever. Might as well just knock 'em out and wake 'em up when you get there.
Get the sunroof. Make kids (and adults) interact with each other and look out the windows. This world is actually MORE interesting than some pap from a vid screen being poured into one's brain.
Maybe they will even become involved with more than games and fiction.
Heck, watch the scenery and listen to the radio (you know, sort of like a TV with random pictures, eh?). :D
When I traveled as a kid it WAS sometimes a bit boring, but more often than not I found interesting things outside the windows as we traveled. Nowdays, kids don't even know what's around them - only what's on the screen of their Gameboy or DVD player, or whatever. Might as well just knock 'em out and wake 'em up when you get there.
Get the sunroof. Make kids (and adults) interact with each other and look out the windows. This world is actually MORE interesting than some pap from a vid screen being poured into one's brain.
Maybe they will even become involved with more than games and fiction.
Heck, watch the scenery and listen to the radio (you know, sort of like a TV with random pictures, eh?). :D
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Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Hood River, OR
Originally Posted by Tomas
Maybe I'm just one of those 'old farts' who grew up before kids had to have their experiences via a video screen instead of real life 24/7...
When I traveled as a kid it WAS sometimes a bit boring, but more often than not I found interesting things outside the windows as we traveled. Nowdays, kids don't even know what's around them - only what's on the screen of their Gameboy or DVD player, or whatever. Might as well just knock 'em out and wake 'em up when you get there.
Get the sunroof. Make kids (and adults) interact with each other and look out the windows. This world is actually MORE interesting than some pap from a vid screen being poured into one's brain.
Maybe they will even become involved with more than games and fiction.
Heck, watch the scenery and listen to the radio (you know, sort of like a TV with random pictures, eh?). :D
When I traveled as a kid it WAS sometimes a bit boring, but more often than not I found interesting things outside the windows as we traveled. Nowdays, kids don't even know what's around them - only what's on the screen of their Gameboy or DVD player, or whatever. Might as well just knock 'em out and wake 'em up when you get there.
Get the sunroof. Make kids (and adults) interact with each other and look out the windows. This world is actually MORE interesting than some pap from a vid screen being poured into one's brain.
Maybe they will even become involved with more than games and fiction.
Heck, watch the scenery and listen to the radio (you know, sort of like a TV with random pictures, eh?). :D
Thomas summed it up right there.
Put the remote down, interact with your surroundings, don't let the passengers just become zombies...
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: kAnEOhE, hAwAII
a sunroof is nice to have but a few years from now its going to start leaking and its a pain in da ___ to fix... considering the inside of your car is going to be flooded... with da flip downs u can just replace da monitor is it breaks or freezes... and the flip downs probably have warrenty.. so yah...
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Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Phoenix, AZ
TV. You can take it with you when you sell the car if you want and it doesn't involve sawing holes in the roof and lowering the value of you car (aftermarket sunroofs OFTEN leak over TIME and actually lower resale value-- bad idea!)
TV also has a lot more entertainment value than a sunroof. ;)
TV also has a lot more entertainment value than a sunroof. ;)
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 49
From: South Carolina
Put the money towards the loan on the car. That way you can own it sooner... After awile the cops are going to find a way to "crack down" on people with tvs in their cars. The manufactures will get sued and stop putting them in minivans. Everone's aftermarket sunroof will leak.
But at least your car will be paid for....
But at least your car will be paid for....