After 17 years of driving a "mom van" we finally made the decision to move to an SUV. We wanted something that our family of 5 could still ride comfortably in, but that was a bit smaller and better on fuel economy than the Chevy Uplander van we were currently driving. We looked at a few models of SUV's but kept coming back to the Traverse. We liked how it looked sleek on the outside and not like a van at all. I have driven it for 2 months now, and am still in love. It has room for eight passengers, but when you are driving it feels more like sports car handling. It has good acceleration and braking abilities. I love that I am able to swing into tight parking spots with no effort at all. I don't think that I could ever go back to a van at this point.

In June 2012, we purchase our family vehicle as we were expecting a little one, our first baby. We wanted a family car, as my husband and I both had smaller used and paid-for cars. We went to a dealership that my family uses regularly and discussed our wants and needs with a salesman. He directed us to the 2012 Chevy Traverse. It was my dream car! But I was holding back because it was still so new, and we didn't have a lot of money to work with for our family car. He told us the price, and I knew right then and there that we had to buy this barely used car. It only had 8,000 miles on it from a previous owner that used it traveling back and forth to his job, all highway miles. When we went to purchase the vehicle, we got an awesome interest rate of 2.75% and put down $1,500 for a down payment. This beautiful silver, four door, bucket seats in the middle row, third seat, heated seats traverse was finally ours. To this day, I can not say anything bad about this vehicle. It has ran perfect for us in six years. It is the perfect family vehicle. We now have two kids, and it works perfect. The only downfall is if we expand our family, we might have to get a suburban. But overall, the Chevy traverse is my favorite vehicle out there.