When I drive solo or with one other passenger (3-4 times a year), I take the econobox Hyundai sedan, which rocks 35+ MPG. I even moved a kid to/from college in that thing. But, with a family of six and two golden retrievers, hauling the whole crew requires the '03 Suburban, which pretty much sits inactive in the driveway much of the year. We've also done the two-car shuffle when kids' schedules require the divide-and-conquer approach.
As a friend once opined, once you have a third or fourth kid, you go from man-to-man to zone defense.
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