The Mini-van Make Over
July 2, 2009

You gotta admit, these boys do good work!

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  1. Chad P.
    Jul 2, 03:21 PM

    Ok now that is warped .. and come on.. duct tape? Everyone knows we use super glue and screws now. ;-)

  2. Vince
    Jul 3, 01:27 AM

    Love it, especially having watched those custom shop shows on TV. We’re selling our van, but it’s clean—after three days of detailing!

  3. Scott McCausey
    Jul 3, 07:20 AM

    You’ve gotta love the fry guys! I can live with most juice spilled smells, a few scratches here and there from the kids riding their bikes too closely past the van and leaving their war-scar and even the contstant reminder of the pencils, hair clips and books, but those stinkin french fries tucked in every seat, especially the boosters, kill me! And the funny thing is that they never spoil! When we retired our last van, that poor girl was good for nothing except being smashed into a little medal cube and buried in a super-sized fry container.

  4. Deb
    Jul 3, 11:08 AM

    An insult to Mom’s everywhere! Thanks.

  5. Keith R.
    Jul 4, 08:38 AM

    Every quarter we like to hone out the suv to get at least that fresh used car smell.

  6. Tina Marie Demerath
    Jul 4, 09:50 AM

    Oh, I wouldn’t be caught DEAD driving something that messy. I am a clean freak. But the video is pretty entertaining.

  7. jstar
    Jul 5, 12:02 AM

    try as we might-it does happen. Baseballs and hot wheels will also make great sounds around every corner.

  8. Phil Myers
    Jul 6, 09:10 AM

    If you like home makeovers redneck style check out the “Red Green Show.” I saw him make a hot tub out of an old washing machine. Hillarious!!!

  9. hsmof5
    Jul 8, 08:59 AM

    That’s twisted!

  10. Tiffani Scott
    Jul 8, 09:29 AM

    The day before we were to trade in our van, our cat got left in the van over night and did his business on the front seat! We live in the south were the temps were over 100 for about a week. The cat pee just sat in there and baked overnight. You just about threw up just by opening the door! That smell was on top of all the milk, fries, pop, dirty tennis shoes, swimwear that got left in, and just 5 years of muck and 4 kiddos! Good Times!! I Wouldn’t trade them for anything!

  11. Janel S.
    Jul 8, 09:47 AM

    I could COMPLETELY relate to this since I just cleaned up a lemonade spill in my van and found lots of “treasures”. LOL

  12. Darlene
    Jul 8, 11:16 AM

    Oh please Deb, didn’t you notice the “duct tape fix” done by her man? Equally insulting, and very humorous.

  13. Aileen
    Jul 8, 01:50 PM

    hilarious!

  14. BBJ
    Jul 8, 02:28 PM

    Yep! My van looks just like that. A family friend calls it “the Pig”. This was fun-ny!

  15. Michelle
    Jul 8, 03:30 PM

    That was funny. I had a van just like that except the trash. I do make the kids clean that out on saterday’s. Thanks for the funny

  16. Lana
    Jul 8, 07:44 PM

    This was EXTREMELY painful to watch because of the reality of the mess-ups. Like Scott, I hate the fries in the seats. And the noise from stuff rolling around when I drive makes me CRAZY!

  17. Joe M.
    Jul 8, 09:06 PM

    I can’t get the videos to load. What plugin do I need to be able to play them?

  18. Wenddie Mikulcik
    Jul 8, 10:00 PM

    My van doesn’t look like that! and when it IS messy it’s because of the hubby!

  19. Dora Beth
    Jul 8, 11:36 PM

    I didn’t need their help, just my 3 kids :)

  20. Gerry C
    Jul 9, 07:53 AM

    No, not an insult, a tribute to what moms have to put up with. These things wouldn’t have been done by moms, that’s what kids are for.

  21. Rebecca
    Jul 9, 11:03 AM

    The guys forgot to put crayons in the van before they left it out in the sun.

  22. Heidi
    Jul 9, 05:57 PM

    I groaned the whole time I watched…

  23. suzanne
    Jul 11, 10:31 PM

    So you’ve seen my car then?

  24. Des
    Jul 11, 10:38 PM

    Okay, I loved it. I don’t keep my van this dirty, but it definitely has some wear on it from all my kids. I can relate! Please get rid of the Zima’s!!!

  25. Janet
    Jul 13, 05:01 PM

    You forgot writing on the back of the seats with an ink pen. My daughter did that all over the back of the headrests!!!

  26. Tami
    Jul 14, 11:04 PM

    I knew it! That’s what happened to my van! Um yeah, they came and got it. But they forgot the stickers on the windows too.

  27. Nicki
    Aug 14, 09:44 PM

    OMGSH!..I laughed my ass off!! except for the dents and the duct tape, that’s exactly what my van looks like! uuuggg!