# Superpowers of my minivan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-of-my-minivan/685813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 10, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-of-my-minivan/685813 "2014-04-10T18:26:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-of-my-minivan/685813/21 "2014-04-11T22:45:06Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> I named mine Homer.

You must drive an Eldora-D’oh! 😃

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-of-my-minivan/685813/22 "2014-04-14T01:14:34Z")

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> [@Superhal](#):
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> My car can:
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> …like a bloodhound, remember all smells and odors for weeks or months at a time.

The minivan does this too! Two weeks ago we got some mulch, and the interior STILL smells like a farm.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpowers-of-my-minivan/685813/23 "2014-04-14T01:24:41Z")

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About 3 or 4 years ago, I bought a new mini-van. Took me about 6 months to sell the old one. So my friends would tease me as a single man that owned _two_ mini-vans. They asked me “why?”

I replied “Soccer mom magnet!”.

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