Does an Aztek count as a mini-van? 2003 2wd Aztek, cracked head, $200

Listings like this are why I curse SWMBO's '4-car rule'...

http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/5342043388.html

It's a minivan/suv. It's also the ugliest car ever made.

markwemple wrote: It's a minivan/suv. It's also the ugliest car ever made.

Oh, I'm well aware of what they look like- was pondering whether they'd count for the Soccer Mom Challenge or not. Would be far more enticing were it the 4wd version, but if I wouldn't be in the doghouse for buying it I'd likely be snagging it to replace the head with a salvage yard pull and flipping it for a few bucks or parting it out if there's a greater demand for parts than the cars themselves.

Holy carp... SWMBO might actually let me break the 4-car rule to get it to flip. Going to take a look at it after work- should be amusing (owner won't be there so can only look it over externally though).

I know a lady that has the Buick version that may have the same problem. Not quite as ugly.

CL seller said: Pontiac Aztek with cracked head, rest of car good.

CL seller ment: Pontiac Aztek owned by crack head, nothing on the car is good.

Do these still have a following from Breaking Bad fans?

I still wanna see a blown one.

if you buy it my dad has a good 116k mile engine from an 04 that you can have cheap from mom's wrecked rendezvous.

mndsm wrote: I still wanna see one blown up.

FTFY

patgizz wrote: if you buy it my dad has a good 116k mile engine from an 04 that you can have cheap from mom's wrecked rendezvous.

I'm still working on figuring out whether getting this is really a good idea, but I'll definitely keep that in mind- thanks!

I went out and looked at it last night, and surprisingly at least the exterior and interior look to be in rather good shape. Some excitement with our dog last night preempted any serious discussions about it with SWMBO though and the reappearance of a persistent problem with the Blazer has me a bit less confident about picking up yet another basket case car and fixing it.

If the question remains, "does the Aztek count as a minivan (for Challenge purposes)?"
I think the answer is yes. The Buick version of the same has already been agreed upon. I don't see why not the Aztek. In general it is supposed to be a class of unlikely contenders and I think an Aztek is plenty "unlikely."

After some further discussion with SWMBO, I'm going to pass this time. Realistically every vehicle we have needs some sort of work and I should really be working to resolve at least some of those before diving head first into yet another project.