To buy or not to buy

So while our guest was here last week, Dad also asked her about her car.  He has been interviewing people about their cars since they came north in May.
"Do you like your car?  How does it run?"  He starts with questions like that.  He then begins to talk about his car for awhile.

"I have so many miles on my car, and I think I want a new one, but I'm not really going to buy.  Do you like your car?  Does it run alright?"

People answer him, thinking he is seriously asking about the car, even though he says he is not really going to buy.  How does someone "not really buy" something?  Is he going to steal it?  Borrow it?  Rent it?

They answer him with responses like, "I like it, and it runs good.  Good mileage."  Pretty much the same answer no matter who he asks.  He keeps asking though.  I think he hopes to get a different response from each person he asks.  I really hope he's not stalking people in the parking lots, waiting for them to get out of their cars.

Some of the cars he's asked about include the Toyota Rav4 and Honda CR-V.  I drive a Liberty, but he hasn't asked me about my car.

What makes this interesting to me is that he currently drives a big soccer mom/old Florida people van.  He keeps chairs in the back, as well as baseball cards, and other things he may need while he's on the road.  He could probably drive it onto the set of "Let's Make a Deal" and win stuff at the end (they still do that!).  

The front seat is like a cockpit of a small jet.  All kinds of crap is between the seats up there.  He actually blamed Mom last year for throwing out the handicap placard.  I heard him yelling, and went out to the car and found it underneath lots of other crap.

There is no freakin' way they can fit the same amount of stuff in a small SUV.  That's what gets me.  What will they be doing with all of the stuff that won't fit when they do eventually get a new car?

Anyone have a room to rent?

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