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I have 4 kids but the youngest is 28 and she complains whenever she rides with me so I mostly leave her behind :-) I have twin 5 YO grandkids and haul them a lot. The seats go in the middle and third row without too much trouble. Mine is a 2016 Titanium with the 6 passenger configuration. The seats are not the most comfortable but work OK, today I made a 300 mile trip without issues. For most people the seat height is such that they can sit without going up or down. Putting the kids in the seats is easy and they can climb in w/o any trouble. The twins like riding in the 3rd row and it not difficult buckling them in if the middle seats are folded. My inlays are 90 and recently father-in-law couldn't walk. We took him to the doctor. It was relatively easy to get him into the front seat with my mother-in-law behind him along with their helper. My wife got a 3rd row seat as she is 5' tall and quite limber. It doesn't ride as nicely as my daughter's Honda Oddessy but handles much better. It can go around turns very quickly without much body roll. Much more car like in that respect. Sometimes I fold the rear seats down and carry stuff and still can haul 4 people. Other times I will remove the rear seats, fold the middle seats and put one of my scooters in the back. What I love is the versatility and with the high roofline it is much easier to get around inside than my daughter's Honda. As for power it isn't powerful but it will go if you keep you foot on the floor. No you wont win a lot of drag races but its OK. For those who think it is slow I offer my Honda Metropolitan scooter. A couple of days with it and the TC looks like a rocket! I haven't had any issues with it being low but I'm careful what I drive over.

This was a "down & dirty" seat riser mod I quickly banged out in my shop. 2" square stock with 1/4" wall. Replaced the stock seat bolt with something 2" longer. Each of the 4 seat corners got one of these. More commanding view out the window is exactly what I wanted and didn't really want to use a seat cushion to get it. Seat riser.jpg.pdf

I switched from a 4wd Toyota Tundra to a 2018 TC LWB XLT cargo version. In my case, I wanted 1) the ability to haul stuff without it being exposed to weather and thief's 2) Better gas milage. 3) Better maneuverability (especially parking). It does take some time to get used to the lower ride height. Especially switching from a truck. It took a couple of weeks for me to adjust, but now I am fine with it. In fact, I like not having to climb up in the cab. These are pretty tough vehicles, so you won't have to baby it. It's not for off-roading, but it will handle dirt roads etc just fine. The cargo versions are often used as commercial delivery/work vehicles so they get a lot of abuse and hold up quite well. Initially, I thought it was underpowered, but I have found it has enough power to get the job done. And I REALLY like the improved gas mileage! That "bump" in the overhead console is probably the sun glass holder. You can remove it and replace it with a the filler panel from the XL version. Although a lot of folks would like to have that option, especially with the convex mirror in it to look at your kids. For what its worth the lift gate has much better rear visibility than the barn doors. However, once I got used to the backup camera and the side mirrors, I found I only use the rear view to see if someone is tailgating me. Yep, the invisible front end is a challenge. I've had my TC for 4 months and I'm still not used to it. I think the front parking sensors would help. I have the rear sensors and love them, even with the backup camera. But, its more of a nuisance that a problem. Usually I just end up being a little further away from the car in front of me. But that's ok, because the van is so much shorter that my truck that I'm still fully in the parking space. Good luck with your search! Finding a good used TC can be frustrating!

1. I had the same worry since it looks so low. But in practice I've never hit anything due to being too low. Trim under front bumper clears concrete parking stops. I don't creep over speed bumps, just slow enough I don't bounce off the ceiling. And I've used it for work on occasion over rutted dirt and gravel roads. Bottomed the hitch out once driving off a curb that looked like an exit, but never bottomed out the TC itself. Did run over one of those paper towel multipacks that fell out of a pickup on the highway and had no issues. The shields on the underside seem to have the important bits well protected if you do encounter something. 2. It's not a racer but plenty of power for merging onto the highway and climbing hills. At least for me running most of the time with just driver and lightly loaded. Lots of passengers or cargo might be different. But I only do that rarely so not enough experience to say for sure even though I've never had it be bad enough to be noticable. 3. Not an issue on my 2015 XLT, but comparing that photo of the Titanium to a similar photo of my XLT, I have a small gap between mirror and trim above. Sunroof may require extra space and cause trim to be a bit lower. My mirror and the huge rear window make it like looking out with no rear hatch. But my rear seats have been removed so I'm not looking over their backs. 4. I worried too. I even stuck a piece of PVC in the dirt and drove until I hit it both front and rear. I kept getting another foot or two past where I thought I would hit before I actually did. In reality there's not much sticking very far out, that slope looks worse than it is. Half the engine is essentially under that big expanse of glass and dash so there's just not much past the end of the glass. And the rounded off corners let you get surprising close to adjacent cars when turning into parking spots. 5. No kids but my neice's family visited and I put the seats back in and our group of 6 did all our sightseeing in the TC. 4 adults and 2 kids and I'm over 300# so the TC was full, but only 1 carseat. I specifically asked my neice's husband how the third row was for him after a longish trip and he had said it was fine, close but not cramped and able to move his legs around enough for comfort. My second row is the 60/40 and folding the 40 back gave easy access to the third row. We never did try 3 across on row two. But my neice said it seemed doable with her and 2 kids if the carseat was out.