For the most part, having a personal vehicle is enough to get around. You can move one to four people without any problems. If you need to go to the grocery store and buy enough food for a couple weeks, you can fit it all in the trunk. If you want to buy something nice like a flat screen TV, or a new microwave oven, you can either fit these in your car, or get them delivered.

But what about those odd jobs when you've got to move a large amount of stuff? That's when you need some kind of specialty vehicle. The easiest thing is a big pickup truck. These are simple to load and unload. Of course, if you're picking up a bunch of balloons or something, then they'll fly out when you are screaming down the freeway while blasting Led Zeppelin on the stereo. Obviously, a pickup truck doesn't work in all situations.

You could hire a moving truck. These are big enough to carry all the junk you could possibly need, without needing an extra license. That means you can fill up the back with cement, balloons and even baby kangaroos if you wanted to, and everybody would be happy.

But what happens if you've got to move a lot of people? You can't very well throw them in the back with all the cement and stuff. They need seats, windows, and seat belts. And maybe something to read. What happens if you get a call telling you it's your turn to take the kids to soccer practice? Throwing them in the back of your pickup truck won't be an option.

In this case, you need a cargo van. Can you see how this will be the perfect solution to your problems? If you want to haul boxes of packing peanuts, no problem. If you need to haul bags of cement, you can take out the seats, and you've got plenty of space. If you need to take the kids to soccer practice, you'll have enough seats for the kids, as well as plenty of space for the soccer balls and that portable tent and chairs you like so much.

See how easily a cargo van can solve so many of your problems?