Our family of five purchased a vehicle a couple of years ago that seats six, a Mazda Five. We took our own children, along with another kid in church, to school each morning, and the vehicle was perfect for that task; it also has the additional benefit of getting superb gas mileage.
One thing we quickly came to realize, though, was that its designers are apparently contrarians of the highest order. Everything that every other vehicle we have ever owned did or does, this one does backwards. The gas tank is on the opposite side. The windshield wipers are activated down instead of up. All the normal controls are in opposite spots.
But we quickly learned to adapt since it is a very good and reliable vehicle, one that I would not hesitate to buy again.
A year ago, though, the door-lock clicker on my keychain stopped working. I knew it was probably just a battery, so I opened it up, took out the old one and went in search of a new one. I installed a new battery and, to my chagrin, it still did not work. That clearly meant that the transmitter itself had gone bad.
So we went to the Mazda dealership to procure a new one, but when we found out the price of that tiny little item, we decided that anything that costs as much (roughly) as a kidney transplant would not be the perfect will of God for our budget.