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No way the Hondas those years were more reliable then the Dodge. It was ironic Dodge used to have bad transmissions (although I would argue it was mostly fluid confusion). Then as soon as Honda made a big minivan with some power turns out their transmissions were worse. Toyota has always been good. I would buy a 3.3 or 3.8 Dodge. We also had a 2007 Kia which was pretty good. Stay away from the older ones but the 2007up Kia or identical Hyundai were good.
I think they all will beat a small pickup with the needed canopy. Even our 1999 3.8 Grand Caravan with AWD would get 24mpg highway before I knew any tips for economy. Our 2007 Kia was the same 24, more power but no AWD. Our current 2011 Chrysler with the newer 3.6 does 30 mpg at a steady 65 mph.
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