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Now Mom is no soccer mom....she is going to do some heavy duty hauling, though no towing, with whatever she buys but doesn't have a lot of extra money to throw into the vehicle once she purchases it and she will be purchasing within the next couple of days.  I would very much appreciate any opinions/experiences you could give me with the following vans (ads I could find locally within price range):

1.     2000 Toyota Sienna

2.      2000 & 2001 Nissan Quest

3.     2000 & 2001 Mazda MPV (under powered seems to be a common complaint)

4.     2002 Kia Sedona (gas mileage seems to be pretty poor on this)

5.     1999 Honda Odyssey

6.     1999, 2000, 2002 Chevy Astro (reliability seems to be a common complaint with these)

7.     2000 & 2001 GMC Safari

Thanks in advance guys for your opinions/experiences with these.

Paula

Oh I just figured with your sporting personality she had to be the source.

That's a good choice.  People want good cars that have been taken care of with low miles, but they themselves make junkers out of them.  That's just how it usually works with some people.  I take good care of my vehicles, but they do see work sometimes.  My Silverado is still the bomb not needing much since 90.     

Why wouldn't I recommend Nissan?  Because I've seen too many bad reports on too many dealers.  I'll send  a PM with the details.