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Looks like a righteous ride, may she serve you well.

Also ordered this “free” tent today to go with it using the rewards off my Cabelas/Bass Pro credit card. Seems to be a lot of happy users in the reviews on different sites.

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I was given one of these for a day when my Jeep was at the Dealership for warranty work, what I remember was thinking it was quite peppy...possibly I was just driving like I stole it...can't recall

I bought one of these second hand in 2014 and have put over 100k miles on it since then--great vehicle. Not a fashion statement or macho, but the stow-n-go seats made it the only good choice for me. Unlike a pickup truck, you never have to worry about your contents being exposed to the weather or theft. I've moved several large hot air engines in the back and can even haul 4 x 8 ft sheets of plywood. The Dodge Grand Caravan was a great value but unfortunately is no longer offered--now we will have to pay a lot more for Chrysler's Pacifica model.

I bought one of these second hand in 2014 and have put over 100k miles on it since then--great vehicle. Not a fashion statement or macho, but the stow-n-go seats made it the only good choice for me. Unlike a pickup truck, you never have to worry about your contents being exposed to the weather or theft. I've moved several large hot air engines in the back and can even haul 4 x 8 ft sheets of plywood. The Dodge Grand Caravan was a great value but unfortunately is no longer offered--now we will have to pay a lot more for Chrysler's Pacifica model.

This one is a 2018, quite an improvement over our 2005 Grand Caravan    I am definitely not a fan of the Pacifica

3 years ago, Grandpa went to buy a 2016 and they were only going to give him $300 for the ‘05 with 180K miles. Luckily he didn’t “give” it to them and we ended up with it. Not even a couple weeks later we took it on a road trip from Minnesota to Wyoming. We’ve put a little over 80K miles on it the past 3 years and all I have replaced is the water pump ($35), radiator ($65), rear wheel bearing ($30) and of course tires and brakes. I have hauled many sheets of plywood, lots of sand and patio pavers, a few old gas engines and even steel tractor wheels.    I don’t think my pickup has left the yard more than a half a dozen times over the past few years. When we only had 2 kids we would sleep in the Wal-Mart parking lot and throw the seats up on the roof. 

We threw the kids’ twin mattress in the back when we went out to NAMES

This one is a flex fuel, my mom also bought a 2018 last month and she has been running E-85 only as it’s available for roughly $1.65 here (regular is $2.89). I am still undecided about what to use in it... I have only filled it once and used regular. I believe you use about 1.4 gallons of E-85 to every gallon of regular. We bought this one down in central Iowa as it was quite a bit cheaper than anything up here and hoping it has seen less salt. I asked the salesman about using E-85 just to get another’s thoughts and he said he would definitely use it if it was the cheaper option, but in Iowa E-85 is nearly the same price as regular, so he said not worth it there.

You mean help those midwestern farmers buy new pickups that cost more than my house      I have a lot of farmers in the family and love picking on them    heck I’d love to be one if I could afford to get into it!

Yes she does get worse mileage on the E-85, but if it’s a dollar or more cheaper per gallon than regular it figures out that it’s cheaper to burn E-85. I know they are made to run on it, just scares me to test it out...

Luckily my wife is just as cheap as me and refuses to pay for a hotel    Maybe when the kids get a little older we can find a conversion van with a queen bed and throw the kids outside in a tent