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I'm fairly mechanically inclined and can figure things out. The plan is to learn a fair bit of maintenance and repair anyways. I guess my larger concern is where is the sweet spot between the best years of the vans life and reasonable repairs and maintenance and a money pit of cascading...

What do you folks consider high odometer mileage?

Yeah, after looking into it my pockets aren't deep enough for that.  How much rust is too much? Obviously I don't want anything that runs deep, but in terms of rusted scrapes and chips here and there, at what point do you walk away?

Yeah, I don't have that many options. I'm gonna keep searching.

Guess I'll keep looking. Thanks.

I'm not without means and therefore options. What if I beat the sales guy up for every dollar and replace the engine and tranny right off the bat?

So I feel like I found a pretty good deal, but it's got some smudges on its record so I'm hoping some of you good folks can weigh in. 2005 Chevy Express 1500 $4750 209k miles. The good: Sounds like a clean running engine. Fires right up, engine and transmission are responsive and game for...

I guess I was looking for the transcription of this, but yes! Thanks!

No, but that's handy. I'll dig into it more. Someone broke down the differences between Dodge, Ford and Chevy along with some great info on the pitfalls and differences between models, years, engines, etc.

Hi all, I'm jumping into my design phase and was looking for a thread / article I read here the other night that broke down the key differences between cargo vans. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks