My wife is driving a 400 dollar 97 caravan I bought at a salvage auction. replaced the tail gate and rear bumper and it’s like new. Been a good van, lots of power. We went from MPLS to billings MT and back with out issue.
we are leaving Friday with it for a 500 mile trip as well.
The new ones (08 and up) are flat out junk. All the ones I have driven have poor build quality. wind noise and rattles. As an added bonus, in town, you can actually watch the gas gauge move towards empty as you drive.
Glad it is holding up.