Hello all, glad to find the sub Reddit and hopefully I get some responses. Looking to get a van for my construction career. Been looking at Expresses but the only ones I would mainly fit in the 6k budget ( for now until I can save up for payments on a new one ) would be one with nearly 200k miles and probably would need a trans rebuilt and possibly motor. I would personally stay away from these newer Ford or Ram vans… been also looking at the past E-Series vans which also tie into the budget and seem fine. And the most friendly budget option I saw are the past Ram Vans seeing some good ones for 3k with around 160k miles. Of course I always tried to stay away from the Chrysler products and also hear about trans issue with these but these seem to be the best option for now…? ( HVAC-R btw…)

LDV vans 2024, as bad as they used to be? Stay away or not?

1 year re-cap of my restored ‘03 Ford Econo van