Time to give it up?

[Jeff]

The Van is practical, unique, and fun...all I can ask from a vehicle.

reliable is a good thing as well, but i guess when you're a chyrsler monkey you automatically throw certain things out the window...

Afterthought...its a hell of a drug

Not really, the key thing I have come to realize is that the minivan has only one real problem, honestly, its me. Over half of the transmission pulls were those "learning the hard way" things I was talking about. I drive the damn thing like a sports car...seriously. I beat on it, take turns to hard (wheel bearing going bad, started on a trip over 33W), and just generally hate the tires and motor mounts at every stoplight. Put me in a Civic (after you find a way to give it torque) and I will destroy it too. Thats why I hope the Daytona's manly mods will handle up to my abuse. The engine has NEVER given me any problem I did not cause, and the transmissions were just not doing the job with all the weight and the heavy right foot. The thing weighs over 4000lbs.