MolinuWanderer wrote:
Thanks for the input everyone! It sounds like the difference will be negligible. With mom and dad, and four kids ages 9 to 1.5 a dog and a cat, I think we are going to end up going with the cargo van type setup. We will be able to take out that last row in a 12 passenger and use it for storage and the dog. I would much rather have more room for everyone to spread out, as we are selling the house and road schooling with the kids while my husband travel nurses for a year. 4WD is not imperative as we will not be driving in the snow. Thanks so much again for the input!
I would recommend a Certified PreOwned (CPO) Express 3500 with the 6.0 V8. I used cars.com and autotrader to watch prices and mileage. The price on the Express has been rising, as GM is producing less vans. However, if you monitor the availability, the price will fluctuate when more of them are on the market. As noted, the CPO gives you 12 months and 12k miles of full warranty coverage.