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Sometimes I think the car to buy is the ones just gaining popularity. As other Honda people have said, once the Odyssey got popular then Honda began to pull back. I guess margin management.
I had a Dodge Intrepid as my second car. You want to talk pos.
Fwiw my new hire sim partner at Coex was a geologist for an oil company. He said in the field only two trucks lasted- the F250 and Chevy Suburban. The Chevy trucks weren't as good as those two but he said the Dodges fell apart, broken axles he said. This was 11-15 years ago though.
Ford trucks have historically had very bulletproof drivetrains. I used to tow a lot of vehicles and the ford diesels with a manual transmission were the best...then they put the 6.0 in it and poof killed a good thing. All the ford diesels from the 6.9 to the 7.3td were amazing.
I sold all of them several years ago and kept my 2000 chevy 1 ton crew cab 4x4. I still drive it daily. It rolled over 230k miles recently. The only non fluid changing mx I've ever done to it is replacing the ball joints at about 200k. It still has the original a/c compressor with the original charge. Great truck, but the difference between chevy and ford is really in the 4x4 mode. Fords lock up all 4 wheels, chevys are just limited slip. I have pulled my chevy out of a field with one of my fords more than once.
Low mile 7.3 powerstrokes from 2002 and earlier still sell for upwards of $20k. ford 6.0 liters are much less expensive because of the engine troubles.
Betcha didn't know ford and chevy 3/4 ton and larger use gm frames. Yield management.