Originally Posted By: Phishin
One thing I've learned over the past 18 years of car ownership, is don't buy a big heavy van or SUV built on a car frame!!! I would never buy a Honda Pilot or Honda Oddessy. I would never buy a Dodge Durango either. The components on these vehicles are STRESSED to the max by the weight of these heavy things.
Absurdist drivel. I own high mileage Pilot and a Dakota, and my Pilot is way, way, way tighter. For one thing, the Pilot has a FULL LENGTH FULL FRAME- and it's welded on! Anyway modern Pilot's and Durango's aren't really a "big heavy van or SUV".
The advantages of a frame is you can cheaply lift the vehicle for big tires, or yank the bed and do certain kinds of service easier. That's it. For towing either kind of frame is fine IN THIS CLASS OF VEHICLE.
One thing I've learned over the past 18 years of car ownership, is don't buy a big heavy van or SUV built on a car frame!!! I would never buy a Honda Pilot or Honda Oddessy. I would never buy a Dodge Durango either. The components on these vehicles are STRESSED to the max by the weight of these heavy things.
Absurdist drivel. I own high mileage Pilot and a Dakota, and my Pilot is way, way, way tighter. For one thing, the Pilot has a FULL LENGTH FULL FRAME- and it's welded on! Anyway modern Pilot's and Durango's aren't really a "big heavy van or SUV".
The advantages of a frame is you can cheaply lift the vehicle for big tires, or yank the bed and do certain kinds of service easier. That's it. For towing either kind of frame is fine IN THIS CLASS OF VEHICLE.