Our "New" Durango

Well, we have been having some problems with our mini van lately. The other day while in Layton, our main belt broke. Which is a bad problem. It makes it so that the water pump doesn't work and the steering is way hard. So you can only drive a few feet before it starts to get too hot and may over heat. So we inched our way to a parts store and got a new belt which John put on in the parking lot after a lot of struggle. Only to have that belt broken by the next day!! Well come to find out, there's a bracket back in there that keeps the pulley thing aligned correctly and it was out of whack. So it was shredding the belts. It's going to be a painful job, involving a lot of taking apart of things. So we decided to go car shopping, and then John can fix the van later than sooner. We looked at quite a few mini vans, but they were all too pricey to get any decent upgrades and low - ish miles. So we ended up test driving a durango and really liking it and the price, which was nearly half of what they wanted for a nice mini van. It's kind of funny that our neighbors down the street just got a new suburban and were selling their Durango. I spoke to my friend/neighbor and we looked at thiers and loved it. Her husband is the kind of guy that keeps their vehicles in very nice condition. So it seems almost new to us, even though it is a 2003. It also has fairly low miles for it's age.. about 63,000. So we are quite happy about it. It is smaller than a mini van inside, but the kids will survive it. It still seats seven though and that's what counts.