Safest Very Cheap Minivan

Momofmanylos

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Hi, everyone.

We are in the market for a vehicle that will fit 4 carseats. Our original plan was a mazda5, but our trade in was given a horrible appraisal that would leave us upside down by 6K.

So our plan right now is to just get the bare minimum van we can find as an emergency back up, and quickly pay off our current car loan. Then we will buy a nicr, newish van.

Basically, I need something that will work for 3 months. It needs to allow two ff hwh carseats in the 3rd row, preferably tethered. It needs to also allow a rf convertible seat and an infant seat in the second row.

I'm guessing that I'm.looking at vans between 1998-2003

What is my safest option from those model years? Would it be better, in general, to get a high mileage newer vehicle vs a lower mileage older one?

Thanks so much!
 
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