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best deal for a Family of 5
plan on driving extensively
will get a different vehicle for commuting  

Honda Odyssey/Toyota Sienna would be your best bet.  lol I was going over YouTube videos about minivans, and there is this user named "GMminivans9968" that kept telling everybody that all the other minivans sucked except Chevy Uplander, Saturn Relay, Buick Terraza and Pontiac Montana Sv6.  It was hilarious looking at all the lies he came up with.  

But yea, I heard the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan/Chrysler T&C are pretty good too.