The Honda Odyssey has been a great choice for me for the past 4 years. It'll take a 4X8 ft. of plywood or my pattern ships or my 35% Carden Cap. Fuel economy on regular is quite good ( 20 /26), it drives in snow very well -up the 1100 ft. mountain (hill ? ) I live atop and handles fantastic thanks to an Accord like suspension . Go for the LX version and expect to pay around 25K . Not bad , considering the fantastic resale value all Hondas have ;even after you rack up the miles . A comparable Big 3 mini-van cost about 1K-2K less when new , but they have poor resale value (roughly 7K- 8K less ) four years later . And the fit , finish and mechanicals earn an A+ like all Hondas.