Ah, don't be bummed. They're not that bad. In fact, truth be told, we're still hanging on to our 98 Grand Voyager.
For all my complaining, ours really hasn't given us any problems. And, I don't think it's blowing blue smoke, but we don't put a lot of miles on that vehicle and I maintain it pretty meticulously.
I was kind of kidding. I shouldn't bitch. In 32 years I haven't bought a car or paid for gas.