i know i get a lot of hell for buying a dodge... but its all good
my parents have always (and still do) owned dodges... never had any problems that would scare me away. my dads dakota 3.9 5 speed is still going after 170k and id say he is far from meticulous with it. we also have a 95 dodge caravan 3.3SE that we dont really drive anymore but it has 200k.... tranny just went on it about 1k ago.
i might put a tranny cooler on it a little down the road just for precautions but right now im not sweatin it.... never been used for anything but a driver... never used to tow or off road etc so ....