Randy,
    <<<We are the type of people that when it dumps we are heading to the
place the most snow is falling! We also go places like Moab a lot and camp in
remote areas>>>

Sounds like you answered your own question.  Stick with the 4x4 syncro.  A
new engine will last as long as the eurovan would.  I like the Tiico, but a
newer subie would be nice too.

Bill Marshall
85 GL Tiico that romped in the mountains of arizona