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I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do any
of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it is a good van. Thanks in advance. -- Dr. Skeezix LaRocca, D.B. (Doctor Of Buffoonery) Registered Linux Novice & Abuser #526706 We aren't cheap, but we're reasonable No appointment needed |
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On 12 Aug 2012 13:54:35 GMT, "S.LaRocca" > wrote:
>I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do any >of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? > >I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it is a >good van. > >Thanks in advance. I own a Dodge intrepid and I have been trying for years to pry parts and repair CD's from Chrysler. They will sell you a out of date printed manual for a ridiculous price. Look elsewhere for transportation and cooperation. |
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On 8/12/2012 9:54 AM, S.LaRocca wrote:
> I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do any > of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? > > I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it is a > good van. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > They are highly rated for features and performance, but nowhere near Honda, Toyota, or even Kia in reliability. |
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:04:41 -0400, "Tony D." >
wrote: >On 8/12/2012 9:54 AM, S.LaRocca wrote: >> I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do any >> of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? >> >> I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it is a >> good van. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >They are highly rated for features and performance, but nowhere near >Honda, Toyota, or even Kia in reliability. Depends. If you maintain a Chrysler reasonably well they are about on par with a reasonably maintained Ford - and significantly better than a GM. They may have a few moer "minor issues" than Honda or Kia, which may have a few more than Toyota. For the significant price difference you can afford a few "minor issues" on the Chrysler and still come out ahead. Body fit and finish on the Mopar is not as good as the imports, and you WILL lose the odd trim parts - that has been a Chrysler hallmark for at least 2 decades. |
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On 8/12/2012 3:10 PM, NotMe wrote:
> "Tony D." > wrote in message > ... >> On 8/12/2012 11:22 AM, wrote: >>> On 12 Aug 2012 13:54:35 GMT, "S.LaRocca" > wrote: >>> >>>> I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do any >>>> of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? >>>> >>>> I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it is >>>> a >>>> good van. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> I own a Dodge intrepid and I have been trying for years to pry parts >>> and repair CD's from Chrysler. They will sell you a out of date >>> printed manual for a ridiculous price. Look elsewhere for >>> transportation and cooperation. >>> >> >> And of course the manuals are all over the web. > > Where? Serious question as we have two (04 and 06) higher end van. > Everything I've found > is a) pricy b) more incorrect than correct. > > Most recent problem had to do with O2 sensors. Dodge made a mid production > change and can't (or won't) provide the correct parts. > > Dealer tried to help but no joy. > > > > There are manuals online or links to downloads on most dodge forums (ie: dodgeforum.com). People also take the factory dvds and copy them and put them on ebay. I bought one of these for my Magnum for $40, but when I joined lxforums.com, there were d/l links for it if you have the bandwidth for a big d/l. |
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"Tony D" > wrote in message ... > On 8/12/2012 3:10 PM, NotMe wrote: >> "Tony D." > wrote in message >> ... >>> On 8/12/2012 11:22 AM, wrote: >>>> On 12 Aug 2012 13:54:35 GMT, "S.LaRocca" > wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've been thinking of possibly buying a Chrysler / Dodge minivan. Do >>>>> any >>>>> of you have anything good or bad to say about them ? >>>>> >>>>> I am thinking of buying a new one, but could possibly buy used if it >>>>> is >>>>> a >>>>> good van. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> I own a Dodge intrepid and I have been trying for years to pry parts >>>> and repair CD's from Chrysler. They will sell you a out of date >>>> printed manual for a ridiculous price. Look elsewhere for >>>> transportation and cooperation. >>>> >>> >>> And of course the manuals are all over the web. >> >> Where? Serious question as we have two (04 and 06) higher end van. >> Everything I've found >> is a) pricy b) more incorrect than correct. >> >> Most recent problem had to do with O2 sensors. Dodge made a mid >> production >> change and can't (or won't) provide the correct parts. >> >> Dealer tried to help but no joy. >> > There are manuals online or links to downloads on most dodge forums (ie: > dodgeforum.com). People also take the factory dvds and copy them and put > them on ebay. I bought one of these for my Magnum for $40, but when I > joined lxforums.com, there were d/l links for it if you have the bandwidth > for a big d/l. Thanks, I have the bandwidth for a big d/l but am getting tired to doing that spending the time digging through pdf's and other documents only to find the info is obscured (matters not if it's intentional or not). The latter is a reference 'to see illustration' with no reference to which or where the illustration might be. Often as not there is NO illustration. I tried the lxforums.com and the search options are very limited as they return results that are far too broad. I've no doubt the information is there but if the search does not work it takes far too much time to dig through the horse s*** to find the pony. I have no problem paying a fair or even an inflated price for the information I need but to pay a price for the wrong information is an exercise in mental self abuse. |
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I am on my third one. The first was a 1984 Dodge Caravan LE, the first
of them. Kept it until it had 240,000 miles on it. I traded it on a 1997 Dodge Caravan ES. The 1997 was traded at 125,000 for a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan 4.0 SXT. Need I say more? Service is performed, without fail, as per the "severe service" parameter in the manual. |
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