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#1156 of 2390 Bought a 2001 Grand Caravan Sport by a2z

Jun 07, 2001 (7:04 pm)

We are selling our 1992 Grand Caravan LE. This was a very good van for us. Never had the Tranny problems everyone eludes to. But I have to say I am very diligent in the area of maintenance. I service my own vehicles even though I can afford for others to work on them. I don't trust the work people do today.
 
My wife wanted a new van so we got another Grand Caravan in the Sport model. We got it with the following options: inferno red, side air bags, power right door, and the customer package 25H. This baby drives beautifully. Alot smoother than the 92.
 
I got a great deal on it also. I shopped around quite a bit and used the Internet for my research. I went to Douglas County Dodge in Georgia. They advertised the AC sport in the paper with the 25H package for $20999, includes the $2000 rebate. This price applied to all their sports. If there was a sport with additional options on the lot, they just added the invoice pricing of the option to that price. They also had the ES for 27,999, includes the $2000 rebate.
 
They only catch was they had a $399 documentation fee. I ended up paying $1400 under invoice without the $2000 rebate. We took the 3.9% financing. The total vehicle cost $23836 plus Tax, tag, and title.
 
We shopped around quite a bit. Honda's are suppose to be more reliable but the exterior/ interior colors are blah. The interior "plushness" reminds me of a cheap 4 cyl car. There was significantly more wind and engine noise.
 
We almost got the Winstar, but became spooked by their problems with the 3.8L head gaskets. It also had significantly more wind and engine noise.
 
The Sienna and Quest appeared to be much smaller and did not drive as nice.
 
The Gm vans had lousy crash test results.
 
So here we are back in a Dodge. Here's to another 10 years of smooth sailing. fingers crossed, knock on wood. But to tell you the truth, if you read these boards all Manufacturer's Minivans have writeups about poor maintenance. Most people who are happy with their vehicles, don't post. So you end up with are the few people who had a problem with their car. All cars are susceptable to failure, they are mechanical.

#1157 of 2390 Paid $32,351 for Fully loaded ES - 2001 by dparis1

Jun 07, 2001 (8:29 pm)

Everything is included in this price.
Leather, heated seats,alarm,roof rack,package 29s,
power liftgate,4 disc changer,

#1158 of 2390 Paid $32,351 for Fully loaded ES - 2001 by dparis1

Jun 07, 2001 (8:30 pm)

Everything is included in this price.
Leather, heated seats,alarm,roof rack,package 29s,
power liftgate,4 disc changer
This was the invoice price. ES's are hard to come by with all the options one may want. You can place an order for a 2002 but will lose out on the rebate or finance.

#1159 of 2390 New T&C LXI by dwgutwir

Jun 12, 2001 (6:02 am)

Well. my wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought a '01 T&C LXI.
 
Here's what we got
Patriot Blue w/Taupe interior (leather)
29 U package
side air bags
heated seats
4 disc cd changer
roof rack
power liftgate
touring suspension
3.8 liter motor
 
The only thing I really wanted, but didn't get (my wife didn't care) was the load leveling suspension. We don't often carry heavy loads (the occasional Home Depot run), so it probably doesn't matter much.
We wanted the tow package, but couldn't find one with all the other options we wanted. Its not likely we'll need to tow during the time we'll own the van anyway.
 
We were looking at a couple of LTDs, but I couldn't justify the extra $1800 or so for a couple of extras that would have been nice (memoiry seats), but not really necessary. I know getting the LTD would have gotten me my load leveling suspension, but $1800 is still $1800.
 
Price out the door (including the rebate) without taxes, tags and doc fees (they wouldn't budge) was $29240. Any opinions on how we did (I can accept some bad news)

#1161 of 2390 EX Fans Vibration by tc3388

Jun 12, 2001 (7:42 pm)

I have owned the T&C EX for few weeks, like it so far; but one thing is bothering me is that I felt the vibration in dashboard and steeling wheel when the two engine cooling fans were activated. I wonder if any EX owner has this problem? Thank you in advance.

#1162 of 2390 Cost for 2001 Caravan SE by dweiner2

Jun 14, 2001 (11:12 am)

Can anyone tell what a reasonable price would be for the Canadian version of the2001 Caravan SE? I live in the Ottawa area market.
 
Thanks.

#1163 of 2390 Stop beeping on Rear power hatch by dskoczylas

Jun 14, 2001 (12:29 pm)

Anyone know how to stop the rear power hatch from beeping before opening and closing on a 2001 Grand Caravan?

#1164 of 2390 Beeping by cgaydos

Jun 14, 2001 (4:59 pm)

Look in the two Chrysler T&C newsgroups. Someone posted the answer a few weeks back.

#1165 of 2390 Disabling the beeping for the rear tailgate by drew_

Jun 14, 2001 (9:06 pm)

Here are the relavent posts. You can mark them (and they'll appear in your message centre; just click on the mark buttons next to the posts) for future reference. Or you can just mark this message of mine
 
mrl859 "Chrysler Town and Country LX/LXi/Limited" May 23, 2001 4:35pm
mrl859 "Chrysler Town and Country LX/LXi/Limited" May 23, 2001 11:25pm
bean9 "Chrysler Town and Country LX/LXi/Limited" May 25, 2001 11:54am
mrl859 "Chrysler Town and Country LX/LXi/Limited" May 25, 2001 6:10pm
 

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