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#3 of 2361 My Venture is also been good. by stevensoriano Nov 26, 1999 (8:00 pm)
We only have about 29k on our 98 Venture and it has been great. But, we want to move upscale, and keep the built-in child seats. Uhm...2001 T&C?
#4 of 2361 V8 by stevensoriano Jan 01, 2000 (4:25 am)
V8?
#5 of 2361 by copperhead1 Jan 10, 2000 (11:44 pm)
Visit www.4adodge.com,and no v-8 just the 3.5 300M engine.
#6 of 2361 2001 Chrysler minivans by heimy Feb 10, 2000 (5:40 pm)
I was all set to buy a 2000, but was a little leery of the relative lack of horsepower compared to their competitors. The 2001's take care of that problem. I don't know that they're changing all that much on them, i.e. is may not be the redesign disaster that "wis9" talks about. It looks more like a tweaking of engine and tranny, plus some body side appearance stuff. At this point, I'm waiting until August to see how the 2001's look and ride.
#7 of 2361 by copperhead1 Feb 11, 2000 (11:24 pm)
Be smart,and buy the 2001!
#8 of 2361 Power ? by jpotoff Feb 12, 2000 (7:52 am)
I had this concern about the horsepower of the minivan until I: a. realized that I'm not going to be towing or drag racing with the thing and b. I drove one of the 3.3L equipped T+Cs and it had plenty of zip to merge in traffic. From my perspective, it wasn't even worth the extra green to get the 3.8L. I certainly did not feel 22hp worth of difference between the two when I test drove them. Quite frankly, I think this mini-van horsepower race is based more on manipulation of people's egos instead of legitimate performance concerns.
#9 of 2361 jpotoff by Stratego Feb 13, 2000 (6:29 am)
You'll only notice and appreciate the power difference when you're on the highway, towing or climbing hills. With the new '01 minivans I think the performance increase is justified. DC is now the minivan power king with 230hp (a 50hp boost from this year's 3.8L 180hp), yet all the engines are getting at least 1 mpg better fuel economy.
#10 of 2361 torque? by swampcollie Feb 17, 2000 (3:09 am)
what is the torque change? I really believe that is what is important. And if you look, the 3.8 had more torque than the odyssey the last 2 years. jpotoff: I drove a 3.3 for 7 years and was very happy with the reliability and power, what it lacked was torque. shifted down on hills. my 99 has the 3.8 and that problem is solved. the 3.3 is really a nice engine though. I never had a moments problem with it.
#11 of 2361 by targetgrn Apr 15, 2000 (4:49 pm)
We are trying to decide between the Silouhette and the Odyssey both 2000 models. There are things about each that we like but our main concern is the power doors on the Odyssey. When we test drove one the other day someone tried to manually open the door and we then had trouble getting the door to open under power. Even the salesman had trouble getting it to work. Has anyone had a problem with these doors?
#12 of 2361 3.3L Inadequate by indydriver Apr 23, 2000 (1:10 pm)
I will definitely opt for the 3.8 or 3.5 300M engine in my '01. My current 3.3 is OK around town but really struggles on Interstate drives through the mountains. It has been totally reliable after 130K though. I also own a '99 300M and absolutely love that engine. Besides the increase in power, it will definitely help reduce NVH levels in the minivan. TARGETGRN: Sure you meant to post in this topic?

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