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2005 Grand Caravan SXT with no other options for $379 a month for 48 months lease taxes included (Canadian). Or Grand Caravan SE with Stow 'n go (2'nd row) for $329 a month taxes included. Which do you guys think is the better deal? Should I spring for the SXT or stay with the SE? 
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Replying to: fizzyhair (Aug 09, 2005 12:42 pm) There are many levels of GC SE from very basic to almost as well equipped as the no extra options GC SXT. The base GC SXT is a very well equipped vehicle and is a good deal if you want most of the features standard on the GC SXT. If you want the separately controlled temperature for driver and front passenger and the overhead console with compass/outside temperature and trip computer, the GC SE will cost about as much as the GC SXT and you will still have far fewer features to include power sliding doors on each side, cast wheels, the smaller 3.3L on GC SE vs 3.8L on GC SXT, cheaper trim on the front doors, fog lamps, radio controls on the steering wheel....and maybe even more. If you do not want the bucket seats in middle, row separately controlled temperature, cast wheels, the larger engine, etc. you can save $ 50 a month for 48 months by buying the cheaper GC SE. (or $2,400).  After owning a 2002 T&C LX for a year, I would not want the cheaper GC SE as we enjoy having many of the optional features of the GC SE that are standard on the GC SXT.
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Replying to: hansienna (Aug 09, 2005 1:09 pm)
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Replying to: fizzyhair (Aug 09, 2005 1:13 pm) I would recommend the GC SXT unless your budget suggests getting the GC SE. The seats are identical in the 2 if you get 2nd row bucket seats in the GC SE but you get all the extras in the GC SXT for a bargain price....compared to getting the items as options in the GC SE.
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Replying to: fizzyhair (Aug 09, 2005 12:42 pm) Wow!!!! I think these monthly payments sound really high, even if you're talking Canadian dollars!!!!! I think I saw GC SXT for $189/month here in Detroit for 3 year lease?? I'd keep shopping!!! As long as you have Stow N Go, I don't think you can go wrong....love mine!! Just got back from Simcoe Ontario camping....18mpg pulling loaded RV and family!! The space and flexibility is great!!
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Replying to: dennisctc (Aug 16, 2005 3:44 am) |
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I purchased a T & C 2005 back in July and made it clear that I would only purchase a model with the installed DVD package if the wireless headphone system worked...otherwise I would buy a model without and go with an after market product. Well, I bought the car because they told me it would work. I went to try it out and nothing. I took the car in for them to look at it and they could not figure it out. Now it turns out they are telling me the model I purchased does not come with the DVD player with the wirless headphones. I am not happy with this dealer right now. I hope they respond by installing the proper DVD system at no charge to me, but if they do not, is there anything I can do? I do have recorded phone messages left by the dealership on my answering machine where he called me back and verified that the wireless system would work with this particular vehicle.
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Replying to: antelope1 (Aug 18, 2005 5:20 am) If you have anything in wrinting it should make it easier for you to get resolution. if not, it will be more difficult. I would not be obnoxious with the dealer. I would calmly ask for resolution and I would talk to the GM or owner of the dealership. Good Luck!! |
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Replying to: greener1 (Jul 31, 2005 5:05 pm) I ask because my T&C Touring manufactured in June 05 and purchased july 14 began making (or increasing) a variety of noises at about 100 miles (14 miles on clock delivered). These noises got progressively worse until stabilizing at about 300 miles. I just returned from third trip to the dealer (68miles round trip - I sure wish the dealer closest to me had had one in stock with the equipment I wanted). The service manager and I drove mine and also another Touring from the lot, one which I had driven on Monday to prove to myself that I wasn't losing my mind when I was told for the second time that the sounds coming from my car were normal. The service manager says that, to his ears, the Touring from the lot is noisier than mine. Rubbish! The three primary sources of noise are: 1. The exhaust system. The motorboat sound that only showed as a very subdued sound on acceleration now is a much louder noise that shows up strong at about 1500 RPM and is maddening by 2000 RPM, no matter what road speed. At interstate cruising speeds it is a steady growling, drumming noise that even drowns out: 2 The A/C compressor that whines at lower engine speeds and moans at at higher speeds. At low speeds around town, this competes with the exhaust noise for the most irritating sound. At low speeds and with the A/C off, the third noise is most apparent: 3. The transmission whines loudly in all indirect gears. Neither my 92 Grand Caravan or my 99 T&C Limited had transmissions that made even half so much noise. Mixed in with these sounds are the sounds from my tires. In the five other DC Stow n Go minivans I have driven or have ridden in, small road bumps at lower speeds are felt, but not heard. In my car, the bumps are heard as well. Tire noise is about what I would expect from OE tires and have been easily eliminated as the source of any unusual noises. Also, the driver's side window air deflector which I had installed by the dealer makes a rather loud wind noise at any speed over 30 mph. The passenger's side (and all the deflectors on other DC minivans I am familiar with) makes only a soft burble at worst, even though the adhesive strip holding it at the front refuses to stay stuck. The dealer has ordered another set. About the only way I can think of to describe what I hear from the driver's or front passenger's seats is to say it is as if all the sound deadening materials between the engine bay / front wheel openings had fallen out between 80 and 200 miles of usage. As of now, It will be August 31 before the regional tech service guy will next be at my dealer. If he gives no satisfaction, I will invite the owner of the dealership, who also drive a T&C at the moment, to drive my car and decide if it is really one he wants to have his name on. If still no satisfaction after that, I reckon it will be a case of finding some deaf guy who I can unload this car on and hoping that the 2006 KIA Sedona will be better. The 1977 Dodge Aspen I bought new back then was bad enough to put me off Chrysler products for 15 years. This van could be enough to put off them for life!
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Replying to: veritasusa (Aug 18, 2005 9:04 am)
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