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Replying to: minicoopercat (Feb 26, 2006 1:59 am) Find a DCX employee who has not used his employee choice number to get $4102 off MSRP of a base T&C Limited. Find a dealer who will give you an extra $2k discount. Wait for $4k+ in rebates vs. today's $3k. I've seen dealer ads in Detroit for $10k off in the last 6 months, but not this month. A couple more says until next month's incentives, though. |
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Replying to: heavydoe (Feb 22, 2006 12:28 pm) It's going in Wednesday because of that (this time service guy didnt know of a hatch TSB), AND NOW the driver's side slider is posessed. Pillar switch refuse to work, and then all of a sudden the door opens and closes completely on it's own. Get this, I was sitting at the wheel idling and decided to reach back (in park) and try to test the pillar switch. THAT motion somehow triggered the door, BEFORE I got near the switch. I know it could be coincidence, but I did it several times, and waited a couple minutes before I was able to do it again. Its crazy. Like brushing the belt tensioner or something did it.... Not too pleased about it,with 3500 miles on the car. I tried posting this on a big dodge forum and I get NOTHING. The experts there seem to tackle older minivan problems.... Tony Edit : In fact it acted so wierd I 'locked' the controls on the overhead console because the wife was taking 6 people around town from work and I was afraid it would malfunction in front of them. It didnt do it to her, but nor were people able to use the pillar buttons to exit...I guess thats cool, because she told them she didnt know how to unlock them. |
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Replying to: mmandsr (Feb 15, 2006 10:13 am) 
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Replying to: mmandsr (Feb 15, 2006 10:13 am) I was essentially the same way, except that it was vibration in our brand new 2005 Sienna that the dealer and Toyota wouldn't fix. We ended up ditching it to get a 2006 Grand Caravan that so far has been very grand.
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Replying to: dm3 (Mar 01, 2006 9:06 pm) |
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Replying to: donleung (Dec 15, 2003 11:16 am) |
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We were out trying to buy a minivan last November. We went to Honda first, WOW- they showed us an ex-l, nice- but cost too much for me! We then went to Kia, the vans were ok, but a little to bare-bones in the safety department. We then went to Chrysler, overall fairly nice, but lacked the get up and go of the Odyssey or the Sedona. Didn't consider the Mazda MPV- too small. Nissan's Quest was too out there in styling and price. We ended up taking the Sedona and the T&C home for a night and decided not to go through. We then went to Toyota and although their pricing was higher than the Sedona's, they offered a lot more standard safety and better MPGs. The Honda lost out because they are too prideful. The T&C lacked the power and they also would have cost more if we wanted side air bags and that would have been way too much for any van, incentives or not! Toyota seemed to be the best choice for my family and our safety concerns. I believe most companies make decent vehicles, but the true problem may be operator error, i.e.- lead-foot drivers, no oil changes, no preventive maintenance! They all stack up against the driver, usually. I like to think that I'll be able to keep my van for over 10 years and say I have over 200,000 miles. I know my old '98 Olds Achieva was a fairly crappy car, but with my meticulous care, it's going strong with over 125,000 miles. I had a 1988 Corolla that had more than 140,000 miles and the only thing that killed it was a thief that crashed it!
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Replying to: analyzerlx (Mar 08, 2006 2:32 pm) We had a 2005 Sienna and found it to feel weaker than our 2006 GC SXT with the 3.8L. If you drag race the two, the Sienna could beat the GC hands down, but in normal driving the Sienna has less torque and you always had to punch it to even do normal driving. Our mileage was poor as a result, averaging 19mpg in city/highway mix. The GC is much more able to stay with normal traffic without ragging on the engine. Its gas mileage is better as a result, averaging 21mpg in the same mix that we used the Sienna. As the old adage goes, people buy horsepower but drive torque. Of course, YMMV. |
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Replying to: analyzerlx (Mar 08, 2006 2:32 pm) I had a 1983 Chevy Cavalier all thru the 80s....180k miles, brakes, plugs, muffler, plug wires and starter!!! Oil changes every 3000 miles. BEST car ever!!!! Had 2 Caravan for company cars...never any problems, 70k miles on each one. My personal 2005 DCX GC SXT has been great. I'm one of the lucky ones....got an employee's price and all rebates and got $10k off. Loving my DCX minivan!!! |
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