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Replying to: KarenS (Oct 28, 2008 9:45 am) I'm that guy[from Bavaria, Germany] that rated the car. Mine IS an AMERICAN (not export) model 2008 AWD. Seems like this is the car the CRITICS hate, and the OWNERS (mostly) love! I've had people with BMWs and Porches complement the looks of ==>MY<== car!!! Hmmm. Only AWD Cal- iber I've seen, in Europe; and they don't sell them, here, nor even MAKE them anymore. It drives VERY well, thank you. I have 20,000 miles on my 11-month-old car and get 21MPG-- but I usually drive most of my, daily, 110 miles at about 100MPH (Cruise-control on)... occasionally going to the gover- nor limit [125?]. Since I share the road with the occasi- onal Lotus and, mostly, +$75,000 cars driving to, and from Switzerland-- or France, the car's transmission got SOME getting used to. My size 15 shoe knows when, and how, to speed up hurridly when I'm passing a tractor trailer rig only doing 85 and a Lamberginni is flashing her lights BEHIND me. Of course, as that ov- erly muscled car passes ME at about 185, increasing speed, there is NO American car she'd even remotely consider. Listen, I LOVE my car, and continue my poorly-paid American Government job ONLY because I can DRIVE my Caliber TO the military base. 'nough said! Michael McCluskey Army&Navy Retiree Wactkueppel, Germany* *= denotes there really IS a volcano in my backyard-- snow-capt THIS time of the year... love that A-W-D! 
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Replying to: 77mac77 (Nov 06, 2008 11:50 pm)
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Replying to: 77mac77 (Nov 06, 2008 11:50 pm) |
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I've made some bad car purchases in the past, usually buying someone else's problems in a used car, and regretting it. After 4 in a row like that, I decided to buy new, and decided to go American. BIG MISTAKE! The Dodge Caliber is a POS, and one of the worst decisions I've ever made in my life. Looks decent, but the VST never left me comfortable, and sure enough, 6 months and 14000 miles into my ownership of the vehicle, transmission dropped, and antifreeze dropped with it. What a worthless piece of trash! SAY NO TO BAILOUTS OF FAILED COMPANIES! |
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Just bought car with 40k mi & found no owners manual. Does anyone know where you check the transmission fluid ? Can't find stick anywhere. Also how to turn on driving/fog lights on bottom of front bumper? Based on my 1st weeks impression this car was a super buy as it was fully loaded to the max. Thx 4 reply.
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Replying to: sfs4451 (Sep 06, 2009 2:19 pm) tube can be seen down low and left of the battery once you remove air intake/battery cover.It can only be checked by the dealer with a special dipstick temperature probe.The first scheduled service is at abt 90,000 miles.The fluid is again specialized for the CVT so don't add regular ATF as it will destroy the tranny. The owners manuals can be downloaded from Chrysler/Dodge main website.
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Replying to: bigtsr (Sep 06, 2009 4:07 pm) |
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My wife and I just purchased our first car (with the help of Obama!). We traded in my old truck at the time of the cash for clunkers deal. Originally we were going to go after a Honda or Toyota like most other people taking advantage of the rebate, however, no dealer would budge on their prices. We started looking around, and I had started to notice more people driving the Caliber. We went to test drive one the following day and really like it. What I liked best was Dodge also offering a $5,000.00 rebate from the factory! Seeing how this deal was too sweet to pass, we drove a new blaze orange caliber home for $11,500.00 after tags, taxes, ect... I'm very impressed with the car so far. We were going to buy a Honda Fit Sport, but the Caliber has much more room, the same or more power, and the car seems a bit bulkier (read safer). I'm 6' tall and have plenty of room. There are a lot of nice features that aren't advertised by Dodge very well. I'm happy we went this route, for the price and quality of car. I doubt I will ever score this good of a deal again! The fuel mileage has also been surprising. I use this car as my daily commuter (90 mile round trip) and never drive above 60 mph. I usually set the cruise on 55, turn on the stereo, and relax before work. New, the car was getting around 28-29 mpg. I thought this was fantastic given the size of the car, automatic transmission, ect... The car now has 3,500 miles on it. I've just changed the oil for the first time and over the last few tanks I have gotten 31.1 mpg and 32 mpg! I'm not sure what the Fit gets but surely it could not be much more. Besides that, the difference in say 4 mpg would take years upon years for me to finally recover the cost saved in gasoline to justify buying a $17,000 Fit vs the $11,500 Caliber. Overall, I highly recommend this vehicle. However, I'm not sure I would pay the sticker price of ~$19,000. If I were going to pay that much I probably would buy a matrix or some other import of a hatchback. 
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