2012 Chrysler mini van
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Topic: 2012 Chrysler mini van
Posted By: 200Tom1
Subject: 2012 Chrysler mini van
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:04am
| Needing another delivery van. Stopped into the car dealership where I used to work. They had a 2012 Chrysler town and Country just come in from Repo. Red. Looks good, needs 4 tires plus a pair of snow tires for winter. I'm gonna drive it tomorrow. Sure got's a lot more equipment on it than the 2007 I've been driving for the past hundred thousand miles. I use 2 different cell phones. This one is like my pickup, phone works thru the radio. Sure handy while driving. Gots more darn knobs and push buttons on the dash and steering wheel than any other van, truck,or car I've owned. |
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Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 6:22am
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For what its worth, not to sound like a soccer mom or anything, but I like a mini van, especially for traveling ------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 7:59am
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Them touch screen displays can have almost your full life programed into them , plus every part of the vehicle controls also . Pairing the phone with bluetooth is just one part , as you can get GPS on it also and dealer can get a reduced activation cost if it isnt already activated ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2022 at 11:18pm
| Ya Coke I ain't figured much of it out yet. I did find out " If you punch 1 button on the radio, it will change the radio channel to whatever you tell it too. |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 7:56am
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Years, and years ago, wife and I had a Dodge Grand Caravan. Liked it a lot for traveling and hoofing the kids around. This was before all these displays, screens, gps, buttons & switches up the wazoo. The only thing on the steering wheel was the horn, lol. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:12am
We had a 1985 - 89 - 92 -98 .... 4 different vans.. Worked GREAT when the kids were 5- 15 years old......... Then they started calling the "soccer mom" bit and we had to change to an Explorer after that.. 
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 8:24pm
What "vans" are you saying you had until peer pressure took you down the exploder road ? Seems like the UGLIEST vehicle ever produced was a Ford AEROSTAR van  !! To the OP, nothing wrong with riding in comfort
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steve(ill) wrote:Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 9:47pm
I disagree .... the Pontiac Aztec
 is far uglier than the Aerostar. |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 10:30pm
------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 10:35pm
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My most recent company vehicle was a 2022 Plymouth Voyager. Nice car, very 'sporty', but I don't get where they can call it a 'minivan'! that is a station wagon! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 10:47pm
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What "vans" are you saying you had until peer pressure took you down the exploder road ......... the DISCUSSION was about Chrysler/ Dodge... ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 6:29am
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Worked on numerous older Chrysler mini vans, not certain how the newer ones are but I could not see ever owning any. Wasted space most of the time, tend to be in City underpowered stop and go drivers that cannot be acceptably loaded for convenience. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 6:46am
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at least the Dodge's will allow 4by8 sheets to lay flat in the back AND close the hatch , don't think ANY others will. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: 1951WDNWWI
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 9:51am
| Son and his wife have a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan with the stow and go seats. Really handy hauling 4 x 8 sheets of plywood and they have used it for a camping van with 2 little ones. These vans are comfortable but not the greatest gas mileage. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 10:02am
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Our first one in 1985 ( bought used) had a 4 cylinder... Nice van, but underpowered as Dave said.... After that they had two LARGER motors.. a 3 liter Jap engine and i think the other was a 3.3 liter USA motor.. I bought the USA motor and it was GREAT.. We normally bought a couple years old with 20K miles and then drove them till they had 100K and traded on another.. Did that multiple times... NEVER worked on one...Just GAS and GO.
FIrst one was a MINI ........ next 3 were the GRAND or stretched van... Good for hauling the kids / ball Team back and forth... Hauled a lot home from Menards and Lowes. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 12:54pm
| I think all vans are ugly. But we had 2 of the Dodge mimies with 3 rows of seats models. Drove and rode very well on the back roads or highway. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 7:48pm
So you "STOOPED" to a MOPAR product back then ??
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Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 7:50pm
The "Pacer" is NOT a minivan
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Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 7:53pm
The UGLIEST is a GM product "AVELANCHE" !!
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Posted By: bemer848
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:11pm
Avelanche is a Colorado hockey team. What does that have to do with this post? I guess it is another brew night freegas.
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Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:25pm
You need to look up the GM "Grocery Getter"
!!! UGLY !!! |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:28pm
BTW BEMIS/BUTTHEAD, It's been said by "MORE THAN ONE TTPP" that a topic can go "anywhere"
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:34pm
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And fishes drink, too, Mr. Blobby... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:37pm
You have one don't you  Davy !!!
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Posted By: bemer848
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 8:57pm
Gassy did you ever go to school? Special ed? The school on drinking.
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Posted By: bemer848
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 9:00pm
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Avalanche gassy dork not Avelanche. Is that 12 pack gone yet?
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Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 9:08pm
| I will admit to the incorrect model of GM "UGLY", it was/is the ASTEK grocery-getter !! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2022 at 11:24pm
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this is what happens when you spend 12 years riding the SHORT BUS !! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 01 May 2022 at 4:34am
Absolutely brilliant reposte, there, Mr Blobby! What's next an "oh yeah", or a "sez you"? ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: D19allisowner
Date Posted: 01 May 2022 at 9:39am
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This is better than loony tunes! ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 May 2022 at 1:45am
| you can afford it Tom...gits a Burb, it'll show others/customers how successful you are! |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 02 May 2022 at 10:50pm
| Shameless. I had one when the kids was a growing up. Pulled the boat to the lake, pulled the real nice pull type camper to the lake, rented a permenent spot for it. Both are gone now. I had 4 new tires put on the van today. I was hoping someone would tell me anything good or bad about the motor it has. This is the 5th or 6th one of these we've had. I couldn't figure out how to change the radio channels. Come to find out you takes your left thumb and push a button on the steering wheel and then tell the radio which station you want to listen to. Darn weather, at least I know the heater and air conditioner both work. |