by "mazda616" (mazda616)
Published 09/06/2017 at 11:38
by "mazda616" (mazda616)
Published 09/06/2017 at 11:38
Tags: Rentals
; Minivans
; Grand Caravan
STARS: 1
Put a tad over 800 miles on it. I didn’t hate it, other than the herky jerky transmission and the fact that (compared to my 6) it felt like driving a bus. The Pentastar has plenty of oomph to move the van even with it loaded down to (admittedly slightly above) the maximum recommended payload. Averaged an indicated 23 MPG overall.
You get what you pay for, obviously, but price does matter - especially with how expensive vans have become. If I was in the market for a van and found a screaming deal on a Grand Caravan (which is easy to do), I’d consider it.
"jimz" (jimz)
09/06/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 1
8087 is deprecated. it’s all about SSE2 and AVX these days.
"Mergio Sarchionne" (mergios)
09/06/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 0
You totally should buy one. Or a Pacifica.
Do we even sell Caravans anymore?
Update: yes we do!
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/18/2017 at 06:53, STARS: 0
And the Pacifica Hybrid has a power split transmission, so no jerkiness at all from shifting. (They basically just copied Ford’s internal component layout, which honestly is really good for a FWD power split hybrid transaxle - Toyota copied it too, lately, because it was lighter and more compact than their own layouts.)