"CB" (jrcb)
06/03/2016 at 17:14 • Filed to: Dodge
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"CB" (jrcb)
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The Dodge Journey still exists and can be bought new with a four speed automatic.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> CB
06/03/2016 at 17:18 |
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If all you want is the cheapest new 3-row crossover you can buy (which is in fact all some people want), then the Journey will do just fine.
Otherwise...
Ash78, voting early and often
> CB
06/03/2016 at 17:19 |
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And it should've been gone. Long ago. And far away.
Jack Does Cars
> CB
06/03/2016 at 17:20 |
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I have one. It’s horrible. 2014, American Value Package, 87,000 miles, transmission is already going.
We got it for free...but it’s horrible.
RT
> CB
06/03/2016 at 17:22 |
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We had it in Europe for a little while and the press destroyed it.
Not a terrible car, I can see its appeal, but as far as the other options go it's not for me.
duurtlang
> RT
06/03/2016 at 18:07 |
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I just found a Dutch review, from 2008. The review starts with: “Functionality trumps beauty.” It set the tone of the article. They call certain designs and materials “almost retro”. The steering wheel seems to come from a truck (of the tractor trailer variety). Shifting (with a manual) feels like stirring a bowl of tennis balls. The 2.4L is too slow and thirsty. The transmission lacks a gear.
This was 2008, yet 8 years later it’s still available in the US?
Steve in Manhattan
> CB
06/03/2016 at 18:10 |
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zOMG!!! Where do I sign!
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RT
> duurtlang
06/03/2016 at 18:10 |
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Being surrounded by Top Gear makes it harder to find reviews like that. xD
Chasaboo
> CB
06/03/2016 at 18:34 |
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The faux push bar though is max lamer.
C62030
> CB
06/03/2016 at 18:55 |
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I’ll journey on down to the dealership to buy one, then forget what it looks like by the time I get there
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CB
> C62030
06/03/2016 at 18:59 |
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The only reason why they still sell is because people buying replacements for the ones they parked and could never recognize as their own.
TheHondaBro
> CB
06/03/2016 at 19:02 |
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ooo
gmctavish needs more space
> CB
06/03/2016 at 20:21 |
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Weirdly enough I feel like they look better now than when they came out. maybe just the updated interior and better wheels. Also they’re not alone with the 4 speed auto. You can get that in a Yaris as well, and it’s the worst.
GE90man
> CB
06/03/2016 at 21:16 |
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kill it with fire!
mazda616
> CB
06/03/2016 at 21:33 |
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And it still sells very, very well. Fleet sales, the “BUY AMERICAN!!!111" folks, and the people who just want something new but also cheap. They all flock to this thing.
ranwhenparked
> Ash78, voting early and often
06/03/2016 at 22:11 |
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Very long ago, considering it really shouldn’t have been cleared for production in the first place.
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ranwhenparked
> CB
06/03/2016 at 22:11 |
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I know, right? I figured they would have sold off the tooling to some backwater Russian or Chinese automaker long ago.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> CB
06/03/2016 at 22:48 |
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Never seen one in SF.
shop-teacher
> CB
06/03/2016 at 22:49 |
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When we were shopping for SUVs a couple years ago, one of my wife’s friends recommended the Journey. When I asked why, she could only say, “It’s got a real smoothe ride.”
Yeah, no.
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> CB
06/03/2016 at 23:02 |
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I had one as a rental. It was just sad.
PotbellyJoe and 42 others
> CB
06/03/2016 at 23:26 |
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But it has built-in booster seats for the kiddles...
A feature they still don’t feel like sticking in their minivans...
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CB
> PotbellyJoe and 42 others
06/03/2016 at 23:30 |
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It’s really one of the few plus sides. I kind of wish more automakers offered that as a feature.
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PotbellyJoe and 42 others
> CB
06/03/2016 at 23:31 |
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agreed. Not that boosters aren’t cheap and mobile, but it’s nice to not have to rip them out and store them every time you try to adult with friends.
HammerheadFistpunch
> CB
06/04/2016 at 01:14 |
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Rode in one today...tiny 3rd row
79 horsepower monster
> CB
06/04/2016 at 13:03 |
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Or when their transmission or transfer case breaks for the 3rd time in 60k miles