utahjazzfan
Posts:96
 | | 11/26/2007 9:20 PM |
 Alert | | Does anyone own of these cars? Are they a good car? Besides the gas mileage, what are some of the pros and cons? Im kinda lookin to get one but havnt heard much about them except from the dealers, and we all know they'll tell you anything to drive off with their car. | | | |
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magnetic
Posts:111
| | 11/27/2007 2:17 PM |
Alert | | I've read and heard they are a piece of junk. Consumer Reports rates them low in all areas. Most of the Chrylser products are on the "DO NOT PURCHASE LIST" | |
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maricopamk
Posts:22
| | 11/27/2007 2:58 PM |
Alert | My mom has one as a rental car after her accident. It is very loud - both the engine and road noise. She has also mentioned that it isn't a very smooth ride.
After sitting in the passenger seat last night, I wouldn't buy one. | | | |
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Pepperdog
Posts:223
| | 11/27/2007 3:45 PM |
Alert | I would not go by Consumer Reports too much. They are heavily biased towards asian imports. Heck last year they rated the Honda Ridgeline as their first choice in a truck. C'mon, a unibody truck with low towing and payload, why do you need a truck to begin with? They also stated that they couldn't reccomend ANY mercedes at all (parent company of Chrysler at the time). Makes you wonder....
As for the Caliber, I don't like it much it either, though they are coming out with an SRT4 high performance version soon and that could be nice. I think they should have stayed with the Neon. You might look at a Compass, same underpinnings but more safety features standard, it's quieter and better built. | |
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drummer72
Posts:3171
| | 11/27/2007 6:33 PM |
Alert | | The Jeep Patriot or Compass( can't remember which one) is a sister car to the Caliber. Maybe you should check those out too? | |
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geewiz
Posts:282
| | 11/27/2007 8:29 PM |
Alert | | My brother loved the frigerated glove box kept his beer nice and cold in the one he rented. | | | |
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CrownNCoke
Posts:810
| | 11/30/2007 9:34 AM |
Alert | | Don't buy a dodge (unless its a Cummings or a hemi) look at the bottom five vehicles made this year you will see a bunch of Chrysler products (jeep, dodge, Chrysler) | |
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Sapo
Posts:184
| | 11/30/2007 9:56 AM |
Alert | I LOVE my Dodge Caliber! Absolutely LOVE it.
I have to admit that I'm not much "into" cars. It doesn't matter what I drive as long as it goes forward when I throw it into 1st gear.
I DID buy the extended warranty so I am covered bumper-to-bumper for 80K miles. But I haven't had to use it yet -- nothing except oil changes so far -- the car has 12,000 miles on it.
By far my FAVORITE thing about the car is that I have to pull into Frys for a fill up approx once every 3 weeks. I get 35+ miles per gallon.
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asugrl
Posts:451
| | 11/30/2007 12:14 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By maricopamk on 11/27/2007 2:58 PM
My mom has one as a rental car after her accident. It is very loud - both the engine and road noise. She has also mentioned that it isn't a very smooth ride.
After sitting in the passenger seat last night, I wouldn't buy one.</div>
Weird. My fiance has one and it is not loud at all In fact, while I am not much of a fan of the outside of the car, I think the inside is very nice. It is fun to drive, too. If you like the way it looks (which took a little getting used to for me since it is so unique-looking) then I think you would like the car overall. We haven't had any problems with it....take one for a test-drive.
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CrownNCoke
Posts:810
| | 11/30/2007 1:15 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By geewiz on 11/27/2007 8:29 PM
My brother loved the refrigerated glove box kept his beer nice and cold in the one he rented.</div>
oh ya I rented one on a business trip once and I didn't have to buy a cooler on the weekend to drive in to Canada so that was pretty cool...take a cold one out put a warm one in... 7 beers later arrive in Toronto
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Sapo
Posts:184
| | 01/04/2008 8:36 PM |
Alert | Just needed to resurrect this thread to point out...
Has anyone else noticed that Calibers are multiplying like unspayed junkyard dogs??? They are everywhere!! Today I parked my Caliber at Fry's right next to another Caliber, and two other Calibers were parked in the same row. And they are everywhere else on the road -- I regularly see at least 1 or 2 on my way to work (~12 miles).
Cool. Happy to see that the rest of the world is catching on...
Heh heh.
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jeeptj02
Posts:127
| | 01/04/2008 9:46 PM |
Alert | | i have only rented the caliber and it would be fine for me if i was only using it has a commuter car otherwise its a little noisy and doesnt ride like a caddly but its got a fair amount of room (im6'3) otherwise its just ok. There made to be more affordable so i dont know why people expect them to be in the class of a bmw or mercedes? And im not sure why chrysler gets such a bad rap i have owned my fair share of new chevys and fords and i had to be at the dealer atleast 2 times a month with both of them and any of the dodges or jeeps i have had hardly any problems my last ram the fuel pump went at 86000 miles i got 140,000 before i sold it. i have never had my jeep in for service. | | | |
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Cheyenne
Posts:90
| | 01/05/2008 7:11 AM |
Alert | | I have been driving one for the past three weeks as a rental while my truck is in the shop from an accident. It's a piece of crap!! Very noisy, sounds like the windows are down when I get up to freeway speed even though they aren't. It also has NO power...I floored it to merge onto 347 and thought I was going to die, the pedal was to the floor but the car wasn't moving...maybe since it's a rental and the base model if you actually bought one you could upgrade the engine. I'm pretty sure this things engine came straight out of a lawn mower!! | | | |
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asugrl
Posts:451
| | 01/06/2008 1:06 AM |
Alert | | yeah the base model is not that great. My fiance has the middle model, not the rt but the one lower than that. It is a good car, not any noisier than most cars, but we just found out the tires are really expensive and rare. He paid $150 for one! I pay less than that for low-profile tires. We wish we would have known that before buying the car; hopefully the price will go down and the tires will be easier to find as the car has gotten more popular. | | | |
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darin45
Posts:145
| | 01/09/2008 11:58 AM |
Alert | STAY AWAY! word has it, that is car will be killed off by dodge/chrysler/jeep just like the Magnum, Crossfire, Pacifica are all going to be killed off!
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demonica
Posts:850
| | 01/12/2008 6:45 PM |
Alert | | i'm with sapo, i love my new caliber. and i too have noticed that all of a sudden they're everywhere! | | | |
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JasonY
Posts:1974
| | 01/15/2008 1:37 PM |
Alert | | Dodge is poop. Jeeps rule, they have been around for 50 years and will be around for a lot longer............and they are not Dodge....... | |
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Sapo
Posts:184
| | 01/16/2008 7:13 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By demonica on 01/12/2008 6:45 PM
i'm with sapo, i love my new caliber. and i too have noticed that all of a sudden they're everywhere!</div>
Cool Demonica! Welcome to the "club" -- what color is your Caliber? I see a lot of black ones around. Mine is white.
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Sapo
Posts:184
| | 01/16/2008 7:16 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By JasonY on 01/15/2008 1:37 PM
Dodge is poop. Jeeps rule, they have been around for 50 years and will be around for a lot longer............and they are not Dodge.......</div>
Jason, I traded in my Grand Cherokee to get the Caliber. And do you know why? Jeeps are supposed to be these tough, off-road, killer vehicles -- and yet the first time I took mine through a mud puddle the front axle clogged up and it never drove well after that. I brought it in time after time to get the problem fixed, and the mechanics were never able to solve the problem. That JEEP was poop -- in a big way. Calibers rule.
Plus, the 14 mpg (Jeep) compared to the 34 mpg (Caliber) is pretty easy to take.
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