There is a reason why the Caravan just keeps selling. Everyone I have personally owned has been great. We now have a 2010 SXT with the 4.0L and it screams down the highway but I don't know about beating a Camaro with it. That video was killer.

The best is the K car spanking the Supra. Same factory engine. The 2.5 is a tank. I've had mine above 15 psi no problem on stock 190,000 mile pistons

Posted by bandi I fucking love '91-'95 Caravans. I'm not gonna lie.

The 2nd gen Caravans are my favorite era. The 3rd gen was a little weird, but the 4th gen was just plain awful; but that was the DalmerChrysler era, which everything went down hill then. 5th gen I like just as much as the 2nd gen.

Posted by bandi Until 2004 comes around, when the rocker panels have rusted off, the wheel bearings failed, and it needed front brakes for the 17th time. Then it's time for the "spring" maintenance package which includes the head gaskets, intake gaskets, front crankshaft seal... and what the hell, a new a/c condensor because it had bad soldering and all your refrigerant leaked out. Might as well replace the tranny while you're in there, because it's likely got a bad valve body and is probably filled with a few extra pounds of clutch material recirculating itself through the thing. I hate those vans so much and can't wait till August 9th, when I never have to work on those smouldering piles of shit again. edit: I'm spelling like GM builds minivans. Poorly.

ours didn't rot
we put brakes on it 66,000 miles (before it went back to GSA)
the engine had never been apart
the AC always worked
and the transmission always shifted.

eat me.

i built parts for those fucking vans

My 99 Wontstart, er, Windstar is the biggest piece of crap I've ever owned. I should be able to get some money for it, though, since almost everything in it is new!

I did sleep in it for a week on Phish tour, though.

Posted by budda You're in good company. I had long since decided that my next car would be a turbo caravan, then a $200 cougar fell in my lap.

Am I the only one who read that part about the cougar in the lap and immediately thought of a woman in a bar?

Posted by _cow_ Am I the only one who read that part about the cougar in the lap and immediately thought of a woman in a bar?

no.

That's one hell of a sexy car, Splumer.

save me from Beetle owners.

It's cool to see that in North America the beetle is appreciated as a truly uni-sex car.

Here (and in a lot of Europe) it's seen as a girls' version of this:



Seriously, people point and laugh at men driving beetles here. I don't know why it's got this reputation (the integrated flower holder by the steering wheel from the factory didn't help I guess) but I think it's undeserved!

http://www.autotra...irls_car_mate.html

Chris...

Oh I take a lot of abuse for driving it, but I don't care.

It's funny, I was part of a Volkswagen club in Toronto, and out of the 20 or so Beetle owners, all but 2 were guys, and they all had a wife or girlfriend with them.

Even I was surprised.

edit: I'd love to find a wrecked TT and make an all wheel drive turbo Super Bug. My former boss had a 2.0T Quattro TT, chipped with Konis at all four corners... what an absolute blast to drive.

When they first came out TT's were big news here until it was revealed that they suffered a dangerous fault which made the back end almost uncontrollable in certain conditions.

Audi spent a DICK-LOAD of money fixing that, but it damaged sales a lot initially.

Chris...

Posted by bandi Oh I take a lot of abuse for driving it, but I don't care. It's funny, I was part of a Volkswagen club in Toronto, and out of the 20 or so Beetle owners, all but 2 were guys, and they all had a wife or girlfriend with them. Even I was surprised. edit: I'd love to find a wrecked TT and make an all wheel drive turbo Super Bug. My former boss had a 2.0T Quattro TT, chipped with Konis at all four corners... what an absolute blast to drive.

i probably shouldn't throw rocks. Here where I live, 'men drive um trucks'. I drive a girl car. Even though it's the "SS Supercharged" package, it's still considered a girl car by the neanderthals here.

http://www.cnbc.co...ot_So_Easy_To_Tell

It found nine models where the majority of the registered owners are women:

Volkswagen New Beetle
Nissan Rogue
Hyundai Tucson
Volkswagen EOS
Volvo S40 Sedan
Honda CR-V
Kia Sportage
Toyota Rav4
Nissan Sentra.

Posted by washthat http://www.cnbc.co...ot_So_Easy_To_Tell It found nine models where the majority of the registered owners are women: Volkswagen New Beetle Nissan Rogue Hyundai Tucson Volkswagen EOS Volvo S40 Sedan Honda CR-V Kia Sportage Toyota Rav4 Nissan Sentra.

i'm honestly surprised that the Cobalt and G5 are not on that list.

Posted by Samurai i'm honestly surprised that the Cobalt and G5 are not on that list.

Miata?

Posted by Samurai i probably shouldn't throw rocks. Here where I live, 'men drive um trucks'. I drive a girl car. Even though it's the "SS Supercharged" package, it's still considered a girl car by the neanderthals here.

Cheer up Sammy, over here having a big truck (especially when you don't need one) makes you a total cock.

Chris...

I get a lot of customers err... douchebags with lifted up trucks with big rims and tires who figure doing a burnout on their mom's lawn is offroading. I charge extra for hosing sod off of the frame if I have to work on it.

White Oakleys, bleach blonde/fake tanned 15 year old girlfriends and tattoos with very deep meaning such as Japanese lettering for "strength" are obligatory to complete this look.

Thank god today is my last day here.

Posted by bandi I get a lot of customers err... douchebags with lifted up trucks with big rims and tires who figure doing a burnout on their mom's lawn is offroading. I charge extra for hosing sod off of the frame if I have to work on it. White Oakleys, bleach blonde/fake tanned 15 year old girlfriends and tattoos with very deep meaning such as Japanese lettering for "strength" are obligatory to complete this look. Thank god today is my last day here.

i'll have you know that just because I am a Chevy/GM guy... I have never had ANY tattoos, nor want any. Have never owned a 4x4 pickup. I have actually gone four-wheeling in my old 71 Bronco. Don't own ANY "No Fear", "Ain't Skeered", NASCAR, or beer decals on my car. I have never once uttered "Yeehaw" or "Yahoo", even under the influence of alcohol or strong illicit drugs. Even my ATV is kept tidy.
Unfortunately, the douchebags that Bandi is speaking of have painted us all in an unfavorable light. And I do stress, DOUCHEBAGS!

i could go on and on about the 'typical' German/European car customer that I have dealt with in my time with wrenches, but no one wants to hear about that.