[5th Gen : 08+]: My four wheeling wife...
#1
![Red face](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon11.gif)
I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... ![](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon11.gif)
If you're on any OTHER part of this website, you probably know about my '92 Ramcharger, and perhaps my DD - my lifted Jeep Commander. Ever since FUDD got a worse idea
- by eliminating the Panther platform, to build under-powered shiiteboxes... I've become a MOPAR man - 10 years running now.
My wife DID have a beautiful '08 Grand Caravan SXT since 2011; came with EVERY option except sunroof. 3.8L V-6 spun the tires EVERY time I got in it (my Jeep and RC have slightly less giddyap to 'em
). And it was that beautiful Tangerine Sunburst color, with somewhat off-white interior.
![](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Wheelin/100_2223_zps1fhlic7p.jpg)
UNFORTUNATELY... (I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... )... she's just NOT a good driver.
I mean, I take my Ramcharger OFF-road - drive over rocks, through streams, & through the woods, and it comes out muddy, but without a scratch on it. She manages to do more MORE damage to her van, driving in a straight line down the highway! ![Icon Doh](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_doh.gif)
Soooooooooo... she comes home last Monday afternoon after a doctor appointment and says, "I think I broke the van!"![EEK!](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
![Icon Really](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_really.gif)
To wit.
![Name: 100_2222_zpspmokhysp.jpg
Views: 292
Size: 254.1 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30498d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2222_zpspmokhysp.jpg)
To FURTHER wit.
![Name: 100_2220_zpsuuukrltx.jpg
Views: 297
Size: 261.5 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30499d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2220_zpsuuukrltx.jpg)
I saw the tiremark on the concrete barrier where I THINK she hit it last week - she got lucky she didn't flip the whole thing over, as hard as she hit it. And this on top of the $3000 damage she did a few years ago, driving too fast in the snow, and hitting the retaining wall in our driveway.
I filed THAT one on the insurance, but I knew we were looking at $5k or more on this, SOOOOOOOOOO...
Three Rules of Minivan Ownership:
1) Never WRECK one you're STILL paying on
2) NEVER trade it in, when you're upside-down on value (which we DEFINITELY were after THIS!), and -
3) NEVER buy a NEW minivan.
Welllllll... ... being over a barrel, I took delivery last Friday, of... this.
![Name: 100_2227_zpsdmymjtih.jpg
Views: 311
Size: 242.1 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30500d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2227_zpsdmymjtih.jpg)
![Name: 100_2226_zpse4ibzgs6.jpg
Views: 294
Size: 225.0 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30501d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2226_zpse4ibzgs6.jpg)
![Name: 100_2225_zpsopecii0u.jpg
Views: 299
Size: 227.4 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30502d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2225_zpsopecii0u.jpg)
2016 SE Plus. Has 1 mile on it, here in the pictures.![Embarrassment](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
I EXPLAINED to the wife... AGAIN... (I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... )... that after interest, principle, oil changes, belts, hoses, tires, front end alignments, insurance, brake jobs, and other maintenance, this will be a $150,000 vehicle, by the TIME it's paid off! And it has to last at least ANOTHER 5+ years beyond THAT! I told her, this is the LAST new vehicle you get, for the rest of MY life (if I die, she can take the insurance, buy a Hellcat Challenger and go nuts - I won't care THEN).
Gonna get the TST undercoat (oil) and extended warranty, since we HAFTA make it last this long. Nothing takes the edge off getting a new vehicle, like the reality of financing.![Icon Deal](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_deal.gif)
Wife and daughter, about to drive away in my life (and next THREE lives) savings...
![](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon11.gif)
If you're on any OTHER part of this website, you probably know about my '92 Ramcharger, and perhaps my DD - my lifted Jeep Commander. Ever since FUDD got a worse idea
![Icon Screwy](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_screwy.gif)
My wife DID have a beautiful '08 Grand Caravan SXT since 2011; came with EVERY option except sunroof. 3.8L V-6 spun the tires EVERY time I got in it (my Jeep and RC have slightly less giddyap to 'em
![Wink](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif)
![](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/The_War_Wagon/Wheelin/100_2223_zps1fhlic7p.jpg)
UNFORTUNATELY... (I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... )... she's just NOT a good driver.
![Embarrassment](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
![Icon Doh](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_doh.gif)
Soooooooooo... she comes home last Monday afternoon after a doctor appointment and says, "I think I broke the van!"
![EEK!](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
![Icon Really](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_really.gif)
To wit.
![Name: 100_2222_zpspmokhysp.jpg
Views: 292
Size: 254.1 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30498d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2222_zpspmokhysp.jpg)
To FURTHER wit.
![Name: 100_2220_zpsuuukrltx.jpg
Views: 297
Size: 261.5 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30499d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2220_zpsuuukrltx.jpg)
I saw the tiremark on the concrete barrier where I THINK she hit it last week - she got lucky she didn't flip the whole thing over, as hard as she hit it. And this on top of the $3000 damage she did a few years ago, driving too fast in the snow, and hitting the retaining wall in our driveway.
![Icon Eek](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Three Rules of Minivan Ownership:
1) Never WRECK one you're STILL paying on
2) NEVER trade it in, when you're upside-down on value (which we DEFINITELY were after THIS!), and -
3) NEVER buy a NEW minivan.
Welllllll... ... being over a barrel, I took delivery last Friday, of... this.
![Name: 100_2227_zpsdmymjtih.jpg
Views: 311
Size: 242.1 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30500d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2227_zpsdmymjtih.jpg)
![Name: 100_2226_zpse4ibzgs6.jpg
Views: 294
Size: 225.0 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30501d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2226_zpse4ibzgs6.jpg)
![Name: 100_2225_zpsopecii0u.jpg
Views: 299
Size: 227.4 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30502d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2225_zpsopecii0u.jpg)
2016 SE Plus. Has 1 mile on it, here in the pictures.
![Embarrassment](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
I EXPLAINED to the wife... AGAIN... (I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... )... that after interest, principle, oil changes, belts, hoses, tires, front end alignments, insurance, brake jobs, and other maintenance, this will be a $150,000 vehicle, by the TIME it's paid off! And it has to last at least ANOTHER 5+ years beyond THAT! I told her, this is the LAST new vehicle you get, for the rest of MY life (if I die, she can take the insurance, buy a Hellcat Challenger and go nuts - I won't care THEN).
Gonna get the TST undercoat (oil) and extended warranty, since we HAFTA make it last this long. Nothing takes the edge off getting a new vehicle, like the reality of financing.
![Icon Deal](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_deal.gif)
Wife and daughter, about to drive away in my life (and next THREE lives) savings...
![Name: 100_2228_zps69uhxdnx.jpg
Views: 305
Size: 232.2 KB](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/dodge-caravan/30503d1501203244-my-four-wheeling-wife-100_2228_zps69uhxdnx.jpg)
#3
![Default](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Sorry to say this I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife - I love my wife... would BEEN I HATE my wife - I HATE my wife - I HATE my wife - I HATE my wife...
does not look to bad of a repair or even I straighten it up again to allow door to work. SHE going to crash it again by the sounds of it lol. + I like the orange color better
. and I HATE PAYMENTS.
does not look to bad of a repair or even I straighten it up again to allow door to work. SHE going to crash it again by the sounds of it lol. + I like the orange color better
![Smile](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
#4
![Lightbulb](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon3.gif)
![](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon11.gif)
does not look to bad of a repair or even I straighten it up again to allow door to work. SHE going to crash it again by the sounds of it lol. + I like the orange color better
. and I HATE PAYMENTS.
![Smile](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/icons/icon11.gif)
I liked the orange better too, and now I REALLY hate payments! Thankfully, the Jeep is paid off in a few months.
![Icon Woot](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_woot.gif)