It has been 2 years with the 2007 Town and Country Touring with Leather. This unit was purchased used at Tyson Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram in Joliet, IL (Good people to deal with, by the way).
It was a one-owner unit that had been sold there new, serviced there, and traded in there on a brand new Town and Country. It was 5 years old and had just 33,536 miles on it when we purchased it. Since it was dealer serviced, I was provided a list of all of the repairs that the dealership had performed on the van.
Fast forward to now, two years later. It now has 62,676 miles on it... just a few miles short of 15,000 miles per year.
Here's the list of repairs that is has needed in the past two years.
6/2012 - 41000 miles - Check engine light turns on, retrieved stored code, replaced EGR valve. $66.
8/2102 - 45100 miles - Set of Goodyear Assurance ComforTred tires (with WHITEWALLS!!!). $304 (installed).
5/2013 - 58300 miles - Replaced factory front rotors and brake pads. $89.
That's it.
I've changed the oil six times. I started out by changing it every 3000 miles (with Pennzoil yellow bottle), but have slowed down and now change it every 5000 miles using Pennzoil Semi-synthetic oil (the Dexos-approved 5w-30 flavor) and a Purolator Classic filter.
The factory Bridgestone Turanza tires weren't worn out... but the original owner had the tread on them siped, and they were incredibly noisy because of it. Just got tired of them.
Just took a short road trip in it last Monday. It ran down the interstate with the cruise set at 80mph flawlessly, with the front and rear A/C on, and rode every bit as good as the Buick Park Avenue that it replaced. Temperature in Indianapolis was in the mid-90's and humid.
Average mpg's over the past 2 years is coming in at 20.2 mpg per the on-board computer (rated 16/23). Not impressive, but I'm far from being disappointed, considering the 3.8 liter pushrod engine under the hood, and a 4 speed transmission (a drivetrain that Chrysler probably designed in the late 1980's).
It was a one-owner unit that had been sold there new, serviced there, and traded in there on a brand new Town and Country. It was 5 years old and had just 33,536 miles on it when we purchased it. Since it was dealer serviced, I was provided a list of all of the repairs that the dealership had performed on the van.
Fast forward to now, two years later. It now has 62,676 miles on it... just a few miles short of 15,000 miles per year.
Here's the list of repairs that is has needed in the past two years.
6/2012 - 41000 miles - Check engine light turns on, retrieved stored code, replaced EGR valve. $66.
8/2102 - 45100 miles - Set of Goodyear Assurance ComforTred tires (with WHITEWALLS!!!). $304 (installed).
5/2013 - 58300 miles - Replaced factory front rotors and brake pads. $89.
That's it.
I've changed the oil six times. I started out by changing it every 3000 miles (with Pennzoil yellow bottle), but have slowed down and now change it every 5000 miles using Pennzoil Semi-synthetic oil (the Dexos-approved 5w-30 flavor) and a Purolator Classic filter.
The factory Bridgestone Turanza tires weren't worn out... but the original owner had the tread on them siped, and they were incredibly noisy because of it. Just got tired of them.
Just took a short road trip in it last Monday. It ran down the interstate with the cruise set at 80mph flawlessly, with the front and rear A/C on, and rode every bit as good as the Buick Park Avenue that it replaced. Temperature in Indianapolis was in the mid-90's and humid.
Average mpg's over the past 2 years is coming in at 20.2 mpg per the on-board computer (rated 16/23). Not impressive, but I'm far from being disappointed, considering the 3.8 liter pushrod engine under the hood, and a 4 speed transmission (a drivetrain that Chrysler probably designed in the late 1980's).
