Which One Of You Lunatics Bought A Brand New Dodge Journey In 2025? - The Autopian
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piddydb@reddit
It’s crazy how fast Dodge/Chrysler products feel foreign compared to competitors, they sold this car for 12 years with new ones being made 5 years ago and I feel like I haven’t seen one in a long time. In comparison, I still regularly see Rav 4s with rear tires and they stopped making those over 10 years ago!
CaptainGo@reddit
The journey was the cheapest three row suv on the market for ages and I don't think I've ever heard of someone getting declined on financing for them. If a dog walked in with a license and a visa it could come out with a Journey
When they get sold second hand they have to dip lower than almost every other used SUV and usually end up in the hands of people who don't, or can't, spend money on basic maintenance. Dodge used to be good at that neglect, there's dodge caravans in my area that have been running on hopes and dreams for two decades, with owners who think oil is a lifetime deal.
PaulTheMerc@reddit
Owned a hand me down 2012 dodge journey. Was the engine anemic on the highway, sounding like it was fighting for its life going from 100 to 120km/h passing on the highway? Yeah. Did it have some issues? Sure(electrical issues(locks), and trunk latch. Was I swearing when I find out the battery was behind the wheel? Oh yeah.
We didn't even have the 3rd row.
But it was decent, it was large. It had a digital cluster and push start when other cars still didn't. And I got 10L/100KM on the highway. and my god, THE ROOM IN THE TRUNK. PUT THE SEATS DOWN AND IT COULD FIT SO MUCH SHIT.
Car wasn't perfect, but I miss it.
CaptainGo@reddit
My favourite journey quirk was despite all the space they still put the battery in the wheel well. Like an old Ferrari
mopar39426ml@reddit
That's because it's a lifted wagon version of the Avenger... Which itself has roots in the Stratus, which is part of the origin of Chrysler's stupid battery placements.
RabidBlackSquirrel@reddit
And the Sebring was a derivation of that platform. My first car was a 96 Sebring convertible, god I hated that battery placement.
cat_prophecy@reddit
I remember looking at a Magnum back in the day and the salesman insisting this was done for "weight distribution".
mopar39426ml@reddit
Well the Magnum had the battery in the trunk, which in a round about way, it was done for weight distribution.
It actually came from the shared design philosophy with its Benz cousins, who in fact had it there for weight distribution.
IHaveTouretts@reddit
I have one and it has a water bottle cooler built in the passenger dashboard.
Drzhivago138@reddit
I think the Mitsu Outlander might have been a slightly cheaper 3-row in some years. But it was a shorter vehicle than the Journey, with a third row akin to the jump seats in a '98 Ranger.
KennyGaming@reddit
The Outlander was the last <$20k 3 row SUV I believe.
CaptainGo@reddit
Genuinely had no idea those had a third row. Do they sit backwards like the old Mercedes wagons?
Like you mentioned it just doesn't look like there's enough room
Happy_Harry@reddit
And we can't unload our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan at work for $2000. It has some issues but it runs and drives.
CaptainGo@reddit
The death of one of the most versatile vehicle layouts because they're not deemed cool anymore has been tragic.
My buddy had a ford Windstar with a built in Nintendo 64 that was cool as hell
zman0900@reddit
I think I see Journeys just about daily, but they are always complete clapped out trash
WeathrNinja@reddit
I feel like I see more cobalts than darts these days
Drenlin@reddit
They're still all over the place here. Like cockroaches lol, sold a gazillion of them and they won't die.
Kavani18@reddit
That’s wild because I see them all over the place. Seem to be fairly reliable. They just feel extremely, extremely cheap
PaulTheMerc@reddit
my parking lot had one. I loved the look of that tire/swing door.
dcux@reddit
That's what happens when they all fall apart, get wrecked, mistreated, and dumped.
korpiz@reddit
Still better than a hornet.
JEs4@reddit
The Journey is why I stopped reading Motor Trend back in 2017. Their “First Test” article states a figure eight time quicker than many sport compacts and far faster than any other economy crossover. The Edge at the very least had brake-vectoring.
Nouseriously@reddit
Gonna guess it's either been a loaner for years or it's been inoperable
fcau_sales@reddit
It could've also been lost on the lot, which happens more than you'd imagine.
We found a 2009 Sprinter with like 300 miles on the clock in the back of our lot that somehow slipped through the inventory system and every other level of "who gives a fuck" until a new porter started asking questions about the van with the flat spotted tires on it.
This was in 2016 and the window sticker said it was delivered in November 2008. Lmao
LogicWavelength@reddit
In 2004-05 I worked in sales at Acura. We had a 3.5 RL that was metallic purple that had two birthdays. It wasn’t lost… just no one wanted to buy a metallic purple 3.5 RL - especially after the new body style came out for 2005.
The3rdbaboon@reddit
What did you do with it?
Fair_Sweet8014@reddit
7 years without being discovered is insane. How big is that dealership?
Nouseriously@reddit
That's hilarious, but understandable
AaminMarritza@reddit
Furiously closes garage door
Yeah guys, who would be such an idiot to do something like that?
Historical_Cable9719@reddit
That’s funny. Really wasn’t good, ever. The 3rd row was a joke.
N4n45h1@reddit
I saw way more of these in China than I expected
t-poke@reddit
It was somebody with a FICO score lower than their shoe size.
RuinedGrave@reddit
That sounds like something my coworker would do because he really likes his Dodge Journey.