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Currently I am in Albany GA, and while here on business I had a choice between a Dodge Caravan and Dodge Magnum. What the hell I thought, it has a Hemi..... WRONG. The rentals are equipped with a whopping 2.7l v6 engine.
1) The car is ugly. Out of the 7 people to comment on it, 1 said it looks nice. Hell even the Budget said it was ugly.
2) The seats. The Magnum is going with a new design for the headrest. It's called "angle forward so you drive hunched over". You have one of two choices in that car. Sit forward or tilt your head forward so you can sit back. Moving the rest up or down doesn't help.
3) Airbags. The passenger airbag is INSIDE the dash. Most cars have a break away panel for the airbag. The Magnum has a seamless dash. WHY? Oh, cause maybe when you hit a car with that beast you'll blow out the entire dash and they can get you on the parts.
4) There is no open trunk button inside the car. Yep, that's self explanitory.
5) Trim. Well I hope you like sharp angles.... cause there's a lot of them.
6) Power - the v6 model has none.... but it does red line up around 6500rpm so I guess that's a plus cause every time you floor it while doing 65mph it shifts down a gear and suddenly you're up at 5800rpm still going nowhere fast.
7) The shifter sits inside of one of those "high tech" consoles. No straight movement from P - 1. Instead it's like a horrible maze for rats. Driving a manual stick shift is easier. Oh, there is no 2nd. You get L, 3 and D.... Ok.
8) It does have a loud speaker system
9) Wheelbase. It's longer than a Toyota 4 Runner (I pulled along side one and checked).
10) It's heavy. Very loose steering that tends to pull to one side. It's like my truck. "Drives like a drunken cow"
11) Space. Not a whole lot of trunk space, but it's damn long. Looking in the rear view mirror one is remided of a horrible cloth tunnel.
12) Gas tank. In an effort to streamline the body there's no noticible "hey open here" on the tank cover. You have to push all sides till you find the right one.
That's all. I drove a Camry 2 weeks back. I think I now have more respect for it...
1) The car is ugly. Out of the 7 people to comment on it, 1 said it looks nice. Hell even the Budget said it was ugly.
2) The seats. The Magnum is going with a new design for the headrest. It's called "angle forward so you drive hunched over". You have one of two choices in that car. Sit forward or tilt your head forward so you can sit back. Moving the rest up or down doesn't help.
3) Airbags. The passenger airbag is INSIDE the dash. Most cars have a break away panel for the airbag. The Magnum has a seamless dash. WHY? Oh, cause maybe when you hit a car with that beast you'll blow out the entire dash and they can get you on the parts.
4) There is no open trunk button inside the car. Yep, that's self explanitory.
5) Trim. Well I hope you like sharp angles.... cause there's a lot of them.
6) Power - the v6 model has none.... but it does red line up around 6500rpm so I guess that's a plus cause every time you floor it while doing 65mph it shifts down a gear and suddenly you're up at 5800rpm still going nowhere fast.
7) The shifter sits inside of one of those "high tech" consoles. No straight movement from P - 1. Instead it's like a horrible maze for rats. Driving a manual stick shift is easier. Oh, there is no 2nd. You get L, 3 and D.... Ok.
8) It does have a loud speaker system
9) Wheelbase. It's longer than a Toyota 4 Runner (I pulled along side one and checked).
10) It's heavy. Very loose steering that tends to pull to one side. It's like my truck. "Drives like a drunken cow"
11) Space. Not a whole lot of trunk space, but it's damn long. Looking in the rear view mirror one is remided of a horrible cloth tunnel.
12) Gas tank. In an effort to streamline the body there's no noticible "hey open here" on the tank cover. You have to push all sides till you find the right one.
That's all. I drove a Camry 2 weeks back. I think I now have more respect for it...
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