Dodge Durango

[leslie]

What's everyone heard about it? We've had an offer to buy one substantially reduced, it would be a returned lease, and don't know a thing about them. Safety, durability, what's gonna fail next week?

 

[Kruz]

The Durango is a good truck! with a good V8 engine (5.2 or 5.8).
I was looking at trading in my Blazer and getting one myself..
Nothing major to complain about,

 

[leslie]

cool! It's a v8 hubby is looking at, they're also available a little cheaper in v6, which is where I'm leaning It's not like we're pulling massive trailers where we'd need the extra power.

the engine is durable? transmission?

 

[Kruz]

The V8 will last a lifetime.... with normal maintnance
The V6 is going to struggle with the weight of the truck... and I was never too happy with Dodges V6 engines. If at all possible get the V8.....*slaps forhead* "I could'a had a V8"

 

[leslie]

I think hubby would feel less a man with a v6, he said thanks for coming in on that side

We've never done Dodge yet, the only we've had experience with are the succession of '70's Dodge trucks that father-in-law keeps insisting on buying then driving into the road

 

[HomeLAN]

I'm a big Dodge fan. Mt last two cars have been Mopar, and they've lasted a total of 8 years (with the current one still going strong). Not much beyond normal maintenance.

 

[Inkara1]

You'll definitely want to avoid the V6; the truck it's trying to pull is so heavy that your foot will always be mashing the gas to keep up with traffic. As a result, your mileage would be about as bad as if you had a V8.

If the Durango you can get is new enough to have the 4.7L V8, from an power/economy standpoint that's the motor you'd want. It moves the Durango to 60 mph in the same amount of time as the 5.9 but gets a lot better mileage. The 5.9 is still a better choice for towing. The 4.7 is a newer design, though, so I'm not sure what the reliability is on that yet.

 

[leslie]

I'm trying to avoid the huge towing capability aspect, it would only lead to "now we can get a boat"

It looks like it'll be a V8, it'll be a year or two old, it'll be a few weeks now before we go in about it, but it looks positive so far.

 

[Inkara1]

Hopefully, your tansmission will last longer than the one in Juggernaut's Dodge Ram.

 

[Professur]

With the purchase of the bonneville, I guess the dodge is going bye-bye?

 

[juggernaut]

Yeah that sucked but it made it 80,000 miles.

 

[leslie]

Dodge is delayed, not bye bye, so far anyway.

 

[Gato_Solo]

I'd say get the Durango that'll tow something like a 17' Bass boat. Hubby'd like that.