New mommyvan

Pulled the trigger on a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, less than 50K on it. I hope it gives us the good years the 2002 T&C did. I was a little disappointed to find that the Dodge didnt have half what the base T&C had in options, ie. power sliding doors and tailgate, 3 zone A/C, trip computer, and a few little things but it DID have stow and go seats (incredible!) Climate control that actually blew hot air and about 120K less miles on it. Oh, and the 3.6 "Phoenix" VVT motor has 283hp! Interesting motor, there are no accessory brackets, the alt and A/C compressor bolt right to motor block. Also there are no exhaust manifolds: they are integrated into the head (for better or worse). E85 flexfuel too, whatever comes of that around here better be more than a 25% saving, as it gets 25% less mileage on that swill. I guess time will tell. Wife's happy, thats worth the $15K....:banghead: