Hey LAM - Good Riddance!! Got The Wife A New To Her Car

[RogerThat99]

A couple of years ago, my wife was tired of driving an SUV and wanted a Minivan...cause all the Moms drive Minivans now. With reluctance we got rid of your Suburban and got a VW Routan. I nicknamed it Weenie and the name stuck. I never drove Weenie unless I had to. Weenie has been the biggest POS I have ever owned. In the 30,000 miles we put on that thing it had brakes and rotors replaced 6 times...pretty much every time it went in for an oil change. Plus Weenie left her stranded 3 times this Summer and had to be towed to the dealership. They never could find anything wrong with it.

Well we finally traded Weenie in on a Chevy Tahoe this weekend. I didn't feel right selling Weenie to some poor Sap, so we traded it in. The Tahoe is nothing special, but I am glad to have a car I don't mind driving and to finally have Weenie out of my life. Most of my Trucks / SUV's have either been lifted or lowered. I am just going to leave this one stock...maybe put some chrome wheels on it when it needs new tires.


The Old Suburban...I loved this rig and It would have been payed off by now.



The Infamous Weenie!! (the only picture I have of it.)




Her New To Her Tahoe.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Nice looking tahoe. I love the looks of the newer boxy ones.

 

[Hey LAM]

Hey, Look at that. Nice upgrade.

 

[pronstar]

That thing is like a Bentley compared to a minivan

 

[DaytonaBabe]

Congrats on the new toy! I love those!







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[RogerThat99]

Nice looking tahoe. I love the looks of the newer boxy ones.

Hey, Look at that. Nice upgrade.

Congrats on the new toy! I love those!

Thanks!! She loves it.

 

[RogerThat99]

That thing is like a Bentley compared to a minivan

Believe it or not, the mini van was very nice inside. VW did a nice job on the interior. The seats, steering wheel, and stereo were all awesome. It had brushed stainless looking stuff instead of wood. Looked great inside....but that is where my compliments on that vehicle end. LOL.

 

[charlyox]

Congrats. Nice choice.

 

[OCMerrill]

Solid choice. What the name for this one? Big Stick?

 

[whiteworks]

I borrowed my wife's "mini van" yesterday

 

[RogerThat99]

Whiteworks, is that your sleeper KOH rig?

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[h2o225]

The license plate frame on our Yukon xl says "mini van on steroids". A lot of people get a kick out of it.

 

[Chili Palmer]

Believe it or not, the mini van was very nice inside. VW did a nice job on the interior. The seats, steering wheel, and stereo were all awesome. It had brushed stainless looking stuff instead of wood. Looked great inside....but that is where my compliments on that vehicle end. LOL.

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

 

[Flyinbowtie]

Nice ride Scott. Very nice.

 

[RogerThat99]

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

Yes it is. VW actually did tge interior, front & rear sheetmetal, and the suspension. Those were the good parts of the car. LOL.

Nice ride Scott. Very nice.

Thanks FBT.

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[Yldboyz]

Love the tan leather, great looking ride! :thumbup:

 

[Guest]

Good Riddance, Indeed...:thumbup:

 

[OCMerrill]

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

I never knew this. Interesting.


With some rebranding its obvious. I never caught onto this one but I guess I was never looking. I would think VW of all car companies would not do shit like that.

 

[lakemadness]

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

Wow, never knew that. Looking back at the picture you can totally see the lines/design of a Dodge Caravan. That's pretty surprising.

 

[Vmjtc3]

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

I was wondering how VW would have produced a POS, they have a solid reputation, I can't believe they are risking their reputation selling these things with their name plate on them......

 

[Chili Palmer]

Oh yeah, congratulations on your Tahoe.
Love the color combination!

I had a Dodge once - never again. You gotta know when to cut your losses.
Excellent choice.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Wow, didnt know that. Learned something new today.

The reason it was a POS is because VW only did the interior, it was a rebranded Dodge Caravan.

 

[RogerThat99]

Love the tan leather, great looking ride! :thumbup:

Oh yeah, congratulations on your Tahoe.
Love the color combination!

I had a Dodge once - never again. You gotta know when to cut your losses.
Excellent choice.

The tan interior was hard to find. Every one we looked at thar had a sunroof had black interior.

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[Chili Palmer]

The tan interior was hard to find. Every one we looked at thar had a sunroof had black interior.

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I had the same problem when I was looking for my truck - I wanted gray leather, but everything out here had black. What is strange is when you get out of the SoCal area black is the one that's hard to find, everyone has tan and gray. I ended up ordering mine so I could get all the options I wanted on the same truck.

 

[blackbart]

Love my LTZ not any problems 110,000 miles 4x4

 

[shippingguy]

Congrats on the new ride! Love our LTZ Tahoe 4x2 as well. Actually used it to launch the boat last trip and was very impressed. Jack Smith is very steep and this thing had no issues. We have always used the Duramax, but will start using this more. In fact we will be out this weekend with it.

 

[rivermobster]

That thing is like a Bentley compared to a minivan

That's funny. You know VW makes Bentley, right?

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[Vmjtc3]

That's funny. You know VW makes Bentley, right?

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Lets just hope they don't try and rebrand a Chrysler 300 and call it a Bentley

 

[TPC]

Lets just hope they don't try and rebrand a Chrysler 300 and call it a Bentley

The kids call the 300 a BFM: Bentley For a Minute.
First glance people think it's a Bentley,,, For a Minute.

Seems anything Chrysler has weak brakes. Not a Chrysler strong point on any of their vehicles.
Chrysler owners we know seem to always been needing brakes, and it seems like they just put brakes on them.