Replacing a 2001 Grand Caravan

It is not smaller, but I endorse the Honda Odyssey at CarMax thing that I did.

Have you considered the "too cool to call Station Wagons, so we will call ourselves Crossovers?"

We were looking at the Ford Flex.

Suburu Outback is a good buy for smaller, but practical for family.

The Honda Accord has killer interior room with Honda dependability and gas mileage.

At 6'3" 240 I am the smallest guy in my family. Both my brother and father have one.


Edited by eabeam 2009-08-03 2:46 PM

I would go to CARS.gov and verify that you would qualify. I believe it is a combined MPG of less than 18 in order to qualify. If your car gets better mileage than that, no matter how old, according to the government, you are not eligible for the rebate.

On a side note I am loving my Toyota Matrix as a great run around car. great mileage, 4 doors + hatchback, plenty of room. much smaller than a minivan though but still plenty of storage.

edit: just did a quick search on cars.gov and it looks like only the Automatic  4 cylinder 3 speed front wheel drive does not qualify, so any model other than that and you should be good to go. As a note to that the Toyota Matrix does get 10-11 more miles per gallon than the majority of the Grand Caravans. Good Luck and shop fast!

Edited by bel83 2009-08-03 6:23 PM

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Edited by Spokes 2009-08-03 7:35 PM

we just traded our 2002 Grand Caravan for a Mitsubishi Outlander.  Gets 6mpg better (on avg) and has a pop up (very small) 3rd row seat that our 2 kids can ride in if someone wants to join us.

Edited by bulldog520 2009-08-03 9:24 PM