Just like the rest of you, I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Challenger. I plan to get one and am saving up for it.

My dad got me into Mopars. He had a 72 Satelite Sebring Plus, Rally Red with a black vinyl top, slap shift shifter, 318.
He drove that car for over 25 years until one day it just quit. It had around 150,000 miles on it. My family has only owned Mopars such as an 88 Plymouth Voyager, 97 Plymouth Voyager, and currently my mom has a 05 Dodge Caravan. I drive a 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 2WD. Regular cab, short bed, 5.2L, yellow with 20" wheels. My first car when I was 17 was a Lemon Twist 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner. It had the reflective strobe stripe, front spoilers, rear spoiler (go wing), 340 4 bbl with air grabber hood. It got wrecked when a ford bronco (the real big model, not a bronco II) rear ended it and totalled it. I did not keep the car as I was young and stupid.

Well thats a little bit about me and my mopar experience. See ya in the forums.

 

Welcome to the forum! What section in St. Louis are you from? I'm actually originally from around that area.

What engines did you have in the minivans out of curosity and how many miles out of them? The RoadRunner sounds like it was sweet car.

 

Welcome aboard and enjoy the Challenger passion with the rest of us.

 

I'm from the Affton area which is just south of the city limits.

The 88 Voyager had the 3.0 mitsubishi engine, I don't remember the mileage, but it lasted from 88 to 97, if that helps. It threw a rod so thats why we got the 97 in 1997. Now the 97 Voyager also had the 3.0 and it had something like 150-160K on it when it got traded for the 05. That van was excellent, never had the tranny replaced or anything (as we know, can be a common practice for some Mopars). Just basic routine maintenance. When we traded it to Dodge, they told us that the 97 model year was a particularly good year for the caravan/voyager, and that they send them off to get refurbished and ship them to Mexico for further use. Thats what they told us at the dealer, don't know if its true, but I do know that 97 had virtually no issues and no major repairs.

 

I'm originally from a small town on the IL side you probably haven't heard of it though. My family and friends have had many Caravans/Voyagers/Town&Countrys and most have been close to flawless on the major parts (the powertrain).