Minivan Generations

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We hadn’t planned to replace Beth’s minivan for another couple years (based on our “Ten Years Old or 200,000 Miles” policy), but a certain sequence of events led to my locating a one year old 2012 Volkswagen Routan with just over 8,000 miles for not much over 1/2 its original sticker price.

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Given the Routan was only offered three years and never sold well, I just happened to hit the timing right to find such a good deal. The Routan is basically a rebadged Chrysler Town & Country / Dodge Grand Caravan. It has the same engine and most of the switches and controls are identical. VW did, on the other hand, improve the handling, seats and styling.

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Chad is still driving our old 1998 Grand Caravan (with 275,000 miles on it as of this writing), and we sold Tyler our 2005 Town & Country (185,000 miles and a family discount!). So for a brief period, we had three generations of Chrysler minivans in our driveway.

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