Ok,....here goes,... you anti-Caliber morons got my Irish up,...You haters really need to to lighten up and do your homework,..( you might learn something, but I doubt It)...
My 08 Caliber gets 35 mpg@ 70 mpg all day long...., and Its paid for with 65,000 TROUBLE FREE miles,...but Its a stick and I know most american's are far too lazy to drive a stick, and Chrysler,..(er,..I mean Fiat) as well as most manufactures will only build womens transmissions for 3 main reasons,..1) Federal fuel mileage standards,...It used to be that a manuals got better mileage, not so anymore,...2)there is always a price mark-up for slush pumps as well as more repair work for technicians,...Caliber's (when they were being built) were 1000 bucks cheaper when equipped with a stick,...3) Its cheaper to build a car when they're all equipped the same way, hence you get cars for the sheeple,....
If you bought a CVT equipped Caliber, It's your own damn fault,....there is more than enough info out here that explains how much of a piece of crap it is/was,...Fact, 90% of all slush pumps never see 200 thou,...I know cause I see em in the shop constantly....I make a lot of money on em,...thanks folks.
(btw, all of my rides still have the original clutch in em,...including the dakota with a mere 241 thou on the clock),...
but I digress,...
For the last 2 years I've been firing off Emails to Mother Mopar, tryin to get a truck equipped the way I want It,...I buy a new vehicle from Chrysler every 5 to 8 years, I keep em till the wheels fall off, which means I don't give a whit about resale values. I figure for 30 large (plus), it should have (and not have) what I want in it. What I get back is a standard corporate response that reads...
"Thank you for your correspondence,The options your looking for are not available, and we have no plan's for those options,We will take your suggestions into consideration. Please visit your local dealership for availability and options,...blah,blah, yada, yada...In other words, join the sheeple's and drive what we're making...
So Couper340,...I feel yer pain,...lookin like my next truck's gonna be a Silverado, only cause Its got almost everything I want, And I can get It without most of all the whiz bang crap that any RESPONSIBLE and SAFE driver should not require anyhow...and the next car will be a Cadi, cause I can at least get a stick with that ,...
Drive your car, don't be driven by It...