davidprimm

I'll second (third? forth? . . .) the mileage issue. I get 14-ish on my 7 mile to/from work jaunt. 20-ish on the hiway, but have only made one 60 mile round trip . . . uh . . . journey. Maybe she'll sip less in time . . . I really don't like the steering wheel/guage thing. That one thing drives me nuts and I wish I could change it. But I can't, so I won't. Done deal.

Well, for this country boy, that would be a no brainer - Inferno Red all day, every day! I turned two trucks into one family truckster when I got my Journey SXT FWD 3 weeks ago. I had gone through a Ch7 due to a company I was president/owner of and did not think my credit would allow me to buy a car. Not so and my dealer, for whom I had built a pool, did the deal. I showed him my two vehicles and said I needed something two accomodate my three year old daughter and the new one on the way. I got a call back that they were working on a loan for me. They thought my wife would need to cosign, but when I called back, they said I was good to go. Great! Then the sales manager says, "You don't know what the vehicle is do you?" Turns out it was a 2010 Journey SXT. I drove it and thought, "perfetly competent, nice appliance". It is stone white, after all. But, three weeks in, I enjoy it more and more every day. It is plenty fast enough, sporty enough and it hauls me and the little princess around wonderfully. I can call home on the u-connect and never touch my phone, start it from my office and it is warm when I enter and play with the autostick if I get that sporting urge (am I feeling "sporting" today . . . ). Very good vehicle and I hope the reliability issues of the '09 model don't crop up. I have owned an Inferno Red Dodge before and would have preferred that color again, but appliance white is the practical color and I am okay with it. I do believe all black with the blacked out windows and trim would befit this CUV, but you would need to be fanatical about cleaning it!

And what of the catback and Magnaflows? I really like that my Journey is one of the quietest in its class - so say the car mags. And do comment on the wheel size, please. Looks like 17's but can't be sure.