OSUJourney

29, Married 5 years with 2 kids, 3 and 1. Computer Engineer, currently writing microprocessor and .NET code for HVAC controls industry somewhere in Oklahoma. Needed a second car so my wife could ferry our son to speech and hearing therapy. He's got moderate hearing loss. Before that, we had made a single (2000 Saturn LS2) car work for us for over 5 years.

Saltydog: Thanks for the tip. Just yesterday, the wife ate her words from a month ago about the Journey not being a Viper to: "It doesn't get up and go when I need to pass a semi/slowcar". We haven't touched the ESP button since purchase. It's bone dry in the state with no chances of rain for at least a week. Might try turning that ESP puppy off....

I've had my 2010 Journey SXT for almost two weeks now. I completely agree about the cheapy interior of the Journey. My boss took us to lunch in his rented 2012 Ford Escape and it just felt...I don't know, richer. The plastic surface was more detailed, the buttons and knobs looked more detailed. I got jealous, but overall the Journey is for my wife and two kids under 3 years old, so the industrial plastic doesn't bug me too much.

That's good to hear. Haven't had my FWD Journey long enough to experience a winter. In OK we tend to get freezing rain, sleet and THEN snow. We'll see!

On my test drive home to show my wife, I realized our neighbor down the street had a black Journey SXT. The salesman used that as a quick opportunity to show how popular the car is, or whatever. After purchase, I've had a more keen eye for Journey's or just plain Dodges on the road and I've seen one other Journey in about a week from seeing the above one. So yah, a total of 2 in a week.

Just joined the forum. The wife and I just bought a used (15k miles) 2010 Journey SXT. We have looked for around a year at all sorts of crossovers to escape the minivan stigma that's here in the States. The ride is excellent, compared to our 2000 Saturn LS2 4-door, and we are excited, albeit reservedly so. We read a bit about tranny problems with the 2009 models so the dealer we went through offers a Unlimited Mileage, Unlimited Time drive train warranty (with regular service through them, of course). Instantly we noticed the sluggish nature of the V6 engine. Gunning it on the highway was underwhelming, but this will be my wife and 2 kids' daily driver and she reasons that, "Com'on it's not a Viper". We will be taking this vehicle on a road trip from Oklahoma to Idaho and back (roughly 2790 miles/4490 km). I think we'll get a good range of hills/mountians, temperatures (still getting down around 40 F in Idaho and 100 F in Oklahoma), and straight highway driving for entire tanks at a time. I will update this topic on our findings and review.