Dodge Caliber Test Drive - What Did You Think?

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• dakota29803 Member Posts: 56

  June 2006

  Today I finally got to touch, and drive, a Caliber. In a nutshell, I was disappointed. the car felt good and was comfortable, but although I am reasonably tall (5' 11"), I was unable to see any part of the car in front of the windshield wipers. At first, I thought the adjustable seat would help (the test car was an SE). But, when I sat in an RT and pumped the seat up 'til my head hit the sunroof, I still could see nothing. The Caliber has been almost removed from my list. I am now waiting for the Nissan Versa.

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• calibreath Member Posts: 22

  June 2006

  I have owned Caravans for the last 11 years, so that is not a problem for me.

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• bolshoimac Member Posts: 3

  June 2006

  Yeah, I guess I'm confused too... I'm 6' tall and can't see the hood of a lot of cars, though I used to own an early-70s Datsun 280z... all you could see was hood Not sure I see that this merits removing a car from consideration. You get used to it very quickly.

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• dianicess Member Posts: 7

  June 2006

  I drive a Chevy Venture Minvan at work - can't see the hood at all. At least with the Caliber, you know it has a substantial one and it gets a 5 star front impact rating. You have to adapt to any vehicle you drive. I love height of the car-it's just right! Smooth ride!

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• dakota29803 Member Posts: 56

  June 2006

  Well I have owned over 25 cars and trucks and on every one of them I could see the front fenders. I guess I am too old to learn to park by intuition.

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• neely2005 Member Posts: 70

  June 2006

  That's because like a lot of Chrysler Products the car has a "Cab Forward" Design which pushes the Cabin Further to the Front of the car to create more interior space. My Neon is the same, trust me you get used to it pretty quickly and it's a small price to pay for more interior space.
  A lot of new cars (all brands) are like this now.
  
  BTW: I'm 6' 0" & I didn't find this to be a problem when I test drove the Caliber as I'm used to it from my Neon.

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• k3lli3 Member Posts: 4

  August 2006

  Im in Canmore, Alberta ..... and want a Calibre .... but I dont want to wait. Any ideas how the local dealerships are doing in stocking them????
  
  Oh yeah ..... I', a manual transmission tupe of girl too!!

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• bigtsr Member Posts: 149

  August 2006

  Goto Dodge.ca locate retailers by inputting your postal
  code.
  You can look at retailer inventories and see what options
  each vehicle is equipped with and how much.
  Word of advice-if you don't want to wait for one then
  buy one on their lot,otherwise you could waiting for
  16 weeks on custom order as I have been doing.
  Good luck!!!

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