I think I’ve made it perfectly clear here before how much I hate Dodge cars. Just look here. No seriously – look there. It’s a really good story. Or look here. I say this as a person with significant experience with Dodge cars. In fact, I OWN a Dodge Caravan, which has been converted into Junior Mock’s wheelchair van. It was bought entirely for the purpose of converting into a wheelchair van, with the assumption that we would ONLY drive it when he had to take him somewhere. It’s a 1999 van, which we bought with around 30k miles on, and it currently has 55k miles on it, and we’ve had it for like 6 years. It is driven a few thousand miles a year and that’s it. But it’s the crappiest, most junkiest pile of crap EVER. We all hate it, except for Junior Mock, who couldn’t care less what sort of van he’s in, as long as he gets to get out occasionally.
ANYWAY, if you weren’t aware before of my hatred for Dodges, you are now. And for those of you who happen to have Dodges which you like, that’s fine. It’s not necessary to write in and say, “Oh yeah? Well I have a Dodge and it’s fabulous!” because you’re not going to change my mind about them. You just won’t. BUT an alert and astute mockdocker sent me a recent ad they’re running, and I’m suspending my hatred of them long enough to compliment them on their creative use of monkeys.
Because everything is better with monkeys.
Would a monkey keep a Dodge after 60 days if given a choice?
I’ve returned some rental Dodges before even exiting the parking garage.
Don’t know much about Dodges but waaaaaay back in the day, my now husband had a Dodge Dart. We called it a Dodge fart. We were clever that way!
The police around here have mostly Dodges and Fords. I don’t like either of those brands, to be honest. And I have a theory that if I had a high-speed chase with the cops, I would win because I just have to avoid them long enough for their cars to all break down. Plus, I have a Toyota so I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.
Zachary – I blew popsicle all over my computer monitor laughing!
My parent had a Dodge truck that actually dropped its drive-shaft while my dad was driving it.
I used to like them and owned them into the early 90′s and still love the late 60′s early 70′s muscle cars they made. I would also like the new retro styled Challenger they came out with not to mention the Viper but other than those two, I have read too many problems about them recently to buy them again. I’m also one of those that will not buy foreign. (even if it’s made here)
Forgive me for saying this but it just annoys the crap out of me when people call chimpanzees monkeys. They are NOT monkeys!!!!!! Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos are APES.
Close enough, you might say? Monkeys and apes are both in the order of Primate, but are in different families. Cats and dogs are both in the order of Carnivora, but are in different families. It’s like looking at a big lion or panther and saying “wow, look at that big scary dog!”.
Okay, rant is over.
Purple, you might want to send a cease and desist letter to these guys…..
Oh yeah? Well I have a Dodge and it’s fabulous!
Sorry, I kind of HAD to do it. I really don’t have a Dodge.
i have to agree on dodges being total junk. i’ve had experiences with many of them.
we buy either Fords or GM now, and the GM has to be a fantastic deal or i’ll pass on it.
I agree…. especially with your post about the Dodge Magnum… OMG… We had on as a rental and I’ve never felt so claustrophobic in a car before in my life (and I used to drive something similar to one of these http://www.japancar.ru/data/images/_catcolor/1993/0072.JPG )!
I HATE my dodge.