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Re the Concord
I took a 2000 Concord with the smaller six cylinder last year in part trade for a hotrod I had built and was selling off.
It is not what I would call an exciting car and normally I would not have considered it. The thing is I had just changed work circumstance and was going to be driving a sales route and occasionally sheparding around manufactures representatives to accounts. I am in the DFW area and have about 70 accounts all over the metro area and put about 150 miles a day on the car so I needed to get decent fuel milage obviously. But I also had to be able to pick up and carry around a few other sales weasels now and then, so I needed a fair amount of room. It turned out that the Concord was pretty much ideal.
Having had a Neon R/T and a PT Cruiser not long ago I was kind of luke warm on the Chrysler products, but the Concord has so far turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I am averaging just a whisker over 25mpg with combined driving and I can do 32-33 on the highway. Keep in mind that this is driving like a grandmother as opposed to my old leadfooted ways.
The car had about 110k on it when I got it and I have put another 25k on it in the months that I have had it so far. The only things that I have had to deal with are like another guy mentioned I replaced the crankshaft position sensor. I am told that this is not uncommon with these cars after a 100k or so. I also had some new brakes put on.... apparently the first set to be replaced as I have all the orginal records and they had never been touched.
While I know these things have very little personality and frankly look like the end of the probe an alien would use on you, the fact is that they are dirt cheap, get pretty good mpg for their size and they are pretty big. I look like a mountain gorilla that has been strategically shaven and jammed into business casual and I am quite comfy in it.
Would have rather had an Avalon I will grant, but given that I got it for the equivelant of 2k I think the car really has its points.
Just my two cents.
Funny that I have been lurking and reading forever and something like the Concord got me to start talking.
Cheers,
Crafty
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