Review: 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus – Part 6
I was going to wrap up this review today, but that’s changed. More on that in a second. First, let me tie up some loose ends.
Let me start with the key to the Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus:
It will remote start the minivan, open both sliding doors, and the rear hatch among other things. But it has something hidden inside:
It has a spare key inside. Very cool!
Next is the fact that we went shopping for food the other day and we leveraged a handy feature. If the third row seats are up, there’s a recessed cargo area that allows you to put your cargo into:
That’s a nice touch.
Two things from the safety front. First was the fact that this minivan came with a backup camera that comes paired with sensors that warn you of objects that are near you. You need to tick that option box if you get this minivan. Another get must option is a blind spot monitoring system. It will put a triangle in the side mirror if something is in your blind spot. But one nice touch is the ability to audibly warn you that something is in your blind spot if you activated the turn signal. Nice.
How about my fuel economy? In mixed city and highway driving that had more than my fair share of rush hour and stop and go traffic, I got 13.1 L/100 KMs. Not a stellar number, but it’s not the minivan’s fault. I had been as low as 11 L/100 KM with driving that was heavily slanted towards highway driving before Toronto traffic caught up to me.
So, why am I not wrapping up the review today? It’s simple. I’m going to have the minivan back for a day on Thursday so I can re-test the Uconnect system now that they found the wireless headsets that I thought were missing. I must give Dodge points for going out of their way to arrange this, so thanks to them for being so gracious. I’ll post the results on Thursday night and close the review off then.
Stay Tuned.
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