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My wife wanted Red, so I was limited in what I could buy. There were a ton of left over 2010 T&C's on auto trader . com. If she would have taken white I'd have gotten it cheaper.. I wanted a 4.0 Limited, she wanted red. I got mine at Carl Burgers in the San Diego area, but it was the only 2010 they had left. The guy didn't really want to let me buy the car, he was trying to get me to buy an '11 for quite a bit more, he told me it was sold. I hung up and called back asking for the Manager, sure enough he told me the car was still there and I bought it. You have to push to get the loss leader, they don't want to part with those as they make the phone ring. Once I was dealing with the manager the experience was fine, I'm no party to deal with so they did pretty good in my book. There is one out in Avondale AZ, but the dealer misslead me trying to say it was new... 3,500 miles ain't new. The folks in Avondale had so many BS fees it was crazy, they even have a special city tax in that pathetic little city that is something like 1.7% on top of everything else, plus the dealer added on for snake oil, auto butler... I did have them down to $30,500 but they didn't mention the miles until I got the GM on the phone while I was on the road from So Cal to go pick it up. These clowns in Avondale were a horrible experience, I just made a U turn. It's not easy, but if you can't find one on auto trader (search by New, 2010, chrysler, town and country), you need to go to each dealership website (one at at time) and look in their inventory to see if they have any 2010 models. If you find one make sure you get the price (out the door price, broken down) in writing before you go to see it. There really shouldn't be much more than about $400 in total dealship fees, anything else is BS. We've had it for a little over a month, the car had 25 miles on it.

With a formal rental vehicle, I would get the extended warranty. Even if the dealer did all the maintenance, the vehicle is still likely to have been abused by renters. People just don't treat a rental as well as they would treat their own vehicle. Personally, I never would buy one after watching the experiences of family members who thought buying formal rentals was a good way to save money. Unfortunately common problems with brakes and suspension aren't covered by powertrain warranties, but at least the engine and tranny would be.

Not a bad price... only $275 above invoice. I think you could still get it knocked down a bit. It may be a little late in the process, but you might still try the Donkeypunch method I found in the Odyssey forum. It is a rigorous version of what I did when I bought my 2005 Subaru Legacy and I got that about 1% below invoice with 60month/3.9% financing. As soft as the minivan market is right now, I think you could do at least as well. See donkeypunch method here: donkeypunch1, "Honda Odyssey Prices Paid and Buying Experience" #17261, 18 Nov 2007 1:25 pm If you know someone who works for Chrysler, they could give you a friend's EC number that would save the work by automatically putting you at 1% below invoice.

Thanks for the answer. I wasn't sure exactly how the program worked. When I was car shopping a few years ago the uncle offered to get me a discount, but since they weren't selling what I wanted I didn't follow up to find out more. 1% below invoice doesn't sound like much of a discount to me since I was able to do better than that on the last two cars I bought just by negotiating with the dealers. I'm still doing my research work and haven't figured out how far down I can negotiate the Toyota or Honda minivans. Still, as I said I like some of the options I only saw on the T&C/GC and I like the looks too.

I'm the type that keeps a vehicle for at least ten years (otherwise why buy new?) and probably won't put that many miles on per year so the lifetime warranty is worth something to me. I also don't mind the need for routine maintenance as they really only want to cover their manufacturing/design flaws and not the lack of care on the part of the owner. Also, when I looked over the specifics, I didn't remember the requirement as every 3K oil changes, but more like 15K or 30K free dealer inspections. I'll have to look again. Anyway can anyone answer the family discount question for me? I have an uncle who works for Chrysler so I think I might be able to get the EC from him :D, but before I continue my research or bother him, I'd like to know how much the difference is.