Durango for my wife need reviews

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Welder69

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So basically what the tittle ask. looking to buy my wife an mid size SUV soon. She likes the Durango, but I heard the interiors do not hold up. I know nothing of the drivetrain, Any words on that? Also looking at mabe a ford explorer. Does anyone have any other suggestions, light to shine? thanks
whatever we go with it will be a 2016 up
 

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Get the Srt and give her ur Truck....
I wouldn’t think the Injectors to be a problem as I believe they utilize the same power plant as the trucks..
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And the Srt 6.4..
 

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We looked at and drove the Durango and the Grand Cherokee ... We went with the GC with the V6 ... We just liked everything better ... Check out the Altitude package ... I think you'll be impressed


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Bower beat me to it. Show her the grand Cherokee. We had a limited with quadradrive. It was unstoppable. Comes with the same engine choices as the ram. Great vehicle.
 
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And I agree with the OP ... No way was I puttin her in a GC with a Hemi ... She has a very heavy right foot ... All I could see was a speeding ticket per month, and my insurance co dropping me ... To be honest, the V6 is very capable in the GC


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Doing the same thing for my wife but in 2 or 3 years.
We are going to look at the GC and the Durango, I would like something alittle bit bigger but not a full size.
I have yet to find another SUV that I like the looks of and some of these so called SUVs are nothing but big cars.
 

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Bought my wife a 2016 Durango Citadel, 5.7 Hemi, 8sp, AWD. We absolutely love it. We drove both the Durango and the GC, and the GC has a tougher ride for her, and no third row. With the Third row up you have good cargo room, but with it down, you put mobsters to shame.

It rides smooth and the 5.7 has tons of power for the size and weight of the Durango. Can’t wait to see what the 6.4 SRT is like. We bought it end of May 17, and it had 21k on it already. I put a catch can on it right away and run 5-30 oil. I’ve had zero problems and zero complaints.

The interior is holding up just fine, and I have 5 kids all from 3-13, so they would destroy it if it was not sturdy enough.

Gas mileage is surprising for the Hemi, this last trip to Colorado Springs and back we averaged 25.7, and that was going 5 over the speed limit most of the time. 887 miles round trip. Around town she averages 19 ish, worse when I drive it!

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2018 2500 6.4 4x4 4.10 Amsoil SS 0w-40, Softopper
Black Rhino Armory 18x9 +12mm
Cooper Stt MAXX LT295/70R18

2016 Durango 5.7 AWD 3.07 Amsoil SS 5W-30
1996 Nissan Altima 2.4 Amsoil SS 5W-30
 
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We looked at and drove the Durango and the Grand Cherokee ... We went with the GC with the V6 ... We just liked everything better ... Check out the Altitude package ... I think you'll be impressed


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yea we saw some today at the dealer. we didn't look at nothing as it started to rain. I the the GC looks are much nicer
 
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Bought my wife a 2016 Durango Citadel, 5.7 Hemi, 8sp, AWD. We absolutely love it. We drove both the Durango and the GC, and the GC has a tougher ride for her, and no third row. With the Third row up you have good cargo room, but with it down, you put mobsters to shame.

It rides smooth and the 5.7 has tons of power for the size and weight of the Durango. Can’t wait to see what the 6.4 SRT is like. We bought it end of May 17, and it had 21k on it already. I put a catch can on it right away and run 5-30 oil. I’ve had zero problems and zero complaints.

The interior is holding up just fine, and I have 5 kids all from 3-13, so they would destroy it if it was not sturdy enough.

Gas mileage is surprising for the Hemi, this last trip to Colorado Springs and back we averaged 25.7, and that was going 5 over the speed limit most of the time. 887 miles round trip. Around town she averages 19 ish, worse when I drive it!

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2018 2500 6.4 4x4 4.10 Amsoil SS 0w-40, Softopper
Black Rhino Armory 18x9 +12mm
Cooper Stt MAXX LT295/70R18

2016 Durango 5.7 AWD 3.07 Amsoil SS 5W-30
1996 Nissan Altima 2.4 Amsoil SS 5W-30


holy cow that one is nice! what edition is that one?
 

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It’s the Citadel, top model, like a Laramie, only thing better than this is the SRT IMHO


2018 2500 6.4 4x4 4.10 Amsoil SS 0w-40, Softopper
Black Rhino Armory 18x9 +12mm
Cooper Stt MAXX LT295/70R18

2016 Durango 5.7 AWD 3.07 Amsoil SS 5W-30
1996 Nissan Altima 2.4 Amsoil SS 5W-30
 

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I shopped the suv market a bit for my wife recently too

The Jeep GC is nice but she wanted bigger
I was excited to put her into an RT Durango so that I’d enjoy driving her car around. I liked everything about it.

She ended up getting her moms Mazda CX-9 instead, but I’m pretty sure that she’s started regretting passing on the Durango recently.

The explorers I looked at were nice but didn’t see the value. Super expensive to get something equipped the way I’d want it
 

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My wife also wants to upgrade her 2014 Explorer limited to a Durango, Several people at my workplace have them (company lease cars), and have continued to lease them every year because they liked them so much, the extra room over a grand cherokee is a great option. I have not heard of any major issues that came up from my coworkers (dozens of people). The only complaint was one co-working entering a small parking garage opening which broke off the satellite radio antenna. :)

If i was to ever not want or need a ram, i would get a durango.
 

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I really like the look of the 2018 Durango R/T's. If i had a trailer and a place to store a trailer I could easily have a Durango or even Grand Cherokee instead of a truck
 
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