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New Journey Owner here, NYC


DJSXT14

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Hey Guys!

New here. Got myself a left over brand new 2013 Journey V6 on March 31st. It's a FWD SXT model, but has some bells and whistles, some of which are:

LED interior lighting
8.4 TouchScreen

Alpine Stereo System w/Subwoofer & Amplifier

Third Row Seats

Remote Start..etc.

Individually, theres alot to list. It's a nice step up from the stock models I saw.

The option packages on the car, which some of the above features are attributed to are:

Customer Preferred Package 28E

Flexible Seating Group

Popular Equipment Group

3.6-Liter V6 24 Valve VVT Engine Group, which ill specify:

-Dual Bright Exhaust Tips

-Engine Oil Cooler

-Touring Suspension

The color is very nice, and its seemingly the most metallic paint job I've seen, Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl.

...Well, only into a week of enjoying the car, some dumb ass ran a stop sign and barrelled right into the front/side.. 9.5k in damage! How do you like that, brand new car, first week and BAM, $10K in damage! Anyway, of course, the important thing, being no one was hurt, but the BITCH that hit me was a on of those callous, disconnected elitist-minded folks, no apology, no nothing! She was driving a Range Rover by the way.. the nerve.. lol!

Anyway, car was in the body shop for 4+ weeks. Just got her back Friday the 16th. Yeah, they did a good job, yeah it looks fine, but i know the subtle imperfections.. whatever.

So, the car has about 750 miles on it.. drives very well, transmission is the smoothest I've ever felt quite frankly, i thought it was a CVT at first, how smoothly is shifts! The V6 is peppy, rated at 283HP, not a race car, but peppy.

What else, seems like it was a good buy, since it was a left over and the dealer was anxious, I got the truck for $24,380. Not too shabby!

Oh, there's one thing, the car has a persistent power steering type sound at all times, especially when turning the wheel in transit.. i've read that this is a normal Journey thing? It would be first car I've ever owned that had a power steering (or some other howling/rotary sound) as a normal thing. It's actually annoying, wondering if other folks have had this eliminated?

Cheers fellow Journey Droogies!

DJSXT14

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Welcome to the forum. A word of caution though. The use of the B word to identify the driver of the vehicle that hit you is not appropriate. There are many female members on this forum and they deserve better.

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