Volkswagen Routan: A Big Helping Hand from Little Old Chrysler

When i Got Behind the Wheel of the Volkswagen Routan, I Admit that I Didn’t Feel a Lot of Different Between this Vehicle and a Town & Country, Although It Had Been Ages Salece I Last Touched the T & C. In a happy coincidence, i had the chance to drive a town & country a few kilometres in the same week, Thus i was better able to judge the different differences the two vehicles. Although Vw WOULD Have You Believe that you’re driving a Town & Country Sport, It’s Nothing of the Sort. Sure, the changes made to the suspensions improve the ride without affing comfort, there is less roll and the minivan Seems to grip the road Better. But since this test drive took place in the middle of winter, more tests are needed to properly evaluate the vehicle handling. The steering is more precise but, above all, it gives back minimum of information, unlike the t & c. And Are the Seats More Comfortable? Yes, but you’ll only notice the difference on long-distance trips. Maybe Bundled up in a huge winter coat isn’t the best time to judge the comfort of a seat frozen by the -26 degree temperature.

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I introduce myself, my name is Ernest, magnificent orange color combi, born in Mexico in 1983. After a rather quiet life in the sun, 2 little “Frenchies” decide to bring me in Anjou. What an idea ! Why make me go so many km ? Simply because in Anjou, Clarisse and his partner did not find a companion as sympathetic as me to travel the region and make it discover to tourists and locals. A meeting, a crush, and hop around: I become his main traveling companion. After an adventure with Loire Vintage Discovery, Clarisse decides to buy me and continue the adventure in Angevin land. Nothing her and me (she cracked for me, I know) and that’s how we travel the Loire Valley region at my own pace and with my little jokes. Rather joker and loving to make me want, I guarantee adventures full of surprises. Since 2018, the family has grown because of many is always more fun ! Gaston, Marcel, Lucien, Gustave and Léon Le Camper joined us to offer you time out of time ! Ernest and his company

Volkswagen Routan: A Big Helping Hand from Little Old Chrysler

Volkswagen has been offering at Minivan Sale Last Fall, Which is a little surprise consider that market is disappeare before our. But when the Decision was made in 2005, Little Did We Know What Problems Were On the Way in 2009. For Its New Minivan, Volkswagen Just Looked To The Chrysler Catalog. Yes, The Routan Is, in Fact, A Chrysler Town & Country. By using the t & c, Volkswagen Didn’t have to spend an arm and a leg development a vehicle and chrysler could throw some work to its assembly plants in Windsor, Ontario.

The Irony here is that volkswagen Practically Created the Minivan with its microbus in 1950. Fifty-Nine Years Later, It’s Chrysler, The Very Company Whose MiniVan Reinvented the Category at the Beginning of the 1980s, Who’s Coming to the German Manufacturer’s Rescue. However, Chrysler is flat broke and volkswagen has turned into a giant!

Volkswagen’s Unique Features

Then Again, Volkswagen Didn’t Just Slap A VW Logo on a Town & Country. The chassis, the mechanics and the side doors remain the same, but vw puts in its two cents ’Worth. For instance, the front and tail ends are different and the Routan Found a way to get Rid of the Reasonably Well-Liked Sort of Braces that Form the Rear Pillars of the T & C. In the Passenger Compartment, there is a typical chrysler dashboard, although vw modified a few details here and there. In Any Case, with the possible Exception of Some So-SO Plastics, This Dashboard Never Had Anything To Be Ashamed of… and the Sans Goes for the German Version.

The Volkswagen’s Seats Are Different from Those of the T & C and VW TELLS US They Are More Comfortable. It appears that a lot of emphasis was placed on the seats in the second row, which weld perhaps explain why the excellent chrysler stow ‘n go system was not kept for the routan. Comfort was favoured over utility. On the other hand, the cavities where the Seats Go in the T & c Are Being Transformed Into Storage Bins Under the Floor of the Routan. These Seats do not fold down into the floor but it’s possible to remove them, with a few oven-better words and just as many scratches on your fingers ’joints. You end up with a very large cargo area but it’s a lot less efficient Than with chrysler’s stow ’n go. There are no major mechanical Differences, Although the suspensions have been made firmer and the steering ratio has been revised for greater precision.

Subtleties

When i Got Behind the Wheel of the Volkswagen Routan, I Admit that I Didn’t Feel a Lot of Different Between this Vehicle and a Town & Country, Although It Had Been Ages Salece I Last Touched the T & C. In a happy coincidence, i had the chance to drive a town & country a few kilometres in the same week, Thus i was better able to judge the different differences the two vehicles. Although Vw WOULD Have You Believe that you’re driving a Town & Country Sport, It’s Nothing of the Sort. Sure, the changes made to the suspensions improve the ride without affing comfort, there is less roll and the minivan Seems to grip the road Better. But since this test drive took place in the middle of winter, more tests are needed to properly evaluate the vehicle handling. The steering is more precise but, above all, it gives back minimum of information, unlike the t & c. And Are the Seats More Comfortable? Yes, but you’ll only notice the difference on long-distance trips. Maybe Bundled up in a huge winter coat isn’t the best time to judge the comfort of a seat frozen by the -26 degree temperature.

A Well-Adapted Engine

Just like the t & c, the Routan has only one engine, the 251 HP, 4.0-LITER V6 with 259 lbs.-FT. Of Torque, Which is perfectly fine most of the time, but with seven adults on board, their bags and a trailer at the back, i got the feeling that the horses were really pave. Let’s not forget that this vehicle weighs 2096 kilos. The Six-Speed ​​Automatic Transmission DES A remark Job, Although its manual mode doesn’t make for a sportswoman ride. This gadget is only used when the time comes to Tow in Mountainous Regions. It was so bitterly cold the weekend of Our Extended Test Drive That the Car was were closed that we we were Doing the photo shot, and with good reason! Contrary to the 13.8 liters Recorded by the On-Board Computer, Over That Week of Bitter Cold Our Routan Execline Guzzled 14.9 liters Every Hunged Kilometers. In Any Case, Both Figures Are a Far Cry from the 12.2 liters Recorded by Transport Canada.

Oh, How We Love the Winter.
The Driving Position is High, Which Makes for Excellent Visibility, no small feature when you consider the vehicle’s dimensions! If Only the Rear-View Camera Didn’t Get Dirty So Quickly in Winter. Our winter test drive also taught us that the pirelli scorpion ties bite into the snow with gusto and the heating system turned out to be well sueded to our climate, Quickly Warming Up the Driver One Early, Minus-Thirty Degree Morning. We should also mention that the various buttons on the dashboard, and there are a lot of them, are hard to use While wearing big gloves, and that the carpeted foot-restaurant will probably be a most part of the time the spring arrives.

Routan gold Town & Country?

Consumers Are No Fools. Sure, the Routan is More Aesthetic and Dynamic Than Its Counterpart from Chrysler, But the Fact Remains that the prices offed by chrysler are albeatable, which should undoubtedly howbtedly howrt Sales of the Routan Despite Its Own Low Overall Price. As for the three- to Four-Year Resale Value, It Should be Higher with Volkswagen Especially if the situation doesn’t improve at chrysler.

Isigny-le-Buat: Sébastien Rénova les Combi Volkswagen and Porsche

His passion, the restoration of old vehicles, especially combi Volkswagen and Porsche, has become a second profession for Sébastien Mandron, from Isigny-le-Buat (Manche).

Sébastien Mandron arrived in Isigny-le-Buat (Manche) in September 1993, In Volkswagen combi, of course : “I have still only driven in combi. »»

Hired by the commune sports office, He set up various projects for the social center and the leisure center. Coach for sports clubs and for school classes, He spent 13 years working for the city.

“I had toured it, I wanted new projects,” he explains.

In 2005, he created a place of reception for children in difficulty placed by the State, which will open its doors in 2007. It is by enlarging his house that he will build this place of welcome.

The adventure of the garage Classic Motors 50, She begins in 2014.

Pleasant garage educational tool

Sébastien passes his mechanical course at 40.

I have been doing mechanics since childhood, especially on motorcycles. In my educational project, there was a mechanical part. It gained momentum, so I created my garage, also for fun, to relax

Specialized in the repair and renovation of Volkswagen and Porsche Combi, his work is recognized everywhere in France and even beyond.

Mythical rehabilitated vehicles

“To travel in T1 (see photo), you have to be courageous: it does not drive, it does not brake. It is a model created in 1948. This is the legendary vehicle, everywhere on earth, you can repair a combi or a ladybug. »»

Sébastien does a lot of development: “I invent and I create the parts if necessary. »»

Don’t tell him about an electric car : “I am formally against it is not at all the future. I consider that restoring old vehicles is more green. Building a new car is very polluting. There, it is only jaw and glass, by tires. Everything is recyclable, there is no plastic. »»

To adapt these old vans, Sébastien has invested and gives himself the means:

I adjust my engines optimum, so that they pollute as little as possible. I made modified engines that pollute less than new vehicles from 2012/2013. We try to improve the schmilblick, to do research. I also bought a pollution controller to do this, because few garages are equipped with it. Anyway, from the moment you have an engine, we pollute. We do everything to minimize this

This is an integral part of His vision of the profession of mechanic : “We must educate and Do everything to pollute and recycle. I put as little electronics as possible. Sometimes for solar panels and especially for pressure and oil temperature controls, as well as for ignition programming. »»

It also adds certain elements to improve reliability, like “braking aid systems or steering racks. Securing is important. »»

He who does not sleep only four hours a night knows that he will not be able to keep this pace forever, but As long as the passion surpasses fatigue, Sébastien will continue to pamper these vehicles who have never stopped making him dream.

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