Sold For Scrap?! 2002 Chrysler Town & Country
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- This van rolled in yesturday after it was taken in on trade at a local car lot. The Car saleman said the car had too many miles to be sold on their lot and they didnt want anything else to do with it. So yes the obvious , its not perfect, it has over 300k miles and its got a few battle scars. HOWEVER, this van runs, drives, has a clean title and is in excellent mechanical condition. This was would make someone a great vehicle. its sad to see stuff like this end up here. And for most of these vehicles its the end of the road. Why do we do it? Is it really worth that couple hundred bucks? For that money you could sell it to a family who really needs it. I didnt make the price on this one. But it is very nice considering the mileage so they marked it up a little. Odds are someone will come along and haggle us down to 7-800 and it will sale. But I wanted to get some footage before it was gone. I hope you guys enjoy seeing cars that come in here, and if so drop a comment down below and let us know! We thank you all for watching, and will catch you all in the next one!
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She was well maintained to reach 326k. everything works and it's in good shape.
And she found a new home! Shes still out there kicking !
Jay Smart
That's awesome glad someone got a nice daily and it didn't get crushed!
It's in way better shape than my 2003 town and country with 130000 miles. Screw the NE and it's salt
YAAY!!! (I hate waste) This is coming from a dumpster diver, and ancient mobile afficionado. Yeah, I know that your scrapped cars are actually "middle-aged", and in their "vulnerable vehicle" years, and therefore not truly ancient enough to be called "classic" yet. By that, I mean they are too old to be worth repairing, yet too new to be worth restoring. But the upshot is, it also means that you can still easily get parts for them, and that they have not been rusting away while sitting outside for many years. Nor are they likely to be "Rodent Hotels" since they have been driven up until recently. And you can start these "middle-aged movers" right up, without having to give the motor a RADICAL tune-up, without having to flush out the old gas, replace the gas lines and the gas tank, etc..
My grandparents had a 96 Caravan that went to almost everywhere in the US and part of Canada. It had almost had 300k on the clock and was still running and driving like new (after a new trans was installed). Then traded that in for a 2000 Caravan that traveled a lot as well and had almost 200k on it before it was sold. Take care of your cars and they'll last a long time.
Scotty Kilmer would not believe this
He’s a karen
Lmao
Scottys full of opinions like cnn and fox but not much proof to back them up
pro tip the crystler town and country has a saftey feature that prevents the rear doors from opening while the door is locked plus the doors auto lock as well
Yes they do
I love those early 2000's Chryslers, when I was younger we had a 2003 Dodge GrandCaravan Sport and I loved every freaking thing about it.
American Not American't I still drive one (though its a Town and Country but it's more or less the same car)
Adam Smith there awesome, the space and gas mileage are pretty much worth it.
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv very true.
even with all those miles, that is well worth your asking price, my last grand caravan ran up to 246,000 miles, the single mother I gave it to drove it for another 3 yrs, then traded it in on a newer one. I've had three, and really love them, much nicer to travel in then my Corvette.
This one still hasnt sold ! We have it at 900 or best offer. Nothing so far
These vans are really reliable, still have one and even with the NE salt it's still going.
Yea I have owned three all where great vans that I stacked miles on, started a business with one of them and I beat the hell out of that thing and it took it like a champ. Proper fluid changes with the correct atf+4 fluid for the trans and u have a solid van for years
These kept Chrysler afloat for years.
Holy shit, that's a good sounding van with +320,000 miles. I'm very impressed about this. My van has +200,000 miles on it and everything and it's still going very well.
Ster these vans are damn near indestructible
try a ford windstar with 350,000 and still out on the road.. sold to a needy family after we bought a newer vehicle.. but it was too good to junk.
Unless salt eats your suspension, which did mine. :(...
My father in laws van like this has 314 k miles
those things never die. our friend's taurus has somewhere near 400k and he still drives it about 100 miles a day
Those 3.3/3.8 mopar v6s where great engines! Proper maintaining and they will last forever.
Absolutely! My friend has a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan SE with the original 3.3L V6. Still runs great even with 362,000 miles! The issue is how much oil it burns now.
Good to see you give most cars that come in another shot on life instead of crushing them right away. A junkyard I work at don't give cars a chance to keep on living they have to crush it right away. They did that to a near mint Lincoln LS I wanted to buy.
the body is so straight. up here in minnesota even the 06s and 07 are just rotting away on front fenders, rockers and back wheel wells. whole pieces are gone
Love Dodge Caravans, same thing. Buy used, save money, they run great.
8:23 Black Sabbath - War Pigs :D
You know it! I would have jammed the whole song, but youtube doesnt like that too much
Jay Smart this is a beautiful car,please don't scrap it
@@martinschwarz5733 he said it was for sale and in another comment he said it found a home
what a great minivan! you're lucky, I would love to take this beauty
it looks good for 300,000 when most 2005 minivans in my area have so much rust on the side panels
I know falling apart at the seams
I'm in Ontario Canada. They are just rusted terrible up here too.
A friend of mine has a 2006 grand caravan with the 3.8 here in Wisconsin and it's just about the most rusty vehicle you'll ever meet. There is actually wind noise in one of the sliding doors because the rust has eaten it so far up. But still runs good lol
It must suck sitting in the back on a hot day with no ac
With leather seats
People exaggerate too much about mileage. As long as the vehicle is taken care of than miles don't mean jack shit. This vehicle was well taken care of, and the asking price is fair. It's not rusted away or beat to hell. People here claiming that's a $300 car get the fuck outta here, you know nothing about what vehicles are worth. A poor maintained 50k mileage car will have more problems than a well maintained high mileage car. Just amazes me how stupid people are today. Glad this van was saved.
Lune525 I know right, I don’t know why people think high mileage is so bad, like what’s the difference
@@millerkiller6496 Real late at replying, but agreed 100% any car after 150k miles is considered "junk" Hah I bought nothing but high mileage vehicles for the last 15 years and sunk maybe $1000 a year in repairs. If it's a rust bucket at 250k than yeah avoid it, otherwise vehicles in nice shape with high mileage is not something to be concerned about.
For $1000 or so - no problem as with the over the top prices for new today - this is cheap.
Just bought a 2002 T&C LXI - very much like this today with 182,000 miles on it in pristine condition for $2700 cash and cash is the key!
Had a 2001 years ago that a girlfriend/fiance' "conned" me into trading off as she could not stand it that I owned one in pristine condition then and it was paid for. Made up my mind if the opportunity came up to buy another one similar to what I had I would and so I did!
The bigger problem today is so many folks are not happy (sarcastic) unless they have the newest and the best with the most options and if that means financing it for 6-8-10 years or leasing it and having nothing to show for it @ the end of the lease - do not care as long as they think everyone around them is "impressed"!!! The term is called "the herd theory"...
Pay little to no attention to the debt, interest being paid, payments and/or the fact most SUVs/trucks are marked up enough where the manufacturer could take $8,000+ off and still make a "normal" profit as well as when it is out of warranty and any of the new electronic crap dies they will need a second loan to pay for the repairs.....
I hope someone bought this and got some more use out of it as that looks pretty decent and these vans ride and handle unbelievably well.
In snow and ice with good tires on them - practically and SUV because of the design that puts all the weight on the Front. f AWD version - better.
The one I bought today is a spring, summer, and fall driver but not winter considering the condition it is in.... :-)
drove with one of these for 1k km, id say its the most comfortable car ive driven in it so far (living with base model cars) . it also had awd, so it climbed hills with no problem whatsoever. plenty of leg room to stretch out. leather seats. everything else also great. loved it.
And these 3.8 arent exactly fast, but that have that sweet spot in the torque range that makes me want to believe it would pull a 2.5 grade with trailer and never leave overdrive!
I had a 1988 (good yr) Plymouth voyager. That thing ran with I believe 175-178k before the tranny started to slip. One thing I remember my parents saying. My mechanic said 1988 was the best yr for my van. 😁
Previous owner took spectacular care of that car! I have seen those with 1/4th the miles and in worst shape. I concur with your "old man" that it has had a replacement trans put in it at some point. Too bad no one picked this car up because it still looks nice. In Michigan that would of sold really quick at a grand. Did you list it on craigslist? I'm sure its more profitable for you to sell them than scrap them with where scrap metal prices are at currently.
Those 3.8L engines are awesome
It looks like that engine has been apart quite recently as it's all so clean under there so I reckon it's had a big engine overhaul not long ago. Being as it's almost certainly had a new transmission at least once (these transmissions don't seem to be the strongest around by any means) it's likely to be pretty much as new mechanically too. If I was your dad I'd jump on that one, fix the small faults which should be a walk in the park for him and drive it until it turns it's toes up, it'll be cheaper than walking...
Awesome van!!
Scotty wouldn’t believe it! LOL! That said, I used to work for a pharmacy that used these and the three we used averaged around 250k and kept going way beyond! They were 1993 models. They made the v6s well back then!
Amazingly good shape for 320K + Miles
The old man is probably right! :-) I'll bet it's had 3 transmissions! Still all in all, a good deal for the $$. Headlight lenses have also been changed which is good!
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I love the 02-07 town and county
Same here my favorite generation of these vans
and fully loaded one at that!
Most of the ones in my area are the base model with a whole lot of rust yet the seller still wants a lot of money for it. That is worth every bit of $900 (even with the high mileage) too bad it got sold for scrap.
Jay, the reason that the lights flicker is because the refresh rate on the display is different than the refresh rate on the camera, so the camera picks up the flickering, but the human eyes cant see it, because the flicker is too fast.
The first minivan my parents had was the Plymouth Voyager extended version I think was a 1988 with the wood grain accent on side then a Chrysler Town & Country of this model & the redesigned model Town & Country after this body style. Now they have a Chevrolet Tahoe of the new body style after having so many problems with Chrysler minivans.
Mileage don't really matter.... around here particularly Chrysler minivans are piles of rusted out junk
This thing is super clean. $1300 is super cheap for a car with ZERO rust. Around here that thing would sell for 2x that.
These things rot bad, and people are paying 1k or more for a pile of rust
These van will be classics in the 2040's
The center console on these vans was designed to be moved between the first and second rows
Now that is something I did not know, really neat !
Jay Smart yeah I had an 05 caravan, that console was super useful, too bad y'all's TC is pre stow-n-go
@@josephkaszynski2809 we never minded that. We had a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport. We managed to fit a giant Weber BBQ.
bjthedjdutchdude1992 true, personally, if i were to buy another van I’d much prefer sng very useful feature
Thats one thing Chrysler can build is a mini van. It seems like a lot of these vans go lots of miles but 300k even surprised me.
It never fails to amaze me some of the cars branded with a bad rep that come in here with crazy high miles. People always telling me they were junk, but then you get things like sebrings with 250k miles. Or a mercury topaz going on half a million
So I'm assuming you guys crush ALL cars if they don't sell for awhile?
Also, I hope someone picked up the Nissan pickup, 2000 Chrysler, Jag, Ford SHO, and other cars. ^^
Unfortunately they do get crushed if not purchased or picked apart soon enough
I'd think that they won't crush it unless they needed parts off of it to sell versus selling the van as it is. So, they could afford to let it sit until the rust takes over or the hoses rot.
Nice van :)
I thought so myself!
:)
Our old 1999 dodge caravan we sold in 2015 had over 250k and I think it went to 300k and it might be possibly dead since we saw it driving a while ago, I hope it’s not dead but it might be dead, it’s was the best car we had and it’s sad to see it might be dead after so many miles it was driven.
Great! Keep it up!
i can't believe those people scrapped that van over 300000 on it nothing for a Chrysler i have a 2002 it got over 400000 miles still runs great they said this was at the end of its life there crazy that van got plenty of life left in it
Maaaan one of these just came on the local classifieds and I want it so bad... But I just don't think I wanna give up Corolla reliability. Tho my friends would be pretty pumped and I love a town and county.. Decisions decisions
This might be good for in town use which maybe I'll get another car for in town & let my Town Car sit to give it a rest for awhile.
I worked for a car dealer and got a lot of high mileage trade ins and some went to auction and others went to Pick a part unless one of the mechanics bought it before hand. We got a 2003 Town Car in with 300'000 kilometers and it had some minor damage on the front bumper and it was scrapped.
Ive seen some cars come through this recycling center that would make a grown man cry. But stay tuned with us through the next couple weeks, weve got about 2 dozen cars coming in from a local car lot. it should be pretty interesting!
I know our car lot sent dozens of good cars to the junk yard and I had driven some of them there as they asked me too. Seem,s such a waste. I had a 93 Lincoln given to me 4 years ago and did some work on it and still driving it. I JUST REPAINTED IT TODAY.
I have one with 24000 and my girl friend wants me to get rid of it, but the engine is fine it's just every thing around it needs to be replaced.
Looks just like mine but it’s a Dodge Grand Caravan 2005 and the ac is busted so no cool air for the summer
326,000 miles OMG!!!!
speaking of hot, its supposed to be 120 degrees here in phoenix in the next few days. That van would bring 1300 easy here in Phoenix, too bad you are not close .
I dont even want to imagine that honestly. 100 was hot enough for me. Give me 29 and snow coming down any day over this !
Lmao, at 1:12 you pressed the window up button
actually the dash display is flickering, the way your eyes work you can not see the flicker but how the camera works taking lots of still pictures very fast it picks it up.
Knowledge is power! Thanks for the information!
Judging by the additional CD slot at the bottom of the centre console it looks like it's got factory sat nav too, for what that's worth...
Sorry, no, it's the factory DVD entertainment system. Just as well really, the factory sat nav on these really wasn't very good, in the UK and Europe at least...
"$1300 or best offer, I know it's a little high." Oh if only you could find a vehicle in similar condition for that price today.
Nice van
i have a 2005 town & country wit 305246 runs great all original
I would have driven it until it died or had some life threatening issue that was too costly. My '99 has rusted tower suspension, rust all around, but only 160,000 miles and the engine runs like a dream. I'm scrapping it. Anyway, miles will not kill you. A bad mechanic could though, in retrospect, such as if you bypass annual inspections by a reputable mechanic.
yo.....the value of that car is like maybe 500.00
We sold it for 900$ !!
Jay Smart well worth the money is you ask me! It was clearly cared for to make it to that mileage and still sound and look as good as it does!
Isn't this called the Voyager in UK/Europe?
With that Mileage on that Van I would imagine it's had an engine and a transmission done in its life.
Surely would think so. It runs out great!
Jay Smart I'm curious about the Recycling Center-Junkyard is it Family-Owned or do you just work there??
326,000 is very high I would pay $1,500 for it
It’s been a year since I’ve last seen this video, I wonder how the van is doing now lol.
Yes the console is removable.
i had to take a second glance when it showed 326,000+ miles
And those were probably all highway miles! Those chrysler's will last if they are highway miles usually, but city driving is crap. That'd be a good beater work van.
Its weird because you still see them as taxi vehicles . And now the newer ones more then ever. But fleet maintenance is way more particular then your average joe who changes his own oil
One of two things happened here:
1. This van was used exclusively on the highway by someone who babied the hell out of it
2. God only knows how many engines and (especially) transmissions it's gone through.
I need two of those consoles that color for mine.
OBO always seemed an odd thing to have after the price, that means you don't mean what you said the price is.
I know I am going to get hate for this, but these seem to be the luck of the draw. Some seem to go forever, and some are nothing but trouble. I have a neighbor who just traded his off and it surprised the heck out of me as it was trouble free - just downsized to a compact vehicle. On the other hand we had a 2002 that was a total nightmare. You'd fix one thing, and guaranteed something else would fail. Mostly electrical issues. I mean - not making this up, had it in for stabilizer links (normal wear) and as the shop was backing it out - the brake lights suddenly blew a fuse and the intermittent short could never be found (had to run new wires to the rear).... finally sold it cheap as a problem child. Had just over 100K a year ago when I sold it.
I think every car company has lemons and loves. I mean there are still people out there daily driving chevettes. And then youve got a guy with a 2 year old F150 having to replace the timing chains. So its not crazy to think some may be built better then others. Except toyotas..... those run forever haha
Exactly! With the Grand Caravan, I knew it would start... oh, wait... it didn't when the SKIM system thought I was stealing my own vehicle and locked me out. Had to replace the ECM to fix that (cheapest option - got a refurb). When I was replacing the turn signal stalk assembly (yup, it went bad) I noticed it was made by Lucas. Lucas, lord of Darkness. Yup - explained a lot! (LOL)
No matter how good that van runs or how good it was kept, it's worth almost nothing because it won't go much further.
Nope we sold it, and they are still driving it.
Man I could definitely get some use out that
If only my 99 Ford contour could go that far. I find contours with 200000 in the junkyard and mine has 166000 miles
What's wrong with the Sante Fe? I want to know more about that one.
Is this van still for sale i am interested in buying it
I see a detailing opportunity.
From the condition of the interior I don't think that's been a family vehicle, there's not enough kid damage in the back. I'd guess it's racked up it's miles as an executive transport vehicle, which is good news as it will have been maintained within an inch of it's life to reduce downtime as any time off the road outside routing maintenance costs the owners a lot of money and possibly further loss of revenue due to losing customers who got stuck on the side of the highway with a broken down vehicle. A wheel sensor and a central locking solenoid in the passenger sliding door and that thing would be pretty much as good as new. Dealers often won't touch anything old or with a lot of miles on it as a lot of customers, when they buy a car from a dealer even for very little money, expect to get a six month old Rolls Royce so they'll bring it back and complain like nobodies business at even the smallest thing and nobody needs that hassle. In fact it's often the case that the older and cheaper the car is the more likely the customer is to complain...
Would ya do a video on the 69 ford f250? Thanks.
Wow that van must of been a had if it’s time when it came out
A head
My neighbor had a 2004 Grand Caravan SE and it's got 318,000 miles and never had a transmission put in it
They are pretty great when taken care of. you still see alot of them on the road too!
2003SaturnFan pops scrapped an 02 caravan with 85 thou kms rust cancer rip red girl
How does it drive with no transmission then?
Where are you located? Also that's a great deal on that van.
Why was this scraped?! It's looks better than mine that I still use!
Like that LTD.
the burgundy one?
it's a good equipped minivan if you think about it
Where is this yard located?
Still available this van
1:59 Not worth anything?!? How?!?
Who would scrap that 😭
have the 06 version of this van
Yeah you do
for how much and is there anyway I can get in touch with you
1300 dollars it's a good price ! very nice car !
Do u still have the white van
it's a great van looks great engine sounds great great to drive to work this new generation wants Fucken new cars and that van looks like can go a long way Oh Yeah
where are you located???
Where is this guy located
How long do you let them sit for sale before you have to part them out or crush them?
Depends on how nice and popular the car is. A chrysler sebring will be demolished after 3 days ( the minimum amount of time required by law to wait before destroying) and a toyota Mr2 might be here for months. It just depends.
You know my thoughts on minivans----I think they should be scrapped as soon as they come off the assembly line. This one might be a tough sell because of the mileage. Even though it runs/drives ok now, with that many miles, anything could go wrong.
There are a couple vans i do like. This body style isnt one of them lol. Do you know the TV show Malcom in the middle? His mom drove one of the old square plymouth voyagers in that. I always thought those were cool. But these are super soccer mom mobiles.
If you want to get one in the future, stay away from the ones that have the 3.0 Mitsubishi V6, they were garbage. Cracked heads and bottom-end problems were common. The Chrysler V6 was much better.
Seems like you guys get a lot of the Chrysler or Dodge vans.
We do seem to end up with alot of them. Since this video was posted we have received another one, a year older, but from a local car lot. In too bad a shape to resale.
Where are u located sr.
1300, are you nuts? That's worth no more than 500 and the gauges are led and the camera can't keep up with their refresh rate.
I've seen that flicker in a lot of videos of Chrysler products. Probably has to do with their LED setup
Fair mileage. Made me curious, what's the absolute highest mileage vehicle u seen at the yard? Thanks for the videos, cheers!
400000 mile 90s Camry.
Did it sell?
1300 with 320k is crazy that's a 400 dollar car
I dont make up the prices. I agree thou.
Jay Smart just milage it isn't going to be on the road for years to come it's an impressive amount of miles but 1300 can get you many cars with mid 100k
Jay Smart gotta say though it is in exceptional shape for that many miles
Many cars around here with 100k car are piles of rusted out garbage. You are lucky if you have a large supply of cars that have 100k and no rust
Jay Smart I would get a Ford fiesta manual for cheaper than that and out live it
It's in the junkyard for a reason
these van run foreven..my girl has one with the same miles on hers and its runs smooth..she takes it everywhere