Hey everyone,
This forum has been a pretty good wealth of knowledge in my search for a hybrid. Although I have read some mixed reviews I just purchased a 2005 HCH and I am really happy with it so far. I traded my 2006 Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4 for it and couldn't be happier...lower payment..over double the MPG..$60/mo cheaper insurance and better ride. The car has higher mileage, albeit a 1 owner car, (141k) but I'm my own mechanic and have yet to encounter a vehicle I couldn't tackle...plus for the piece of mind I will be heading to a local Honda dealer to check the IMA and CVT before the 150k mark.

 

Welcome to the site and even better, another "hands on" owner but then again, you had to work on one often if you were pushing...I mean "driving" a Dodge.....

 

Oh if you only knew how true that is..owned the truck a year and actually drove it about 9 months. Transmission literally catastrophically failed and left me stranded. Plus death wobble and with a 3 month old son I needed something more reliable and friendly at the pump.

 

If it weren't for Chrysler products, half of the techs in the US would be out of business. I always hated working on them and back in the day (long, long ago...) the only thing worse to have in your bay was an AMC.